There have been several talks about the MLS instituting a relegation policy, such as several other leagues around the world enforce. The relegation policy is different in the leagues around the world. An example of it is in the EPL. The bottom three teams would be relegated to the championship league. This is the league below the EPL. The Top 3 teams of the Championship league would then be promoted to the EPL. This change happens every season.
After the MLS executive meet on April 20, 2011, they decided that Major League Soccer has no intention to institute promotion and relegation and will not eliminate conferences to match other leagues in the world.
MLS expanded to 18 teams this year with the addition of Portland and Vancouver, and Montreal will join in 2012. The President of the MLS, Mark Abbott said as the league gets bigger, it may not keep a balanced schedule. Because of its desire to promote regional rivalries, MLS is not interested in the so-called "single table" schedule used by other countries.
I feel that this is the best case for the MLS as of know. The first step in moving towards the single table would be to implement more teams.
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