Canadian Soccer News has learned that there is a meeting scheduled for tonight where TFC will plead its case to start a PDL team this summer. The OSA previously rejected the request.
The PDL is a league primarily designed to be a place for NCAA players to play in the summer. Critics of the league say its season is too short and that standards are too uneven. In Ontario, its felt that League1 Ontario is on equal footing competitively speaking.
It was that desire to continue the growth of L1O that informed the OSA's initial rejection of TFC's request.
CSN was told that the Reds reached out to the CSA to ask for a second opinion, but the federal body sided with its provincial counterparts. For at least 50 years the Canadian system has aligned itself with the US system and the CSA and OSA are committed to cutting that cord.
TFC asked if they could make one final presentation to the OSA to outline how involvement with PDL is in the best interest of Ontario soccer. If they cannot convince the OSA board members that a TFC PDL side won't undermine L1O their plea is likely to fall on deaf ears.