2020 US Soccer Expansion/Departure Tracker

Ashle Norling/E Pluribus Loonum Two years ago we here at E Pluribus Loonum have tracked the teams being leaving and joining the MLS, USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, and the NPSL. Last year we added the Women’s Game to the mix with United Women’s Soccer and the Women’s Premier Soccer League (as there was no NWSL expansion). In 2020 another league, the National Independent Soccer Association joins the fray of leagues in the United States.

Over the past two years NISA had been aiming to start originally in 2018. A key feature of theirs was promotion and relegation with the now defunct NASL and a to be developed Division 4 league. The league had no announced season for 2018…