Saturday, Canadian Soccer Association delegates followed the wishes of soccer fans in this country, and agreed to turf the status quo.
At its meeting in Ottawa, delegates voted to begin the process for a new governance structure for the CSA. The new system is to be phased in beginning in 2012, and reduces the number of members on the board from 20 to 13.
The new system ensures that the CSA president and vice-president will be elected, and that six directors — one each from BC/YT, AB/NT, MB/SK, ON, QC, NS/NB/PE/NL — will be elected. By 2015, no director on the CSA board can also sit on a provincial soccer body at the same time, creating the distinction between the CSA and the provincial bodies that supporters have been demanding for years.
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