BREAKING: Tony Scholes, chief football officer of the Premier League, will be leaving to join the USL as president of its new first-division men’s league in the U.S., per The Athletic 🇺🇸
Scholes is set to guide the launch of the new league, shape its structure and run operations. He will also be a critical voice introducing promotion and relegation to 🇺🇸 professional soccer.
The USL voted to adopt promotion and relegation in March and is set to launch the new league with U.S. Soccer’s Division One sanctioning in 2028.