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Entries Tagged ‘relegation’

Promotion and Relegation in Youth Soccer

The NC Youth Soccer Association recently eliminated the use of promotion and relegation to form U11 through U13 divisions for the state’s top travel teams. Soccer Dad takes a look at why this decision may have been very short sighted.

24 Levels Of Football

I knew England had a number of soccer leagues in a hierarchical structure where teams could be promoted and relegated between them. But I never knew it was made up of 24 levels, 140 leagues, 480 divisions, and over 7000 clubs.

If England can manage to promote and relegate teams within 24 levels, why can’t we [...]