Per information provided to Soc Takes, the initial franchise expansion fee for USL is now $7 million. This is an increase from their 2017 fee which was $5 million.

This fee increase would apply to teams signing franchise agreements in 2018 and beyond, and would not affect recently announced franchises.

An USL representative did not confirm or deny the report.

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