In a reply sent to The 11, the league stated that: "Each season, clubs will play each other home and away, plus they'll have two additional games — one home, one away. The owners/league wanted to give the fans/teams more than just 28 games."

“We are solely Canadian,” says general manager Will Cromack. “We only have player spots for Canadians. We want to focus regionally as well, to focus on local players. That being said, if you’re Canadian and want to travel here and knock on our door, we’ll take a look.”

Canadian Marc Dos Santos was announced as the inaugural head coach of the San Francisco Deltas in 2016. In this Q and A, he discusses NASL turmoil, why he left the USL’s Swope Park Rangers for the Bay Area, and what he thinks of the Ottawa Fury’s decision to leave NASL for USL...

The league announced that it and now-former commissioner Bill Peterson had parted ways. A release put out by the league indicated it was an amicable split.

So, in the latter part of 2016, as the second division of North America was in turmoil, Fath had been unflinching in his mantra; he said over and over that his team solidly backed the North American Soccer League.

But now that we have a verdict, the issue goes forward. Thanks for your patience! What can you find inside the issue, other than our look back at the USL/NASL soap opera?

So, in 2017, North America will have two Division-2 leagues.

In a system without promotion and relegation, why is it important for us to have divisional distinctions for leagues? Really, why do we care so much what a series of suit-and-tie guys deem to be Divisions 1, 2 and 3 in North America?

Peter Wilt admits he’s an unbridled optimist. And there’s no doubt many who will read the coming paragraphs with a “bah” and a “humbug.”

The message from FC Edmonton co-owner Tom Fath is the same as it was at this time last week — that he fully expects that there will be an NASL in 2017, and that Eddies will be playing in that league.