The original is here: http://bit.ly/bLFfZv Our sources out of Austin tells us a minority owner of the now defunct Aztex was at the meeting and is looking at bringing a new team back to Austin by 2012.
From the original article: ***NASL Annual General Meeting in Miami No real information on the AGM that took place this weekend. We hope to have some information soon. We can confirm the following teams attended Puerto Rico Islanders, Carolina RailHawks, Montreal Impact, Miami FC Blues, FC Tampa Bay, Crystal Palace Baltimore, FC Edmonton, AC St. Louis, NSC Minnesota Stars and San Antonio. The amount of teams or groups attending is a positive sign of things to come*** It's good news indeed for San Antonio and Austin (whose fans got screwed IMHO with the move to Orlando). Does this mean that AC St Louis, Crystal and NSC have resolved their finacial issues? Or is the league going to something I think they should have done from the beginning...Profit (and loss) sharing?
It seems the market is there for a moderately successful team. I hope it happens. SA and Austin would be nice rivalry.
Jesus, if you're going to resurrect a three-year-old thread, do it for more than a one-word reply, will you? Noobs.
Alright funny guys. I will say this, I know that the USL league office was heavily involved with Aztex moving to Orlando. With that said I have always thought that the current Austin PDL ownership might not want to deal with the USL any more, but apparently they are okay with it. I would think at this point, its more likely that Austin move to USL Pro then goes to NASL.
Part of this makes sense in terms of the Aztexs staying within the USL. But would they become an affiliate to an MLS team, perhaps ironically the Orlando City SC? Maybe there is room for another team.
I had some laughs thinking that Orlando might do that, but my theory is that Orlando MLS will have a different city as their affiliate. But who knows. Bottom line, I would be surprised if Austin joined the NASL now.
Yeah, the thought of Orlando and Austin pairing is pretty funny. Who knows if they do pair up or what Orlando decides in the end. I think the NASL might be interested in Austin. The Aztexs? Don't know. But it may be that if not them then another group could come into the picture.
It's likely that Austin moves to USL than goes to NASL too (that's for deleting my joke post ). Aztexs? There's more than one of them? Axtexi?