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The NASL may have won the rights to being called a Division 2 league over the weekend, however a hammer was hit on the small league as the USSF said the five American clubs would not be eligible to play in this year’s edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. During a conference call with reporters…[continue reading]

This news came across on Friday evening but its still worth bring up. Inside Minnesota Soccer reported on Friday that the USSF was not pleased with the NASL’s progress so far and voted to remove the league’s provisional second division status. In a way this should come as no shock to those who’ve followed the…[continue reading]

Last winter it was all USL v. NASL. It looks like the drama of that is now turning into the drama of how the NASL can become a Division II league under the USSF soccer pyramid. The NASL released a press statement this morning stating they have submitted to the USSF their final bid for sanctioning…[continue reading]

SI.com’s newest writer and WVH fave Tobias Lopez wrote an interesting little piece yesterday on some comparisons between the old NASL and Major League Soccer. Normally I’m right on board with Lopez but on this not so much. For the most part Lopez is saying the league right now is following a little too closely…[continue reading]

From time to time as you all know we like to post interviews done by former MLSer Jared Montz. If you haven’t gotten into his podcast yet I highly recommend you do so now. Today he has added a new podcast/video interview with NASL or USSF Div II Carolina Railhawks Brian Plotkin. The two discuss…[continue reading]

The agreement is finally out. The U.S. Soccer Federation, United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) have come to an agreement on the formation and operation of a Division 2 professional soccer league for the 2010 season. The USSF will oversea the operation of the league. The league will consist of…[continue reading]

Some will find this ruling shocking and others like myself will not. The USSF has told both the USL and the newly formed NASL that they will each not be sanctioned in 2010 unless they can work it out within the next week. According to a press release (see below) sent out by the USSF,…[continue reading]

I believe it was only really going to be a matter of time before things got real nutty with this whole USL/TOA/NASL/USSF mess. The Kartik Report found out this morning that the USL is suing the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Crystal Palace Baltimore and the Rochester Rhinos for breach of contract. The three clubs had allegedly committed contractually…[continue reading]

A nice little media event took place earlier today in the Gateway City with Jeff Cooper and the rest of the St. Louis United bunch to reveal the club’s name and crest. The club is going to be called AC St. Louis. The logo as you see is pretty basic and I definitely like the…[continue reading]

So is the new NASL going to expand similar to the old NASL? It is almost starting to sound that way as clubs continue to line up to join the new league. While the approval by the USSF is still under review we learned today that Edmonton could be set to join the new league.…[continue reading]