Tormenta kept their USL2 team after turning pro though. As far as I've understood, that won't be the case for Sarasota or Fort Wayne.

The recent teams that have moved to pro after qualifying and have fielded both pro and amateur teams in the ensuing USOC (Irvine Zeta 2024, Club de Lyon 2023) were local qualifiers and came in via NISA. My gut says USL isn't gonna operate that way when they have direct control.

I'd expect Sarasota Paradise and Fort Wayne FC to decline spots (or not be offered them at all by USL) as they're both moving to USL League One next year and would get a spot by default.

I guess it's fortunate that we're not to the level of Lexington fans wondering if it's worthwhile to kill five of their players to trigger a disaster draft

It has finally stopped. If you want to know what I went through, it was this, but instead of 17 seconds, it was 25-30 minutes

At what point should I choose to dissociate and haunt the Terminal A baggage claim forevermore

I understand why teams do this, but it feels incredibly minor league and a slap in the face to fans who would be at every game but can't take off work on a midday afternoon.

I half considered going to Chatt for the game (I was at the Knoxville-Madison game and am only about an hour and a half from there) and I am so glad I didn't

Tied for worst. We lost 6-2 to Charlotte Independence on the road on June 27, 2022.