So exactly what would Promotion and Relegation do for player development in the US you ask?

This is a great take on the subject from one of my favorite soccer writers, Jon Townsend. If you are in the least interested in the growth of the game in the US you should follow him on Twitter >>> @jon_townsend3 <<< he is a wealth of information.

Rather than discuss why promotion and relegation needs to happen, I’ll just discuss what promotion and relegation would do for the growth of the game at levels outside of MLS, which is interested in expansion–and that’s not the growth I’m alluding to (and relax, MLS peeps, I’m not attacking the league). Promotion and relegation turns a formerly closed soccer market into a open marketplace for the sport whereby player development and competition are rewarded via meritocracy, monetarily through player trades, allows coaches to be compensated and incentivized to produce better players, and opens the door for small businesses to provide incentives for teams gearing up to earn their way to the top.

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