The Pyramid - Yes, Bring it to the USA!

The English Football "Pyramid". Is there a better way to structure team sports? Every sport should include promotion and relegation.

Level 1 - Premier League

Level 2 - Championship

Level 3 - League-1

Level 4 - League-2

Level - 5 Conference National

Level 6 - Conference North/South

Level 7 + it just keeps going......

American football has enough teams to at least have a couple of levels, right? Major League Soccer (MLS) United Soccer Leagues (USL) First Division, USL Second Division, USL Player Development League (PDL).

C'mon - single table for each level. Top 3 promote (except for the MLS of course) bottom 3 relegated to the next lower level (except for USL-3).

Major League Soccer

Chivas USA (13)
Kansas City Wizards (10)
Seattle Sounders FC (9)
Chicago Fire (9)
New England Revolution (8)
Toronto FC (8)
Colorado Rapids (7)
(T) DC United (6)
(T) Real Salt Lake (6)
Houston Dynamo (5)
San Jose Earthquakes (5)
New York Red Bulls (5)
FC Dallas (4)
Los Angeles Galaxy (3)
Columbus Crew (3)

USL – 1

Miami FC Blues (6)
Carolina Rail Hawks (6)
Puerto Rico Islanders (4)
Charleston Battery (3)
Austin Aztex (2)
Minnesota Thunder (2)
Vancouver Whitecaps (2)
Montreal Impact (1)
Rochester Rhinos (1)
Cleveland City Rockers (0)
Portland Timbers (0)

USL-2

Crystal Palace Baltimore (4)
Richmond Kickers (1)
Harrisburg City Islanders (1)
Pittsburgh River Hounds (1)
Bermuda Hogges (0)
Charlotte Eagles (0)
Western Mass Pioneers (0)
Wilmington Hammerheads (0)
Real Maryland Monarchs (0)

USL – 3 (PDL)

Chicago Fire
Cincinnati Kings
Cleveland Internationals
Forest City London
Fort Wayne Fever
Indiana Invaders
Kalamazoo Outrage
Michigan Bucks
Toronto Lynx
Des Moines Menace
Kansas City Brass
Real Colorado Foxes
Rochester Thunder
Springfield Demise
St. Louis Lions
Thunder Bay Chill
Carolina Dynamo
Cary Clarets
Fredericksburg Gunners
Hampton Roads Piranhas
Northern Virginia Royals
Reading Rage
Virginia Legacy
West Virginia Chaos
Brooklyn Knights
Long Island Rough Riders
New Hampshire Phantoms
New Jersey Rangers
Newark Ironbound Express
Ocean City Barons
Ottawa Fury
Rhode Island Stingrays
Westchester Flames
Austin Aztex U23
DFW Tornados
El Paso Patriots
Houston Leones
Laredo Heat
Rio Grande Valley Bravos
West Texas United Sockers
Atlanta Blackhawks
Baton Rouge Capitals
Bradenton Academics
Central Florida Kraze
Mississippi Brilla
Nashville Metros
New Orleans Jesters
Panama City Pirates
Abbotsford Mariners
Cascade Surge
Kitsap Pumas
Portland Timbers U23
Seattle Wolves
Spokane Spiders
Tacoma Tide
Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
Victoria Highlanders
Yakima Reds
BYU Cougars
Bakersfield Brigade
Fresno Fuego
Hollywood United Hitmen
Lancaster Rattlers
Los Angeles Legends
Ogden Outlaws
Orange County Blue Star
Southern California Seahorses

Ventura County Fusion

'Nuff Said! Let's get on with it.