Eric Wynalda will run for the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation.

Wynalda told ESPN FC on Saturday that he's "a firm believer" in promotion and relegation and would like to move MLS to the European season calendar.

Wynalda will run against Boston attorney Steve Gans and amateur league director Paul Lapointe. Incumbent Sunil Gulati is also expected to run.

"One important part of this is I'm not running against Sunil Gulati, I'm running for soccer," Wynalda said. "I have sat back and watched for way too many years and wondered why. I have taken time recently to really figure out why. Why is it the way it is? And I'm going to fix it."

Wynalda said "changing the culture is the key." 

The MLS currently runs from March through December.

"If we're going to create a signature final for example, we cannot have an MLS Cup in December up against the start of basketball, college football and the NFL," he said. "We've got to figure where that little window is to maybe get people to pay attention."