(05-24-2013 12:23 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Here is a solution to all issues:

Move Chivas to San Antonio (dissolve the NASL team there), give Nashville and St. Louis a team, and then start a proper second tier of teams so we can have promotion/regulation.

The second tier could potentially look like (Excluding SA Scorpions) in it's first season then do the typical 3 up/3 down format with each having 20 teams:

(MLS demoted team #1 - currently DC United)
(MLS demoted team #2 - currently Chicago Fire)
Atlanta Silverbacks
Carolina RailHawks
Charleston Battery (Drop Battery for FC)
Dayton Dutch Lions (Rename)
Harrisburg City Islanders (Drop Islanders for a more euro name)
FC Edmonton
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (Rename Miami Fusion or Miami FC)
Indy Eleven (CHANGE THE DAMN NAME!!!)
Los Angeles Blues (Could do well with a name change in this format)
Minnesota United
New York Cosmos
Orlando City (Merge Tampa Bay Rowdies and VSI Tampa Bay in)
Ottawa Fury
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (Possibly drop Riverhounds for a more euro name, not sure if there is history in the name)
Phoenix FC
Richmond Kickers (Drop Kickers for a more euro name)
Rochester Rhinos (Drop Rhinos for a more euro name)
Virginia Cavalry

Really like this idea on the whole, although one team to relegate/promote per season is enough. I'm not sure the governments that built stadiums for MLS teams will be happy with the idea of relegation.

There absolutely needs to be a pro team in the Detroit area, preferably in the city. It's the largest metro region with no pro club, and we manage to pull 2000+ regularly to a high school stadium to watch an NPSL team (Detroit City FC).