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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.
On 17 April 2019, it was clarified that there would be 17 divisions at Step 6, down from 19 in 2018–19 and that the two new divisions at Step 5 would be in the Midlands and the west London/Thames Valley areas. [2] On 24 April, it was announced that the Northern Premier League had been awarded the operation of the eighth division at Step 4. [3]
Ahead of 2024–25, two promotions out of each step 5 division into its step 4 counterpart remained and the number of clubs automatically relegated out of each step 5 division reverted to two, reflecting a long-term FA aim to "create consistency" at each step of the NLS pyramid. [5]
In association football, rugby union, rugby league and Gaelic games, league systems are usually connected by the process of promotion and relegation, in which teams from a lower division who finish at the top of the standings in their league are promoted (advanced to the next level of the system) while teams who finish lowest in their division are relegated (move down to a lower division).
The league features internal promotion and relegation with up to three levels in some regions; only clubs in the top tier Premier Division are eligible to compete for the national championship. The league is a National Affiliate member of United States Soccer Federation , and a National League within the larger United States soccer league system .
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
Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways. The two most significant types are one that developed in Europe, characterized by a tiered structure using promotion and relegation in order to determine participation in a hierarchy of leagues or divisions, and a North American originated model characterized by its use of franchises, closed memberships, and minor leagues.
Relegation match with a Step 5 team 11 Sheffield: Northern Premier League Division One East: 36 33 0.917 Retention at Step 4 12 Witham Town: Isthmian League North Division: 38 33 0.863 Relegation match with a Step 5 team 13 Cinderford Town: Southern League Division One South: 36 31 0.861 14 Kempston Rovers: Southern League Division One Central ...