NASL/D2 News 2010 Part 5

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  1. atlanticTFCfan

    atlanticTFCfan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 14, 2007
    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Continuing on...
     
  2. embeleshow

    embeleshow Member

    Nov 21, 2007
    Monterey Bay
    Club:
    AFC Wimbledon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    so here's the $100,000 question: the Open Cup. All 9 American teams in or do they have to have a qualifying series? Safe to presume 40 teams will still get in, including 16 USASA?
     
  3. atlanticTFCfan

    atlanticTFCfan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 14, 2007
    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    That'll be interesting. Since there are only six teams in the USL-2 league, it might (and I stress, MIGHT) be possible for all nine American D2 League teams to be eligible for the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

    Of course, if the previous brackets are any indication, this is not a certainty, by any means.

    It might be reasonable to guess that one of the D2 clubs and a PDL club could be added to the USL-2 group to even the groups at eight teams each.

    We'll see what they do in the coming weeks if this is indeed the case.

    Also, only 8 USASA teams qualify for the Open Cup, not 16. The groups of eight would likely be as such: MLS, D2 (NASL/USL), USL-2, PDL and USASA.
     
  4. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I figure they are going to have to have all US D2 teams qualify.. 32 spots, 8 for USASA, 8 for PDL, 6 for USL2, 9 for D2. That still leaves one spot open, which I figure will go to PDL.
     
  5. chapka

    chapka Member+

    May 18, 2004
    Haverford, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't forget the NPSL has applied for spots in this year's cup...I don't know if they've been approved or rejected yet.
     
  6. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thought I remember reading that NPSL wasn't sanctioned. Have they been?
     
  7. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    NPSL is sanctioned but they currently have to go thru the USASA to get into the USOC. As chapka said, NPSL applied for direct spots, like the PDL but I have yet to hear if they were approved.

    I think for the NASL, they will simply figure out with the USL1 who gets the spots. It will be a similiar result as in the past when USL1 teams folded or disappeared.
     
  8. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. brentgoulet

    brentgoulet Member+

    Oct 12, 2005
    PuertoPlata, DomRep
    Frankly, I don't understand how the Islanders can do that. Puerto Rico is the poorest state of the USA and the Islanders have each year less and less attendance

    Plus, they spend a lot of money on travel expenses, more than continental teams

    But of course it is positive that they have signed a real boricua
     
  10. Intru

    Intru Member

    Mar 16, 2006
    Rochester, NY
    Club:
    Puerto Rico Islanders
    My dominiki brother, our owners arnt regular puertoricans, they are mostly all influencial member of the New Progressive Party, one is the president of the PR fed, the stadium cost them almost nothing and they do have some nice sponsorship deals that are very dependent on international play now and they run the team very bear bones. Wich is also why the teams is probably loosing fans as the advertisment buget is almost not existing. I'm not sure but I think the houses they give to players are already owned by the teams owners.
     
  11. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
  12. teucer

    teucer Member

    Dec 17, 2009
    Raleigh, NC, USA
    Club:
    Carolina Railhawks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Signing puertorriqueños is not a choice for them, since the league has rules about people having to be eligible to play on the national team of their home country, and in the FIFA world PR is a nation of its own. But they also have to sign people who are up to playing at the D2 level; filling their roster with players who don't help them field a team that can compete isn't a good use of their funds.

    It may be that paying a little more for a few locals who can really shine (at the D2 level, that is; I don't mean people who would be top players in MLS, because they're not even available below that level) is a more cost-effective use of their budget than anything else.

    And, of course, we don't know how big their budget really is. The territory isn't wealthy, but the owners are - we just don't know how wealthy. (At least, I don't. If any of you do, I'd love to see a comparison to other D2 owners and figure out what that says about the various teams' relative budgets.)
     
  13. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Has AC St Louis signed any players yet?

    Aren't they officially the only div2 team without any players?

    Well besides Minnesota, but they have a bunch of Thunder players just waiting to be signed.
     
  14. brentgoulet

    brentgoulet Member+

    Oct 12, 2005
    PuertoPlata, DomRep
    Well thanks for explaining it all, and let next signing please be el dominicano Jonathan Faña Frias
     
  15. Seph

    Seph Member

    Dec 2, 2004
    St. Louis, Mo., USA
    Club:
    St. Louis Lions
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Apparently, they're announcing the first signing(s) today:

    "AC St. Louis to announce first player on Monday"
     
  16. El Daly

    El Daly Member

    May 28, 2006
    Puerto Rico
    Club:
    Puerto Rico Islanders
    Nat'l Team:
    Puerto Rico
    As dominico-boricua I think that Faña can be great addition. The PR Islanders has become the flag ship of the Caribbean. But, I don’t believe that this will make a great impact in the attendance. 99.9% of the dominican like la pelota don’t even know what is soccer, you have to go to Moca, San Cristobal or some sugar cane central to see some soccer (that remind me my days in SPM).

    With sadness I better recommend that they sign a good colombian or venezuelan that will add from 300 to 900 in assistance (Their population here is around 10K each). Sorry but this still a business. :(
     
  17. Intru

    Intru Member

    Mar 16, 2006
    Rochester, NY
    Club:
    Puerto Rico Islanders
    It would be nice, I think PR future is trying to bring players from the caribean especially if there's good dominicans available, since PR has a large dominican community, as their foreign players and increasing the puerto rican prescence as their talent grows. If Cabrero would'nt of thrown a hissyfit we would have had to PR nats already confirmed.
     
  18. Intru

    Intru Member

    Mar 16, 2006
    Rochester, NY
    Club:
    Puerto Rico Islanders
    I guess thats also true, the bump a dominican player would make wouldnt be as big as a venenzuelan or colombian.
     
  19. Bend_it

    Bend_it Member

    Jun 13, 2006
    St. Louis, MO
    Club:
    AC St. Louis
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    AC St. Louis will be announcing their first signee in a few hours. The rumor is that they will be signing Steve Ralston, who did not resign with the Revolution and is a native St. Louisan.
     
  20. teucer

    teucer Member

    Dec 17, 2009
    Raleigh, NC, USA
    Club:
    Carolina Railhawks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looks like it's official now.
     
  21. Mr. Orange

    Mr. Orange Member

    North Carolina FC
    Apr 7, 2008
    Raleigh
    Club:
    Carolina Railhawks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nice get by St. Louis. Wonder if they can get Twellman too. ;)
     
  22. evan eleven

    evan eleven Member

    Jun 4, 2009
    California
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    that's a nice coup for NASL. i doubt Ralston's got much left in his legs but the publicity value for NASL and ACStL is big.
     
  23. brentgoulet

    brentgoulet Member+

    Oct 12, 2005
    PuertoPlata, DomRep
    With all due respect for Ralston as a person and for his career, but isn't the guy injured?
     
  24. Seph

    Seph Member

    Dec 2, 2004
    St. Louis, Mo., USA
    Club:
    St. Louis Lions
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I heard he'll be game healthy by May.
     
  25. brentgoulet

    brentgoulet Member+

    Oct 12, 2005
    PuertoPlata, DomRep
    What a shame he never won an MLS cup, he played I believe 3 MLS finals but lost them all
     

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