Despite the success of the USL's Nashville SC, the existence of the USL team after the debut of the MLS club in 2020 is unknown.

There’s no definite answer whether the USL team will also be a fixture in the community, Ian Ayre said Friday, but the Nashville SC CEO doesn't see having two teams in town.

"It’s not feasible to have two teams in Nashville," Ayre said. "So, that almost certainly won’t happen. As to what the final position is, we’re just not far enough down the track to talk about that.

“We’ll definitely have some level of affiliation, whether it’s with our existing team potentially in another market or whether we do something different to that.”

As of March 15, 2018, 19 MLS teams had a USL affiliation — the equivalent to a minor league or developmental league team — according to the MLS website. Portland Timbers, LA Galaxy, New York Red Bulls and Atlanta United all have affiliated teams in the USL Championship that play locally.

“We absolutely have to have some form of an affiliate USL presence,” Ayre said. “What that ends up working out as we haven’t decided quite yet, although we are in discussions with various people on that."

Nashville SC (8-4-3) has been off to a solid start in its second season. The club holds the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference standings. Nashville SC will host Ottawa Fury FC on Saturday and New York Red Bull II on Wednesday, with both games set for 7 p.m. at First Tennessee Park.

"We have a season to finish," Ayre said. "We have big ambitions for USL this year. As I say, we have a team of people that are only focused on that league and doing the best we can do in that league."

Three players on the current roster — Daniel Ríos, Derrick Jones and Cameron Lancaster — also have contracts for the Nashville SC MLS roster.

Ayre also said season tickets for the 2020 MLS season will go on sale July 8 for the general public.