Being an affiliate hasn't really negatively effected players for teams like Energy FC, Charleston Batttery, Rochester Rhinos, etc. so I'm not sure it's a negative for Ottawa players. Does it mean there may be more "competition" for minutes? Sure, but that can be true of any player/position on any team, you beat out the players you train with for playing time. FC Montreal players just lost their team, so yeah, not positive at all. They'll likely have to go get a contract elsewhere.
You don't think some Ottawa players will lose their spot to a Impact loanee? And if not, why did Montreal agree to affiliate?
From what I've seen... No... USL teams haven't really been under any obligation to play the loanees from the MLS team. On the rare occasion when the MLS team loans players to their affiliate, those players don't always get playing time. MLS teams are supposedly required to loan a minimum of 4 players to their USL affiliates, but it's often just one or two..
How would the ability to take loans be a negative for Ottawa. Unless Montreal is taking over soccer ops this is essentially a zero change for Ottawa.
All MLS teams have to have an affiliate. But that doesn't mean they use it. There are several examples of teams only loaning 1 or 2 players. Or none.
I don't see a list like this from 2016 but here is a list of USL loans from May of 2015. http://www.mlssoccer.com/transactions/2015/usl-loans Note that it includes loans to teams other than affiliates. The average number of players loaned to the affiliate is less than 2.5 per team with 13 teams loaning 2 or fewer.
If I remember correctly, many minor league players have one-year contracts anyways. A quick count of the Fury roster on Wikipedia showed only 4 players had been with the team for more than one year.
Let me rephrase, if this is the norm for Montreals affiliation with Ottawa, this is terrible for the Impact academy. Why would any MLS team shift to this system if that's how it works. I get that Crew or NYCFC expect nothing from their affiliation, but a fully controlled academy team like FC Montreal to this affiliation is a major loss.
Exactly. As far as teams folding go, this is about as painless as it gets. I mean their fans will be just fine continuing to root for their higher level squad, and I highly doubt most of the staff didn't already have other roles with the big club too. It's really only the players left in the cold.
http://www.uslorangecounty.com/news_article/show/731285?referrer_id=2576979 LAFC has affiliated with Orange County starting in 2017.
This makes much more sense than LAFC starting a USL team right now. All they have in the academy are U13 and U12 teams, IIRC. In 5 years a USL team would make sense, but not now.
Since they are supposed to start playing in 2018, they will likely be signing some of their back-up/younger players starting next season. Those players will need somewhere to play.
If LAFC do start their own USL team, they should do it somewhere like Santa Monica, Oxnard, or Santa Barbara.
MLS wholly owned USL teams: Real Monarchs LA 2 Seattle 2 Timbers 2 Bethlehem Steel TFC 2 NYRB 2 Orlando City B Swope Park Rangers Did I miss any?
Smart move for both teams. Gives LAFC a place to play their younger players they sign from now until they take the field in 2018. For OC Blues it gives more people in the Greater LA area a reason to pay attention to them and care they exist (which has been a running problem for them for years). And coupled with OC's coming rebranding, coaching change, etc... it's a good time to relaunch themselves as a more relevant team.
http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/redbulls2.php?article_id=46712#.WFxR3SpVflo.facebook Former Red Bulls head coach Mike Petke is getting back into the professional soccer scene. Petke Thursday was named coach of the Real Monarchs, the top affiliate of Real Salt Lake
this is the article link from 12/15 which is definitely associated with your post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...unch-usl-team-in-2018/?utm_term=.badc08b04e49 United has begun a preliminary search for a playing venue, with Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds and the University of Maryland’s Ludwig Field under consideration. The team has also spoken with officials at George Mason University about building a 5,000-seat stadium as the centerpiece of a permanent training facility for United’s senior team, USL squad and youth academy. Mason’s soccer teams would use the stadium and practice fields, as well.