In line with this thread's "Wishful Thinking": Since MLS owner Kroenke is currently muddying the river in St. Louis, and should the Rams actually...
Yes, kind of, but we'll see if the brand itself is a turn-off to the media. It will be interesting, nonetheless.
Rayo OKC brings back the nightmare of Toronto Metros-Croatia, the franchise that arguably cost the league a CBS contract when they won the Soccer...
Yet millions of Americans do. LOL. Just have a soft spot for Rochester from the Lancer glory days ('70-71).
kenn, been reading posts on the USL attendance thread re Rhinos. If crowds keep dwindling, do you forsee Rochester ownership changing course once...
Milan Mandaric! Now there's a magic name from days of old. Hey, Milan! Interested?
Ah, yes. Thanks, kenn for quoting Clive Toye (the Voice of Reason in all-things-NASL I). It's been too long since I read his nifty little book...
LOL. History repeating itself. Just hope MLS isn't repeating history (NASL I) by expanding too much too soon. Sure, so far so good...
Never lose hope. I never thought I'd live to see as much pro soccer as now exists in the US after having witnessed the collapse of NASL I and the...
Point well taken (Considering the Cosmos, for instance). Just think "LA Wolves" sounds good. Just an opinion, not an historical argument.
Wolves. Name predated the NASL, and owner Jack Kent Cooke wasn't fond of the merged league anyhow. Los Angeles Wolves, Wolves FC of Los Angeles...
Sad. Cleveland-type numbers.
Or the old NY Greeks/Apollo.
Don't see the the grand old Baltimore and Ohio (B & O) listed. Guess they'd split home grounds between Terrapin Park near the Chesapeake Bay, and...
Re: All Time First Division Championships List From what I recall personally, the couple thousand true-blue Darts followers at the time, along...
Possibly the best-run NASL franchise ever, start-to-finish*. Those crazy Serbs sure put on a great show on the pitch. Actually, I was told by...
I would argue your broad statement of "no quality players" in the NASL in 1968. The level of play in the league that season would not be matched...
Some did have a plan, but most (as the record shows) played it by the seat of their pants or on a whim. There was indeed hardly a moment when all...
Excellent story, and a sad reflection upon an "American" mind-set with which we soccer fans have become all too familiar over our lifetime....
LOL. Mebbe the Browns/City of Cleveland would cut a deal on stadium use, since you city & county taxpayers have made a bit of a stink over the...
Junior and company have moved on to other projects. And one project isn't moving so well. Cleveland taxpayers stuck again?...
From my personal recollection and documentation, every inaugural-season (1968) NASL team except Vancouver sported large numbers on the front as...
Pardon the intrusion. Just wanted to add to the Spartans lore the fact that the Chyzowych boys, Walt and Gene, played a part in resurrecting the...
Congratulations to the City Stars players and organization... and to the City Stars fans, too!
Hit a few snags and diversions along the way. At this point it appears headed in the direction of a spiral-bound non-profit reference work....