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No professional league in any of the major pro sports leagues in the U.S. or Canada uses a system of promotion and relegation. [1] The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation (also known as the USSF or U.S. Soccer), oversees the league system and is responsible for sanctioning professional leagues.
The following is a list of association football leagues which do not or did not have a promotion and relegation process. Leagues within the scope of this list are: Top-tier football leagues with no relegation system In countries without lower-tier leagues; In countries with lower-tier leagues not integrated to the top-tier league; closed model
At the semi-professional level, the USL League Two and the National Premier Soccer League have teams. Two professional women's soccer leagues are sanctioned by U.S. Soccer, both at the top level— the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which has operated since 2013, and the USL Super League (USLS), which started play in the 2024–25 ...
FA Inter-League Cup: Level 11 (contested by representative teams from each league) National League Cup: Level 5 (16 U21 teams from clubs in Levels 1 and 2 also compete) [4] In the case of the FA Cup, entrance from Level 10 clubs depends upon ranking within the league the club is in, and depends on the number of Level 9 clubs participating.
Organising body: J.League; known as the J.League from 1993 to 1998 before becoming a two-division league, and as J.League Division 1 from 1999 to 2014. J2 League: 2nd-tier league: Organising body: J.League; known as J.League Division 2 until 2014 J3 League: 3rd-tier league: Organising body: J.League Japan Football League: 4th-tier league
United States – National Women's Soccer League, [200] USL Super League [201] [202] Defunct leagues that were fully professional in the United States – Women's Professional Soccer, [203] Women's United Soccer Association [204]
Major League Soccer had 3–1–0–0 from 1996–99. [12] The original Japan Football League had 3–3–1–0 in 1996 [13] In the North American Soccer League in 1975–84, 6–1–0–0, with a bonus point each for up to 3 goals scored [14] In the Western Soccer League in 1989, 6–4–2–0, with a bonus point each for up to 3 goals scored [15]
Most European, African, and Asian countries have two principal competitions: a more prestigious league which is typically a double round-robin tournament restricted to the elite clubs, and a cup which is a single-elimination tournament open to both the elite and lesser clubs.