USSF Division 2 Pro Leagues 2017: we literally do not know

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Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

all-Rush mixtape posted:

Because you own the land, and it's your fallback option.

And also UT-Austin seemingly has right of first refusal on every single tract of land suitable for a soccer field that doesn't belong to a local high school.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2017 00:56

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 10:43

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Angstronaut posted:

http://fiftyfive.one/2017/09/us-soccer-federation-rejects-nasls-division-ii-application/
USSF has rejected NASL's application for Div 2 status

We went through the same thing last year. In order for both the USL and NASL to get "provisional" Division 2 status, they had to have their initial applications rejected, followed by weeks of back and forth between the leagues and the USSF.

The difference this time is that somebody made the initial decision public immediately after it was made.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2017 03:28

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Because soccer in the US isn't enough of a clusterfuck, apparently we now have the NPSL sending letters to the USSF and threatening to sue because - if you'll believe the reporting - the USL has been caught bribing NPSL teams to switch over to the USL's amateur circuit, the Premier Developmental League or PDL or whatever you call it.

One of the good lower-league news sources was able to confirm the attempts to intice NPSL teams to switch with 2-3 owners, but they wouldn't go on the record because apparently things are still unfolding.

So now we have a kerfuffle over teams being offered cash to switch amateur soccer leagues.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2017 00:32

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

all-Rush mixtape posted:

Shame about the Deltas. They never had a chance, what with that terrible logo/league.

They would have had a chance had the owners hired actual front office specialists instead of literally trying to crowdsource attendance through word of mouth.

Also their ticket prices, for American D2 soccer, were hilarious.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2017 05:51

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

all-Rush mixtape posted:

San Diego 1904 is the name of a new NASL club, but you don�t want to know why it�s called that.

Given the indirect Anchorman reference let's just agree to call it Whale Vagina FC.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2017 21:17

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

awyeahz posted:

happy nasl preliminary injunction hearing day. big revelations:

- Deltas are folding obviously
- NCFC to USL 2018 confirmed
- DCFC to NASL or whatever 2018
- everybody is mad at steve malik
- ftl strikers lost eleven million dollars in 2016

https://twitter.com/stevehamlin19/status/925415859488731138

https://twitter.com/stevehamlin19/status/925416343196831746

also not that it matters but either the san francisco deltas who folded on september 1 or north carolina railhawks football club who are defecting will be in the final nasl soccerbowl lmao

Scuttlebutt on the Deltas is that the dude who folded up the PDL's Burlingame Dragons after looking at a USL bid might take over the team.

The Malik thing: yeah I can kind of see why people are mad at him. It reads like he dropped all support of the league in order to chase his 3% chance of getting an MLS team in Raleigh, North Carolina.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2017 00:21

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 10:43

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

awyeahz posted:

#SaveTheRiverhounds

https://twitter.com/RiverhoundsSC/status/964663662299533312

I get the redesign given how dated the old logo looked, but holy balls there is way too much going on there.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 06:07

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