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Well, it looks like the NuRock v TOA saga is continuing, but only a little bit, while the USL-1
meetings are being held in Beaverton, OR this week. With the following teams certainly there -
Rochester, Portland, Tampa Bay, Puerto Rico, FC New York, Cleveland and Austin. The TOA clubs, may
or may not be Vancouver, [.
Man U is no stranger to hearing those words, but this competition takes place on the balance sheet
and not on the pitch.
That's right, Forbes has just released their annual list of the world's most valuable sports
franchises and at the top of the list is a proper football club, Manchester United.
Just getting this out there, no time for extensive thoughts. 24thMinute and CBC on Vancouver and
Montreal pulling out of USL. Inside MN Soccer on the fuller situation. The TOA is clearly now the
2nd tier of the sport. Not just due to market size, but also due to the quality of the
organizations involved.
Recently Steve Clare over at Prost Amerika interviewed Jeremy St Louis of Fox Soccer. It is a far
ranging interview covering national teams (particularly the issues facing Canada), MLS, Sounders,
the EPL and the upcoming World Cup. There were a few semi-precious stones in there, that you might
just miss.
While I have been focusing on the issues that are facing the lower tiers of the American soccer
system recently, please let's all remember that our issues here are not as bad as in other places.
In Scotland the Old Firm are constantly making noise about leaving the SPL and SFA for the
supposedly greener patches [.
While I have been focusing on the issues that are facing the lower tiers of the American soccer
system recently, please let's all remember that our issues here are not as bad as in other places.
In Scotland the Old Firm are constantly making noise about leaving the SPL and SFA for the
supposedly greener patches [.
Having a full day off I thought I would share the links that are out there of interest to Sounders
fans and those that read the site, as well as a recap of the Sounders FC weekly radio show on 710
ESPN. First TOA v NuRock is getting to a boiling point. Yep, hints of [...]
