Then, on Thursday came the announcement that, as part of its national English-language television deal with TSN, seven MLS games will be broadcast coast-to-coast on CTV. That’s a massive sign of BellMedia getting behind the MLS property, with the same kind of fervour we have seen dedicated to the Canadian Football League in the past. Of the seven national CTV games, five will feature match-ups between the Canadian sides.

The 11 has learned that NASL is about to announce a major change to the league's roster rules — Canadians will now be full domestics league wide.

“The moment I stepped on the pitch, it was better than anything, it was better than an orgasm,” de Guzman said to an Ottawa press-conference room filled with laughter.

If you're a fan of one of the Canadian teams that play the majority of their road games in the United States (that'd be MLS, NASL and USL), is what's happening in the United States making you reconsider your travel plans for road matches in America?

Yet, both the Fury and the Canadian Soccer Association have guarded the team’s Canadian-content obligations for 2017 like a state secret. But the fact that there are a dozen non-Canadian-team-eligible players already signed tells us something.

That's why, when his playing career is over, he fully intends to become a soccer coach, working with youth players in Edmonton. He's even thinking about opening his own academy. As FC Edmonton's all-time leading scorer and former Northern Irish youth international, he'll certainly have the reputation to attract young talent.

"It is very disappointing," said Miller. "The club made him what I thought was a very good offer. But a club like ours can't compete with the bigger soccer markets in the United States, and the Canadian dollar kills us."

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...

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?