The United Soccer League and the Player’s Association agreed on a proposed return to play last week and a format that’s, well, unorthodox. In order to complete a 16-game regular season, the 35-team league has been divided into 8 groups.
There are five groups made up of four teams and three that are made up of five. The groups that have four teams will play everyone in their group four times. The groups with five teams will play everyone three times. This brings the total to 12 games and then an additional four games will be played against teams from outside of the group to reach a total of 16.