Yes, this is more on the TOA v NuRock battle. After the USL announcement that they would be
expanding to Baltimore, to Detroit, to Ottawa and Edmonton on top of their previous plans of New
York city and Tampa Bay the TOA responded with a formal announcement that they would be apply for
2nd tier status in the USA and 1st tier status in Canada.
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, [. Click to continue reading...
Normally, we try not to give rank stupidity a link, for obvious reasons. In this case though, if I did not, people would claim I was making it up. So here you go: MY LINK OF THE YEAR. I am forever indebted to BS loyalist "evangel" for passing along this article which, I admit, I
read several times because I couldn't believe that it was not a parody. Click to continue reading...
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 [...] Click to continue reading...
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 legal issues as well. Oh, and
the Timbers?
With talks at a stand-still between the Team Owners Association and Nurock Soccer Holdings, new
owners of USL, the chances of a breakaway league led by numerous USL 1 clubs next year is looking
more and more likely. Vancouver and Montreal became the latest teams to reportedly sever ties with
USL this week, and are part of the group looking to start a new league.
With talks at a stand-still between the Team Owners Association and Nurock Soccer Holdings, new
owners of USL, the chances of a breakaway league led by numerous USL 1 clubs next year is looking
more and more likely. Vancouver and Montreal became the latest teams to reportedly sever ties with
USL this week, and are part of the group looking to start a new league.
The future of the "second" division of American and Canadian soccer took a dramatic turn today:
Alex Papadakis, chairman of NuRock Soccer Holdings, the new owner of USL, told a Canadian radio
station...
IMS is still working on getting a copy of the letter that USL President Tim Holt sent to players
who where under contract with the Carolina Railhawks, Minnesota Thunder and Miami FC Blues but have
still not been able to get the original document.
Tim Holt of USL was emailed and called for a comment and did not return either message.
IMS is still working on getting a copy of the letter that USL President Tim Holt sent to players
who where under contract with the Carolina Railhawks, Minnesota Thunder and Miami FC Blues but have
still not been able to get the original document.
Tim Holt of USL was emailed and called for a comment and did not return either message.
While I have been working on my account of my time in the Atlanta Attack front office (the eagerly
awaited "The Soccerball Years, part 2") several prominent citizens of my home town have decided to
throw caution (and a lot of cash) to the wind and invest heavily in new professional soccer
franchises. Click to continue reading...
