Update 1.4 - 2024/10/19
Note: I recommend starting the save in the 24/25 season (using a USA start date) since transfers, contracts, and database changes reflect the 24/25 IRL season. Also, consider using the optional "World Champions League by Dallan" file to align with the goal of raising the MLS and U.S. clubs standing in world Football, it also helps in getting in high-profile Players.
I also added a setup video on the bottom for the “ideal” pre-game leagues and database setup. At least for me.
- USL Expansion: Created a new division (USL 2 - 4th Tier).
- Canadian Teams: Added top Canadian teams to the U.S. leagues (Championship).
- MLS Title Playoffs: Added 2nd leg for quarter and semi-finals.
- Pre-season Leagues Cup: Pre-season Leagues Cup now properly invites all winners from the 16 chosen divisions worldwide.
- Lamar Hunt Cup: Rearranged some dates.
- Club Finances: Rearranged finances of clubs.
- Club Objectives: Added club objectives for clubs in the first 2 divisions.
- Contracts and Transfers: Implemented up-to-date 24/25 contracts & transfers (excluding manually transferred players & coaches to MLS).
- Transfer Values: Transfer & contract values have been rearranged accordingly to the players' CR & Reputation.
- Player CA & PA: Rearranged some CA and PA of top MLS players.
- Player Value Fix: Fixed a bug where player values would drop increasingly after a transfer.
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Update 1.3 - 2024/10/14
- Leagues Cup: Leagues Cup file no longer needed - Cup now implemented in main file.
note: Still working on removing some age-restricted B-clubs. Let me know if you find any! Enjoy!
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Update 1.2 - 2024/10/13
- Homegrown Update: Canadian and Puerto Rican players now count as homegrown.
- Loan Fix: Player loans now last up to 1 year.
- Homegrown Status Fix: Adjusted some homegrown status issues.
- Youth Teams: Added U18 and U23 teams for top 3 divisions (more coming soon).
- New Registration Rules (only for top 3 divisions): Max squad size 25, 3 loan players, 8 homegrown nation, 4 homegrown club, 8 foreign players, U19 players always eligible.
- Club Finances: Boosted finances for select clubs and overall league power.
- New Start Dates: Choose June, July, or August 2024.
- Feeder Clubs: Removed max age for independent feeder clubs.
note: Still working on removing some age-restricted B-clubs. Let me know if you find any! Enjoy!
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Update 1.1 - 2024/10/08
- Transfer Windows: Rearranged due to complications in later seasons.
- Season Break: Redesigned, as it didn’t occur in some saves.
- Season Start Date: Set for June 2024 (not reflecting real-life results from 23/24).
- Awards: Fixed bugs and added Player of the Month awards.
- Regional Strength: Set to 1.0.
- uploaded on steam
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Update 1.0 - 2024/10/01
★ THE AMERICAN DREAM ★
US 9-Tier League System (Promotion, Relegation, Playoffs)
Step into the heart of American soccer with this new USA League System! Experience the thrill of managing across 9 tiers, complete with promotions, relegations and playoffs. If you’re ready for a fresh challenge and a deeper dive into US Soccer, grab the mod now and reshape your football journey!
SETUP:
In this mod, you will find:
Key Features
- 9-Tier League System: A proper league system just like the european ones. No East/West shenanigans
- (Optional) World Champions League: Replaces the normal Champions League & Europa League format so you can test your MLS team against europes elite. (file by Dallan: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3076607642)
- Increased Player Transfers: American clubs have a higher likelihood of signing high-profile players globally.
- American-Style Playoffs: Implemented at the end of each season.
- Enhanced Club Reputation: American clubs now have improved standing in the football world.
- Upgraded Training Facilities: Training facilities for American clubs have been significantly enhanced.
- Boosted Player Attributes: Increased Current Ability (CA) and Potential Ability (PA) for American, Canadian, and Puerto Rican players.
- Awards System: Recognition for top performers in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions.
