Eh, Texas High School stadiums, and Toyota Field in particular, are a long way from Lincoln High in SD
USL1 had two teams in HS football stadiums their first season, and Greenville is still in one (I'd also say odds are pretty good CRW will have to start the season back at CCS, as well). I think there needs to be some expectation of itinerancy at this level while teams focus on getting traction behind the team before putting down a large, long term investment.
I don’t disagree per se. But this has to be the first time a team abandoned a 70k NFL stadium for a 3k high school bleacher.
A nice fluff piece to explain how their league is different even though it isn’t. https://www.soccertoday.com/nisas-commissioner-john-prutch-on-changing-soccer-in-america/
welcome (NJ) Teamsters: https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2020/02/26/a-team-in-bayonne-nj-teamsters-fc-joins-nisa-for-2021/
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2020/07/24/on-hold-nisa-mid-atlantic-tournament-postponed/ NISA on Friday postponed the NISA Independent Mid-Atlantic region tournament. The league said it was due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Maryland and the subsequent closing of the Maryland SoccerPlex to professional sports. NISA is reviewing proposals in adjacent counties and states to reschedule the tournament. Cosmos, New Amsterdam FC, Maryland Bobcats FC and FC Baltimore Christos are slated to participate
The Independent Cup was intended for amateur teams to have a stage in front of the larger NISA clubs and make a name for themselves, but then COVID disrupted that aspect. It's a shame, really, because I think it was a really good intention on NISA's part. But that would explain why you hadn't heard of them (as well as NPSL allegedly blocking some clubs from participating).
Ok so I misread. I thought this was a NISA Cup tournament like the current MLS one. I didn't know it was for independent clubs. So you're thinking of Christos FC. They beat the Kickers a few years ago in the Open. FC Baltimore Christos is a different team, though affiliated and both are from Baltimore.
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2020/07/30/back-in-the-saddle-wynalda-named-new-amsterdam-fc-manager/ Wynalda named New Amsterdam FC manager Jul 30, 2020
A year ago, Chattanooga FC — looking for an infusion of cash to make the transition to pro soccer — raised more than $850,000 through sales of public stock, becoming the first U.S. sports team to do so since securities reform laws were passed in 2016 to allow it. (The NFL’s Packers, with more than 350,000 shareholders, haven’t held a stock offering since 2012.) Now Detroit City FC, a limited liability company with a half-dozen local owners, including a recent addition this summer, is offering up 10% of the equity of the club to fans in a similar sale, using the crowdfunding investment site WeFunder to allow fans and the wider soccer community a chance to buy a piece of Le Rouge. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...H0fDwjeD5Sntp2h4362DP9jL_dXO_ivKlg1BPLtAeUoy4
So smart, really. Detroit has so many more potential owners than CFC and, realistically, a much higher ceiling. The club seemed to have positioned itself well, with a bunch of different ventures that, unfortunately, were all completely disrupted by the pandemic.
I've lived in New York State for 23 years and I've never heard of Warwick. Apparently it's a hamlet of 6,700 about an hour from a decent sized town.
And they aren't even playing in Warwick. They are playing at a sports complex, a former prison, a few miles east of Warwick. But not any closer to small cities like Middletown or Newburgh. Both have about 28,000 people but are in completely different directions.
They are only playing there as long as they can't have fans in attendance. They're still planning on playing at Fordham once that's a possibility, which who knows when that will be.