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What it costs to run a USL team: Expansion fees, player wages & more

From expansion fees to player salaries, we’re diving into the financial state of the USL.

You don’t need me to tell you this, but sports are big business in the United States. 

But where baseball, football, basketball, and hockey are mature, media revenue-driven leagues, the professional soccer landscape is far more varied in where its revenue comes from. Really, it’s still learning how to turn an extremely expensive endeavor into a profitable one.

When the business of men’s professional soccer comes up, it’s often Major League Soccer that receives the bulk of the focus.

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