Hasn't there been some type of a dispute within the Puerto Rican Federation? Some feuding there might explain a bureaucratic blunder
I do remember hearing something like that, but I didn't pay close enough attention to remember exactly what was going on.
I seem to recall it was an issue with the Federation and the National Team over payment. Since the Federation doesn't have a large staff, and Caribbean feds are notorious for this kind of stuff, I could totally see this somehow falling through the cracks
If you can't win the CFU, you can't be in the Champions League. If you can't be in the Champions League, you can't win the Champions League. If you can't win the Champions League, you can't bring glory and honor to the NASL.
The NASL has teams that are involved in regional tournaments. The US & Canadian tournaments involve MLS teams, where its very difficult to win. The Caribbean doesn't have that type of competition. But, bureaucratic or monetary reasons, its not a good thing.
PRFC'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE CARIBBEAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP http://www.puertoricofc.com/news/20...ent-regarding-the-caribbean-club-championship
Pffffffft. You know the frigging region is pretty big, right? And has a whole bunch of countries who could not organize a trip to McDonald's?
Montserrat is a full FIFA member, represents a country of 5,000 that got devastated by a volcanic eruption, and has played 7 games in 5 years. Anyone who thinks that U.S. Soccer isn't at or near the top of CONCACAF in terms of institutional legitimacy is kidding themselves.
Sounds like as of this moment they are being told they cannot, but they hopeful that decision will be reversed.
Yeah, it was a rather lame attempt at humor...and I forgot the "sarc" tag. I was referring to the sanctioning process. I realize that U.S. Soccer is better organized - and wealthier - than most (maybe all) of the other 40 Federations in the region. FWIW, I think the fact that Montserrat has played seven times in the last five years is nothing short of remarkable. Fun fact: Costa Rica was the site of the first McDonald's outside of the U.S. and Canada.
Was during the Disney era where Michael Eisner was madly in love with the straight to video "cheapquel" phenomena.
Looks like the league will be at least 12 teams next year to keep D2 status. So basically what a lot of us thought would need to happen. http://www.socceramerica.com/article/72002/nasls-rishi-sehgal-the-task-is-not-small.html
Their entire squad was born and plays in England (& Wales) except for an Alex Dyer who was born and plays in Sweden and Corrin Brooks-Meade who plays in Bulgaria. .Their most famous players are strikers Spencer Weir-Daley, known for his illustrious one season at Notts County (3 goals in 40 games), and Lyle Taylor who plays for AFC Wimbledon.
So it looks like things are coming together in San Diego. North County Battalion and the Surf, on the north side of San Diego county, are behind USL bid. Albion SC are behind the NASL bid, closer to San Diego proper. http://midfieldpress.com/2017/01/18/exclusive-albion-sc-close-to-bringing-nasl-to-san-diego/
To be fair, that is not going to be the only determinant of whether or not they keep D2 status, and it seems unlikely there would be a co-D2 situation again in 2017.
Well Albion are behind ONE of the NASL bids. Demba Be's group is running the other NASL bid. And the USL bid has not been confirmed to be tired to North Co. Battalion or the Surf. That's merely speculation based on the Japanese group running the USL bid's tangential ties to NC Battalion and the Surf. There's also been rumor that the USL bid is tied to the MLS bid in some fashion. Regardless it's far too early to even hint at location as the USL group has reportedly been looking at Torero Stadium which is decidedly central San Diego. And Albion's ties to the Chula Vista Training Center are the only real ties that bid has to the South Bay so far.