- European Season Date: Changed the American Season Date so it fits the european one (June to May)
Meet the Leagues
| Name | Teams | Promotion Spots | Relegation Spots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major League Soccer | 30 | (8 Teams Playoff for League Win) | 4 |
| USL Championship | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 4 |
| USL League One | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 4 |
| USL League Two | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 4 |
| National Premier Soccer League | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 4 |
| National Independent Soccer Association | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 4 |
| United Premiere Soccer League | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 4 |
| United States Adult Soccer Association | 30 | 3 + 1 (4-7 Playoff) | 5 |
| US Club Soccer | 50 | 5 | 0 |
FIFA Champions League & FIFA World League
Get ready for an exciting new take on the Champions and Europa League! Teams from all over the world will compete for the most wanted trophies in football, and you can be part of it!
Leagues Cup
A pre-Season friendly Cup between League winners all over the world.
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Join 256 teams in the fight for the famous U.S. Open Cup! Can a small club from the lower divisions pull off an upset, or will the big teams dominate? It’s your chance to show what you can do!
How to install?
1) Download all the Files
2) Drag the file into your "Editor Data" folder. located at \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\editor data. If this folder doesn't exist, create it.
3) Open Football Manager 2024 and start a new career, In the top right of the screen, under "Database", make sure this Data File is selected.
4) Click "Advanced Setup" and then game mode “Original”.
5) Once the database has loaded, click "Add/Remove League", then tick "USA".
6) Go to “approximate player count” (right top) and add all players from USA and Canada (as seen on the picture)
7) Set your start date and enjoy the game!
- Date Created
- 27 Sep 2024 06:57:53
- Date Updated
- 19 Oct 2024 03:41:32
- Last Comment
- 28 Nov 2024 04:06:40
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xythos46
I loaded up the new database and didn't get to sim a season yet
I noticed some problems
23/24 season is skipped at start of save and all players have stats simmed for 24/25 season
RGV Toros (in wrong league) and San Diego Loyal both have 0 players (a lot other clubs have this issue too, mostly in the lower divisions. other databases maybe have the rosters you can borrow from) USL League 2 is skipped
I picked FC Tucson to start save and noticed I had $37m USD transfer budget and $68m USD wage budget, as well as I was missing over ⅔ of the teams roster
I haven't checked anything else yet 😛 will wait for another update, appreciate your work. I have no idea how to help but I'd love to learn. This is still closest thing to the best US database, Zealands from FM22
Junior_Kensh1
hey, appreciate the help, thanks!
here’s some clarification on the issues you encountered:
“23/24 season is skipped at start of save and all players have stats simmed for 24/25 season.”
“RGV Toros (in wrong league) and San Diego Loyal both have 0 players (a lot of other clubs have this issue too, mostly in the lower divisions. other databases maybe have the rosters you can borrow from) USL League 2 is skipped.”
“I picked FC Tucson to start the save and noticed I had $37m USD transfer budget and $68m USD wage budget, as well as I was missing over ⅔ of the team's roster.”
Thanks for trying it out! you’re always welcome to reach out about any problems or bugs. Remember, the main purpose of this database is to improve American soccer’s standing worldwide, so i focused more on boosting stats, finances, and teams from the top 3 divisions instead of paying attention to strict realism. of course, a touch of realism is important, but the goal is to help the MLS compete with European leagues in a few years - its a fantasy league after all 🙂
xythos46
I see your reasoning, personally I really don't mind. I actually prefer to start in FM24 season start since the database is still on the default FM24 database as far as age, potential, ability, who is available, etc. Plus I get one more year with the players I like old and young. If I was concerned about it I would use a database update to current season if one was compatible - probably super likely with the delay of FM25
Okay, that kinda stinks cause the whole point of playing an expanded US database like this one is so I can play with the rosters and rebuild those lower league US teams that I watch all the time lol. I think that is probably why most people play these databases, play with their local lower league team or try see what US lower leagues are like in promotion/relegation
Tucson is 3rd or 4th in the database if I am not mistaken (I attached screenshots) - they actually belong to the missing USL2 league which is technically the 4th tier of us soccer. Yeah they got the money but they shouldn't have too - It's odd when a 3rd division team is offering 30m for Prem League starters. I am not playing for strict realism, I want fun and I do want the US to have better attraction and buying power but this is like every league has premier league budgets. Isn't there a way to change the leagues income?
