The County Championship will return to a two-division format in 2022 for the first time since 2019 but with a 10-team, eight-team divisional split. UEFA will confirm the kick-off times after the draw. Mark McAdam, who was on the club's staff at the time and has gotten to know Howe well in the years since. But within 18 months, the club had retained their league status before then winning promotion the following season, the start of a decade-long journey which would, eventually, lead him to St James' Park. Houston, now managed by 72-year-old veteran Dusty Baker, had the better regular season record and will host the first two games of the World Series on Tuesday and Wednesday before play shifts to Atlanta at the weekend.