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I'm almost embarrassed to ask such a basic question, but I seriously cannot find a solution to this. I'm trying to create the lower divisions in the United States. I'm starting with the second division (USL Championship, but in the game known as United States Soccer League Division One). For some reason I can't get the competition to start. The database verifies, but when I run a test it doesn't begin the competition. I've tested the database in-game as well. When I'm selecting the active divisions, United States Soccer League Division One shows up. When I get to team selection and the actual game, the division is now gone. I know this must be something simple but for the life of me I cannot figure it out. Please help. test.fmf

I'm trying to create the second division in the United States. In-game, the competition is known as the United States Soccer League Division One. In my file, there are 2 groups of 18 teams in Stage 0. The top 10 teams in each group qualify for a playoff for each respective group. Right now, the first group (the eastern conference) is working perfectly. The second group (the western conference), all the teams that are affiliated with MLS clubs as a B team or a II team are being bypassed for qualification league fate. I have no idea why. This isn't happening for similar teams in the other group. Anyone have an idea why? I don't have any options selected for B/Reserve teams to be bypassed. test7.fmf

I'm creating the second division in the United States and I'm noticing that certain teams (the B teams for MLS clubs) show up with a rule that says they can't be promoted. Right now I'm working on the first stage of the competition which consists of two groups of 18 teams and the top 10 make the playoffs. After testing the comp and looking at the rules, for each group it shows promotion restrictions. I haven't set any promotion rules or restrictions. There is no promotion from this division. I'm having another problem with the rules and I think this might be the cause of it. Anyone know why these rules would be showing up? test7.fmf

I'm trying to create the lower divisions in the United States. In this file I'm using basic rules editing. The second division (in game known as the United States Soccer League Division One) has two subdivisions (USSL Division One Eastern Conference and USSL Division One Western Conference). Each conference plays 34 games and then the top ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Right now, I have a championship layoff set in each subdivision with 10 teams supposed to qualify. However, when I test it, the game is selecting random teams for the playoffs, not the top 10 teams. Anyone know why this is? I've also noticed that the teams that are always passed over for the playoffs, even though they're in the top 10, are teams affiliated with first division (MLS) clubs. Not sure if this info helps at all. File is attached. USA basic.fmf

I love playing in the MLS. With that being said, without the USL being active it is very difficult to keep your prospects training and fit. They only get gets during friendlies or US Open Cup. Can you please allow the MLS to increase the cap space as the years go by. It would be neat to see that if in 20 years, you can get it on the level of Europe's big leagues. Only way we can do that is if the league gains prestige and is allowed more money per team.

Looking for help qualifying teams for a playoff. I'm creating the second division in the United States. The league structure is Stage 0: group stage, 2 groups, top 8 teams from each group qualify for playoff. Stage 1: playoff for group 1. Stage 2: playoff for group 2. Stage 3: final, winner of State 1 and Stage 2. The problem I'm running into is that when I validate is the error message that no teams have been found in Stage 1. It's looking for 8 but found 0. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Has anyone created a playoff in this year's editor? I feel like a lot of things that used to work in last year's editor are suddenly not working in this one. I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. Any help will be greatly appreciated! PS - I haven't created stage 3 in the file I uploaded. I'll do that after I fix this problem. USA Update.fmf

When I test my nation rules, I'm getting the error "Can't find enough teams from division. 32 found, 33 needed." There are 33 teams in the division. I've included a picture of the Required Teams portion of the nation rules. I've set the minimum to 32 and the maximum to 33. If I change the required min and max teams both to 32, it says it's found 33 teams and only need 32. If I change both to 33, it says it's only found 32 teams and needs 33. I don't understand what the issue is. Can anyone help? USA Update 2.fmf

