Luka hadn't quite perfected the art of the angry punchSettle down at the back there. The most gratifying part of a blogsworth's existence is the customary handing out of end-of-season awards - where players and games are rated and slated and the very best moments of the previous 10 months can be reminisced over.

In a narrow 6-5 vote with both U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati and MLS Commissioner Don Garber abstaining, the USSF Board of Directors approved the North American Soccer League (NASL) to provisionally sanction Division 2 pro soccer in the U.S. for 2011. The approval came with a special 1-year provisional status and must still be ratified in today's Annual General Meeting which takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada today.

The NASL held a media conference call on Thursday afternoon. While there was little new news coming from the event one piece of information did surface. NASL CEO Aaron Davidson stated that his executive board consisting of himself, Joey Saputo of the Montreal Impact and Andrew Nestor of FC Tampa Bay will meet with the Professional Committee members which is made up of Carlos Cordeiro, Executive Vice President Mike Edwards and Secretary General Dan Flynn.

IMS spoke with U.S. Soccer's Neil Buethe late Friday afternoon. The USSF Media Relations Director confirmed that US Soccer had made a decision not to sanction the North American Soccer League for Division 2 pro soccer at this time.

"The NASL was granted provisional sanctioning on November 21, of last year," explained Buethe.