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Since the late 2010s a group of D1 men’s coaches have been pushing for reforms to make Men’s College more or actually relevant again in the soccer ecosystem.
The long pole in the tent was dispensing with a fall only season and going to Fall/Spring model so they could get more time developing players.
This of course never happened. The NCAA blew it off, many schools resisted the idea because soccer shares facilities with other sports, often women’s sports and there are too many scheduling conflicts.
This quite obviously is an outgrowth of that effort and the NCAA’s abject stubbornness to be stewards of the sport is driving these schools to secede.
They USL is involved with this, and the league would fall under the USSF Structure. It will probably be its own division or rolled into the 3rd or 4th Division.
My guess is that they will have a league competition plus they will participate in the US Open Cup competing against pro teams.
Since the late 2010s a group of D1 men’s coaches have been pushing for reforms to make Men’s College more or actually relevant again in the soccer ecosystem.
The long pole in the tent was dispensing with a fall only season and going to Fall/Spring model so they could get more time developing players.
This of course never happened. The NCAA blew it off, many schools resisted the idea because soccer shares facilities with other sports, often women’s sports and there are too many scheduling conflicts.
This quite obviously is an outgrowth of that effort and the NCAA’s abject stubbornness to be stewards of the sport is driving these schools to secede.
They USL is involved with this, and the league would fall under the USSF Structure. It will probably be its own division or rolled into the 3rd or 4th Division.
My guess is that they will have a league competition plus they will participate in the US Open Cup competing against pro teams.