USA Expansion File Have you ever played an MLS save and wished that you could see highlights of players that you loan to your USL affiliate? Have you ever wanted to observe your Academy prospects? Have you ever drafted a player from a PDL club like the Mississippi Brilla and wish that it was from an actual NCAA collegiate program like in real life? Have you ever wanted to take control of your local amateur side, like the Knoxville Force, and try to beat your archrivals and win the league? That’s what this file is for. As much as possible with the limitations of the editor, we have tried to recreate a real life FM experience for the unique structure of the sport in the United States. All-in-all, there are over 600 playable teams in 8 levels of competition. Major League Soccer - This file adds Los Angeles FC and David Beckham’s Miami franchise (Inter Miami) to the 2017 expansion. Also added are MLS Rivalry competitions for NYRB-NYFC, LA Galaxy v. LAFC, and Orlando City v. Inter Miami. MLS teams will also prepare for the season in one of seven preseason exhibition tournaments (ATX Pro Challenge, Carolina Challenge Cup, Desert Diamond Cup, IMG Suncoast Pro Classic, Las Vegas Pro Soccer Challenge Cup, Simple Invitational, Walt Disney Pro Soccer Classic). North American Soccer League - Adds the announced future expansion teams in Orange County, CA (California Athletic FC) and San Diego (San Diego Waves). The league format is at it is in real life, with a Spring and Fall season. The two winners advance to the Championship semifinals, joining the top two qualifiers from the overall table (three if the same team wins both spring and fall). United Soccer League - Includes expansion side Nashville SC and Austin Aztex off hiatus. The league is split into two conferences (as in real life), with each conference having an eight-team playoff whose winners compete in the USL Cup. All 24 MLS clubs have affiliates in USL, so this is a chance to keep a better eye on developing players. NCAA Division I - 206 NCAA teams have been added. The format is as close as possible to real life. There is a spring season where teams can get a look at their players heading into the fall. The regular season consists of 9-10 non-conference matches to go with their conference schedule. As in real life, 21 of the 24 conferences will have a tournament that is set up to reflect the real life format. Each conference will send its champion, along with 24 at-large qualifiers, to the NCAA Division I Championship tournament to compete the national title. The MLS SuperDraft will draw players from the NCAA, as in real life, so MLS clubs can scout for future talent. Premier Development League - The PDL is set up as in real life, with 10 divisions that feed a 22-team championship tournament. The teams play a 14-match schedule during the summer. National Premier Soccer League - Also set up as in real life with 4 Regions divided into “conferences”. The four region winners advance to compete for the NPSL Championship. The teams play a 12-match summer schedule. United States Soccer Development Academy - The USSDA is divided into 7 Divisions. In all, 32 teams qualify for the USSDA Championship tournament. This is as close to how it functions in real life as possible, with the only difference being the schedule. It is impossible to run the league on a Fall-Spring calendar, so it runs a 30-match schedule on a Spring-Fall calendar. All MLS clubs have academies in the league, so if you manage in MLS you can see potential prospects from you academy. USASA Amateur Leagues - Six of the more prominent amateur leagues in the US have been included. The American Soccer League, American Premier Soccer League, Southern Premier Soccer League, Premier League of America, and the United Premier Soccer League are all represented as close to their real life format as possible, competing to earn a spot in the US Open Cup. Additional Add-Ons I have also included downloads for Club and Competition Logos, as well as Club kits. This will give every team logos and kits, and logos for every competition as well. (Included in my file are MLS kits that were originally created by kifla6 and downloaded from here: https://sortitoutsi.net/downloads/view/32059/usa-mls-ss2017-new-070517-not-sskcc-yet. Those kits ARE included in the download below, with permission from the author) Download (for version 1.3) - http://www.mediafire.com/file/atrsao41ao54jdh/USA_Expansion_Graphics.rar Update - Latest version 1.2 CHANGE LIST -Bug causing teams in the NCAA and the USSDA to send their players on holiday before the Championship Tournament has been fixed. The USSDA Championship stages will not only be visible in the USSDA Divisions, but the history will be viewable in the USSDA Championship Competition. -The USSDA Championship is now set up even closer to real life. The Group Stage will take place entirely at the large Grand Park facility in Westfield, Indiana. The Quarterfinal will be played at the club sites, with the Semifinal, Third Place Playoff, and Final played at the StubHub Center practice fields. -The recently-announced USL Expansion team Fresno FC has been added. Fresno FC and the 2 NASL expansion teams will now enter the US Open Cup in 2018. -There have been some changes to update some club and competitions graphics. The graphics are now in one file. Update - Latest version 1.3 CHANGE LIST -Fixed an issue where the NCAA teams weren't able to register players for their competitions. Now there is no registration required and they have a maximum team size of 30 -Adjusted the MLS league and playoff schedule to reflect real life -Adjusted the US Open Cup so that the regional draw is more accurate (not perfect, but MUCH better and closer to real life). I was also annoyed that the draw was occurring the day that the round was played when it should have been the day after, so I fixed that. -Added the new Las Vegas team to USL. They haven't announced their name/logo but there is a movement to revive the old Quicksilvers so that's what I went with, inspired by a concept designed by Raysox at SportsLogos.net -Added several rivalries to try and spice up the lower leagues a bit Disclaimers I cannot guarantee that this file will function properly with any other third party DB editor file. I use it with some and it works fine, but I have not tested it with every other file available. If you use a file that includes created competitions and/or clubs, then it will affect the graphics download and they will not work properly. Furthermore, if you use a file that fixes the names of competitions, then you will probably need to manually adjust it so that it doesn’t alter the names of the competitions in this file. I have a file that I fixed, but I cannot post it here because even without looking I’m sure it’s against the rules. I will post the file at other sites where I upload this database. Warning It should also be noted that if you select an NCAA team, the game will crash if you click on the competitions tab. This is likely because the NCAA D1 Soccer competition has 206 teams in it. Unfortunately this is a limitation of the game itself and cannot be helped without damaging the overall experience of the game. USA Expansion 1.3_90EDD1D6-0000-4DFB-9314-9B31364516F7.fmf

Welcome to version 1.0 of The United Stated Project. With this first release, I aim to get everything accurate for the 2016 and 2017 seasons of all 3 professional "soccer" leagues in the USA. Check out the notes below for more details. MLS Minnesota United FC leaves the NASL to join the MLS in 2017. NASL Puerto Rico join the NASL for the 2016 fall season. San Francisco Deltas join the NASL for the 2017 spring season. USL Ottawa Fury and Tampa Bay Rowdies leave the NASL to join the USL in 2017. Download coming soon