🇬🇪 BREAKING: Real Salt Lake to acquire Georgia int’l winger Saba Lobjanidze from Atlanta United, per sources.
Atlanta to receive $625k GAM + $100k add ons. But Atlanta also holding portion of Lobjanidze’s budget charge.
Does this mean that RSL is looking to move on from a winger?
Congratulations to Hull City and Matt Crooks, former RSL midfielder, as they win the Championship Playoffs in a 1-0 injury time victory against Middlesbrough!
Hey RSL nation. I walked in with the supported section for the first time in a long time but I was having trouble with some of the chants especially those in Spanish. What are some of the chants that the supporter section does. I don’t mean the olé olé olé chants or RSL Salt Lake but some other ones.
TIA!
I cannot stop thinking about what the MLS could look like after the new schedule change. So here are 3 ideas that I have come up with for MLS 3.0.
The league would be divided into 5 regional divisions of 6 teams each.
Regular Season
Each team plays every team in its division 2x (home and away).
Each team also plays every team outside its division once, either home or away.
Total: 34 matches per season.
Playoff Qualification
The winner of each division automatically qualifies for the playoffs.
The remaining teams are placed into a single overall standings table.
The top 3 remaining teams qualify as wild cards.
This creates an 8-team playoff bracket.
Playoff Seeding
The 8 playoff teams are seeded based on total points:
1 vs. 8
4 vs. 5
2 vs. 7
3 vs. 6
Playoff Format
Each round before the final consists of two legs (home and away).
The winner is determined by aggregate score.
Semifinals
The highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed. For example:
If seeds 1, 2, 3, and 5 advance:
1 vs. 5
2 vs. 3
MLS Cup Final
The final is a single match hosted by the higher-seeded team.
The league would consist of 3 conferences of 10 teams:
West
Central
East
Regular Season
Teams play every conference opponent 2x (home and away).
Teams play every non-conference opponent once, either home or away.
Total: 38 matches per season.
Playoff Qualification
The top team from each conference automatically qualifies for the playoffs.
The next 5 best teams in the overall league table qualify as wild cards.
Playoff Draw
The top three conference winners are drawn against opponents from the five wild-card teams.
The two remaining wild-card teams play each other.
Playoff Format
Each playoff round is played over two legs (home and away).
Winners are determined by aggregate score.
If aggregate scores are tied: Two periods of extra time are played.
A golden goal rule determines the winner.
A second draw will take place to determine the semi final matchup.
The final will be determined by a single matchup hosted by the higher seed team.
**Year One**
For the inaugural season, the league operates as a single-table format:
Every team plays every other team once.
At the end of the season, the table is split into 3 divisions:
Division 1: Teams ranked 1–10
Division 2: Teams ranked 11–20
Division 3: Teams ranked 21–30
There would be no MLS Cup playoffs. The league champion would be determined by the overall standings, similar to the Supporters’ Shield.
Future Seasons
**After the first season:**
Teams play every club outside their division once (home or away).
Teams also play every club within their division twice (home and away).
**Promotion and Relegation**
At the end of each season:
The top 4 teams from Divisions 2 and 3 are promoted.
The bottom 4 teams from Divisions 1 and 2 are relegated.
**League Champion**
The champion is the team that finishes first in Division 1 (the top division).
**Let me know what you think or what one is your favorite.**