This past week in the USL the news focus was once again on expansion of all kinds. Just last month the league “lost” both stalwart Sacramento Republic FC as well as Nashville SC both to the dream of joining MLS.
This week Phoenix Rising, themselves looking to move up to the bigs, lost manager Frank Yallop to the dream of building a brand new USL franchise in Fresno. Yallop will serve as the new team’s general manager. But given his resume, there’s no reason to believe that any such club wouldn’t find itself eventually making its own bid to join MLS in the near future.