Yes it is a fantasy league and thats fine! This is just feedback to help make it more fun.. there's a severe lack of good US databases on FM24 for some reason
Junior_Kensh1
ok i'll added it to my list 🙂 its hard for me to find a proper source with all us divisions ranked even wikipedia just has 3 tiers
xythos46
USSF League 1
MLS
(east/west)
USSF League 2
NASL
USSF League 3
USL Championship
(east/west)
US Soccer Fed classifies these three leagues as official divisions. Amateur organizations are recognized by USSF but the inidivual leagues are not. So, after MLS → NASL → USL Championship it goes…
USL League 1
(central/eastern/southern/western)
USL League 2
(central/eastern/southern/western)
NPSL
(northeast/south/midwest/west)
Then, after that it is;
United States Adult Soccer Association State Leagues
USASA Regions I II III & IV
and finally
US Club Soccer
USCS
(east/midwest/south/west)
This is to my best knowledge. I think this is how it would be set up if it was pro/rel. These links have a lot more useful information for you thank wikipedia will have. Let me know if I can help. Cheers
https://football.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_soccer_league_system
https://usadultsoccer.com/
https://www.uslchampionship.com/
https://www.uslleagueone.com/
https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/
https://usclubsoccer.org/
https://www.npsl.com/
Junior_Kensh1
i will definetly implement USL 2 and the rest seems pretty much up to date or at least feels like a natural progression. But i will not implement regions or west/east stuff since getting rid of it is what got this whole project even started xD. And its also a pain in the ass to modify that in the editor lmao.
If you got more information about the leagues, players, clubs just hit me up, its always welcome 🙂
Atm i'm working on a revamped version of the World Champions League / Fifa Club World Cup which is taking way more time than anticipated so lets see how long its gonna take me to start with the USA changes. Planning on dropping the next update on sunday.
xythos46
I have not asked anywhere and am not asking for you to implement regions, I am not sure why you think I am. I am letting you now what regions are encompassed in each division so you know what the correct clubs would be for each division.. i.e. Rio Grande Valley Toros being in the wrong league + not having any players..
There is a lot of information in the links I provided you, it is straight from the leagues themselves which have directories to most of the clubs! Just take a peak lol.
Junior_Kensh1
i know i know maybe i phrased it wrong im glad you noticed it and i also already implemented it now in my current file even tough USL 2 wasnt even in the fm24 database so i had to create the whole league new. Its still not completle done for upload tho 🙂 the thing with the missing players is fixable but tbh would take way to much time so i just force the lower tier clubs now to buy a lot of free agents from the get go.
If you want we can also work on that database together. specially for stuff like adding players and such i could really use help
Junior_Kensh1
As yall can see, the file made a pretty significant jump in size. This is because i merged all IRL Transfers and Contract changes with the MLS file. We reached over 450k database changes now 🥳.
I also added a setup video in which you can see how i set up the leagues. Of course you can set it up how ever you want but for me this is the best way to play the save without having to much load on the file and yet still have the best players and leagues.
Azrael
Thanks for expanding this pyramid! Would you please mind changing the “8 tier” text into “9 tier” in the title and the post text (and replacing the image with the 8 tiers with one with the new 9 tiers as well)? :-)
Junior_Kensh1
np. thanks for playing!
MrCristian
San Diego FC Pls
xythos46
I'd love to help man, just let me know what I can do. Shoot me a message sometime!
nmazza921
Is there a way to get rid of the MLS taking 25% of the transfer fee for selling a player? It's happening on every player sale I make.
Junior_Kensh1
i did removed it but for some reason its still happened. Trying to figure out why but maybe its hard coded. I'll see what i can do for the next update.
nmazza921
Thanks man! I love everything about the update besides that.
Bret Piechowski
Mate - Just a heads up…but there appears to be two Dallas Texans teams in USL2. One has team ID 72023782 and the other has 2000237947. On the team selection page both names are the same and both of their logos look the same. On the actual team screen the name for 72023782 is Dallas Texans and the name for 2000237947 is Dallas Texans - BAL. Also, I recall you were asking about teams with youth restrictions…in the US Clubs there is called St. Louis (PDL) U20.