I'd say one of the top couple teams wins the MLS cup or NASLsoccer bowl every year. Maybe not the best but one of the best.
So, because no NASL team has ever made a serious run (and no minor league club has either, since MLS has been maturing) should they not have to prove, via the Open Cup, that the league is worthy of direct entry into this tournament? As it stand right now, we can all agree that no NASL team is anywhere near being on the level of the better MLS clubs....not even close. The league should have to prove it's strength, just like MLS has to, to earn spots. Let's say MLS gets 3 direct entries, if those 3 clubs do very well, perhaps the league will get a 4th, and a 5th spot. Just like the World Cup where they try to determine the number of spots each confederation gets based on the number of genuine contenders. The ACL would need to see proof that NASL has enough quality to be given a spot. They could do that by winning the Open Cup, using that entry and doing well in the ACL.
I wouldn't do that far, the New York Cosmos are clearly a solid organization on the field, and are on par with the bottom rung of MLS franchises right now. So yes, the MLS teams are on the whole better, but to say no NASL team is even close is flat out incorrect. I'd even throw Minnesota in there as well as an example of a team that would be on par with the lower part of MLS sides.
Certainly one of the ten best NASL sides. Few championships are ever won by bad or mediocre teams. (The 1984 Padres notwithstanding.)
It will be interesting to see how this summers Copa America does financially. If it performs well I can see some MLS clubs* joining LigaMX one's as invitees to Copa Libertadores. To be frank, the rest of CONCACAF is dead weight. Include a provision that if a non-LigaMX or MLS team wins the CCL they get to go but leave it at that. Why would any rational club owner/organizer want them in a tournament? To increase costs, while lowering per game revenues (no one pays to watch Sporting KC take on a semi-pro team from T&T) and causing the deminised winnings to be divided more? This is the kind of pie in the sky, head up the ass, musings of the NASL and its fanboys that make everyone else not take them seriously. *It should be noted that last years MLS CBA includes provisions for Copa Libertadores incentives. Not sure if it is new but interesting none the less.
Single post schizophrenic much? Seriously, that is an interesting addition to the MLS CBA, but I'm not sure if you are quoting someone else or what is going on here at all.
I'm speaking in general. If this summer's Copa America is a financial success I can see some MLS teams being invited to the Copa Libertadores but the idea of a new joint CONMEBOL-CONCACAF super tournament on the level people are talking about is insane from a business standpoint.
Has this proposed tournament fizzed out due to lack of interest or have I not been able to find the links that indicate continuing developments on this?
My guess is that no sponsers are willing to commit money, so another fantasy league goes the way as so many before it. To the land of dead links.
I imagine the acquisition of MP & Silva by private equity is causing some projects to get delayed. In my experience, that type of thing puts plans to invest effort unrelated to the acquisition on the shelf for about 3 months. Then it takes a little time to reprioritize projects after the acquisition completes. Riccardo Silva seemed to be driving the vision there so a question would be does this project stay with MP & Silva or does it leave to a new venture with Riccardo Silva. It probably depends on whether the PE firm cares about the concept or not.
It can also cause a lot of cancellation of projects. Also this would be a huge project, big projects take time, and there tends to be periods of little or no news. So it is hard to say where the state of things are. Overall I feel like it was more of a , "You know what would be a cool idea?" kind of project that companies sometimes like to try than a serious one.
If you have a former NFL commissioner and former US senator on the advisory board, it is a bit more advanced than just cool idea phase: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...oins-board-for-all-americas-soccer-tournament
http://midfieldpress.com/2016/06/27/the-time-is-right-for-the-americas-champions-league/ Interesting article talking about the ACL..
To be fair, the article doesn't claim that any NASL involvement is being actively discussed; it's mostly the article writer's speculation. (And actually gives more reasons to not give NASL any bids; i.e. that MLS would walk away from the project.) The article also doesn't clear up the confusion of whether the 64-team tournament would be straight knockout or start with a group round. It does surmise that it would be Concacaf-only and Conmebol-only until the final 16.
Except he's not actually doing that. It's not a lawsuit. It's a request for arbitration. The shorthand of "suing USSF" is the same superficial nonsense that brings us "the fourth division" when no such thing exists. There is no lawsuit. USSF is not being sued. A lawsuit is an actual thing, not a grandstanding play dreamed up by two guys who have been involved in American soccer for an hour and a half each.
More like a spoiled little kid holding his breathe to get what he wants, or screaming wildly out in public to the same end.