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USL League Meetings To Broach Issue Of MLS-Owned Clubs

The USL's owner meetings begin today in Chicago ahead of tomorrow's MLS All-Star Game, and the "future of the USL-MLS partnership will be one of the primary topics." The USL is "contemplating its next progression of growth, one that will likely require altering and possibly dissociating itself from its MLS-owned clubs." Of the 33 USL clubs, 11 "have an affiliation with MLS clubs." The "independent ownership groups operate all business aspects of a club, and the MLS clubs can provide developmental players" to USL partners. But MLS "directly owns and operates 10 USL clubs" (OKLAHOMAN, 8/1).

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