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Los Angeles NASL Expansion could be announced next week, Wynalda involved

 

http://www.twiceacosmo.com/2014/12/8/7355527/nasl-los-angeles-expansion-announced-next-week-eric-wynalda-involved

 

Will be great to have another big market like Los Angelas in the NASL, rumours are they will use the Aztecs name. If so, the "Cosmos of the west" better have a rich ownership group as they will need to do things in a first class way like the Cosmos since they will be in a market with a MLS team.

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Looks like a bit of a step back regarding NASL expansion into LA:

I'm hearing that the proposed deal to bring an #nasl team to LA is in danger of falling apart. At minimum, it will be pushed out to 2016.

 

But San Francisco seems to be the new favorite potential expansion city on the west coast:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/03/nasl-north-american-soccer-league-mls-earthquakes.html?ana=twt

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That tweet about Los Angelas is old news - although no official announcement was ever made the rumour was they would start for fall 2015 season but when the schedule was released last January it had no LA team for fall so then rumours were time was too tight for a 2015 fall start so it was pushed to 2016.

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But San Francisco seems to be the new favorite potential expansion city on the west coast:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/03/nasl-north-american-soccer-league-mls-earthquakes.html?ana=twt

 

They have to talk up the prospects of west coast expansion, because part of the USSF's D2 sanctioning is a requirement that by year six (which will be the 2016 season) they will need to have franchises in three different timezones in the lower 48 US states to be able to retain sanctioning without getting a waiver from the USSF. Right now they only have teams in the central and eastern timezones. 

 

http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2010/08/12/ussf-d-2-professional-league-standards/

 

  1. II. Division II Men’s Outdoor League:
    1. Composition; Play
      1. i.     League must have a minimum of eight teams to apply.  By year three, the league must have a minimum of 10 teams.  By year six, the league must have a minimum of 12 teams.
      2. ii.     U.S.-based teams must participate in all representative CONCACAF competitions for which they are eligible.
  1. Markets; Stadia; and Fields
    1. i.     In the first year, U.S.-based teams must be located in at least two different time zones in the continental United States.  By year six, U.S.-based teams must be located in at least three different time zones....
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