Regular reminders about the five-substitute rule on Bethlehem Steel FC match days will no longer be necessary.
USL is reducing the number of substitutes to three for the 2017 season, according to an announcement made by the league office Saturday.
“The five-substitute rule for the USL is a legacy rule that goes back for many years when the league was a shorter season,” USL President Jake Edwards stated in a news release. “Teams were therefore playing multiple games on a road trip, perhaps even back-to-back, and for all the right reasons the league has moved away from that and the structure has changed.