With the creation of Major League Rugby, a lot of hope spawned for the future of USA Rugby. The competition would allow for a significant increase in high level training and match time for the best American players not contracted to overseas clubs... While in the short term the jump from amateur to professional should be of great benefit to the current crop of pros, the real prize will be the academies that MLR teams have been creating.

The 2018 season was probably the greatest season USA Rugby has ever had. The MLR had just been created, the Eagles won the Americas Rugby Championship, defeated both Scotland and Samoa for the first ever and finished the season ranked 12th in the world. The US finished the year 10-2, only losing to Ireland and the Maori All Blacks, coming away with a margin of 366 points scored to 262 conceded.