“We are not going to throw away our season because of rumours” — Marc Dos Santos preps Deltas for NASL final 9 Nov 2017 For Dos Santos, who was just named the NASL’s coach of the year, Attakora’s drive is a representation of the team spirit that exists within the Deltas.
FC Edmonton owner Fath hopeful NASL can still salvage Div-2 status after U.S. court defeat 4 Nov 2017 “I was very disappointed in the initial decision to not sanction NASL as a Division-2 league, because it should be,” Fath said Saturday. “And now I am very disappointed that the injunction didn’t go through. Now, the league will look at options, we’ll be looking at the next steps.”
WFC2 became the Whitecaps’ own Kobayashi Maru 14 Oct 2017 But, no. Frankly, the Whitecaps were backed into a corner. When the USL got its Division-2 status from the USSF for the 2017 season — moving up from Div-3 status — it began a chain of events that really could have only ended this way.
Adversity-eating Deltas win in Edmonton: “Hopefully we’ll all have jobs in 2018” 1 Oct 2017 “The only thing we can control, me as a coach and them as the players, is the better we perform, the better chance we have to be in another club next year or with the San Francisco Deltas,” said Dos Santos. “If San Francisco continues, good. If it doesn’t, and we do well, hopefully we’ll all have jobs in 2018.”
NASL makes it clear: Either it gets the injunction, or else it doesn’t continue 28 Sep 2017 Kessler stated over and over that there is no plan B — NASL “has no other option or plan to continue” if the injunction to keep its Div-2 status isn’t granted by the court.
NASL goes to court: Launches suit in wake of Div-2 sanctioning decision 19 Sep 2017 The North American Soccer League is suing the United States Soccer Federation.
FC Edmonton owner confirms attendance at CanPL meetings, says USL not an option 17 Sep 2017 “We have been going to the meetings,” he said. “I believe in the Canadian Premier League. I think it will be great for Canada.”
Miami FC’s begins legal action in fight for pro-rel: What it could mean for Canadian clubs is muddy 3 Aug 2017 What Miami FC, along with the lower-division Kingston Stockade FC (a team based in New York state), did is initiate an international legal proceeding targeting FIFA, CONCACAF and the United States Soccer Federation. What do the two clubs want? They have gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming that FIFA is violating Swiss law (the body’s headquarters are in Switzerland) by not compelling the USSF to have a system of promotion and relegation between its professional divisions. MLS is Div-1, while USL and NASL are Div-2.
Cosmos steal Valencia’s thunder in Regina 22 Jul 2017 But, put the game in Regina, in the brand-new Mosaic Stadium, and the context changes. As part of Saturday’s officially named Soccer Day in Saskatchewan, with plans now in full motion to put a Canadian Premier League team in the province, the game between the New York Cosmos and Valencia took on a very different meaning.
Trafford has become a key piece for the Miami FC juggernaut 19 Jul 2017 “It is fun,” Trafford said of Miami FC’s season so far. “Consider where we came from last year; last year, we had a good team, but we didn’t have the success we wanted. Now, this year, with our experience, they’ve added one or two pieces and everything has clicked.”
