shermanator Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Great news! Hopefully this means more Canadians will be signed to NASL before the start of the season. http://www.nasl.com/news/2017/02/02/nasl-announces-rule-change-regarding-canadian-players The NASL announced a change to its roster rules on Thursday, stating that Canadian players will now be considered domestic on the rosters of American clubs. With the new rule in place, any American or Canadian player on an NASL roster will count as domestic and therefore will not affect a club’s international player tally. “Canadian players have played a big role in the development of our league on the field,” NASL Interim Commissioner Rishi Sehgal said. “We believe that this change will help us become better contributors to the growth of the game, not only in Canada, but in the U.S. as well.” The new roster rule has already gone into effect, and any Canadian players signed to American clubs prior to the rule change will now be considered domestic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Good potential for signings here. I bet we hear of several more now before the season kicks off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 A few unattached players who I think this could help out are Tissot, Carducci, Roberts, Bekker, Smits and Monsalve. Guess we'll see who signs on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 This is excellent. Anything that gives our players more chances to play is welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 excellent news! this + mls canada deal + cpl = a successful future for canadian soccer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Just reinforces how BS MLS domestic excuses are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister215Guy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 16 minutes ago, Ansem said: Just reinforces how BS MLS domestic excuses are MLS is afraid that Canada's superior domestic talent will displace Americans and Canada MNT will eclipse them in quality again like pre-1990. We should celebrate when Canada eliminates the US from 2022 WC qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister215Guy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, matty said: excellent news! this + mls canada deal + cpl = a successful future for canadian soccer which means Canada > USA sooner than you might expect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I wonder if the CSA leaned on them at all? Seems like this came out of the blue, but it should be in time to get some unattached guys roster spots. Funny after years of promising changes Garber and MLS come up with their BS complicated rule change. Hopefully they will see now just how easy it will be to clear it all up and make CDN domestic in MLS too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister215Guy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bison44 said: I wonder if the CSA leaned on them at all? Seems like this came out of the blue, but it should be in time to get some unattached guys roster spots. Funny after years of promising changes Garber and MLS come up with their BS complicated rule change. Hopefully they will see now just how easy it will be to clear it all up and make CDN domestic in MLS too! Again, MLS knows Canada will surpass the US and they don't want another country eliminating them from the WC. If Canadians are domestic in MLS the quality will dramatically improve but American players will be seeing the field much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 3 hours ago, shermanator said: Great news! Hopefully this means more Canadians will be signed to NASL before the start of the season. http://www.nasl.com/news/2017/02/02/nasl-announces-rule-change-regarding-canadian-players Too much of a coincidence for this not to be related to a CPL launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 3 hours ago, Rheo said: This is excellent. Anything that gives our players more chances to play is welcome. Definitely. At the very least guys are still able to ply their careers in North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Kyle Bekker now being linked to a move to NASL club San Francisco Deltas according to Totera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Great news! I think. To be perfectly honest, part of me is a bit worried all of these good domestic player rules from this off season is going to dilute the CPL talent pool if/when it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 3 hours ago, Ansem said: Just reinforces how BS MLS domestic excuses are Next time Don has a press conference here, he should get drilled with this and just plain and simply asked why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 39 minutes ago, Macksam said: Next time Don has a press conference here, he should get drilled with this and just plain and simply asked why. Yeah, it seems that NASL overcame those huge legal hurdles that prevented MLS from doing this for the last 10 years. Weird. Almost like Garber wasn't really trying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Kent said: Great news! I think. To be perfectly honest, part of me is a bit worried all of these good domestic player rules from this off season is going to dilute the CPL talent pool if/when it comes. i'm not too worried. i think the mls teams will stick to their current crop and academy guys. the nasl and cpl will likely be going after some of the same guys (current nasl, older mls cuts) but the cpl will likely look to the best younger guys in canada's regional leagues and canadians playing overseas. when it comes to the types the nasl and cpl would both be looking into, the cpl will likely have more cash on their side if ownership and cap reports are true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Kent said: Great news! I think. To be perfectly honest, part of me is a bit worried all of these good domestic player rules from this off season is going to dilute the CPL talent pool if/when it comes. More economic demand for Canadians will always be a good thing. If Rollins last report was correct, the initial domestic quota won't even be particularly impressive, so I don't think it will hurt CPL quality much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 11 minutes ago, Complete Homer said: More economic demand for Canadians will always be a good thing. If Rollins last report was correct, the initial domestic quota won't even be particularly impressive, so I don't think it will hurt CPL quality much Exactly, this is great news. It's an alternative option that gives Canadians TWO leagues to play in. Also I have a feeling the minimum CanCon CPL quota will be higher than 3-4, likely between 25 and 30% of a 25 man roster (Rollin's claims were like 12-15% and also seemed to be negotiable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, matty said: Exactly, this is great news. It's an alternative option that gives Canadians TWO leagues to play in. Also I have a feeling the minimum CanCon CPL quota will be higher than 3-4, likely between 25 and 30% of a 25 man roster (Rollin's claims were like 12-15% and also seemed to be negotiable). I have a feeling we are going to end up with a low quota but some creative rules to help it out, like allocation for young Canadians, etc. Just my gut feeling. It will be interesting to see how the negotiations pan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rintaran Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I see this as a pretty great move. It gives the guys that are already of a decent calibre somewhere they can play, in addition to the MLS/USL stream, that will help them to further improve their skills. With CPL launching in 2018 or 2019, this is a great spot for some guys to go for a year or two in order to increase the initial quality of CPL play using domestic players. I think NASL used USL's ability to count Canadians as Domestics, even though they're now a D2 league, to push for the same status since it unfairly restricted their ability to sign quality players. I don't really see it as being aimed at damaging CPL. I see it as an attempt to take away USL's advantages while the NASL continues to attempt to regain the confidence of USSF & fans in order to establish itself as the American D2. Of course, this continues the American soccer wars, but unless the USSF actually does something to solidify a pyramid, those aren't likely to end anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Myself and someone else over in the CPL thread we're thinking this move was meant to be more friendly than sinister towards the CPL. NASL might be doing this to keep Canadians active until the league starts and to make it easier for CPL clubs to scout talent maybe to protect FCE from isolation and get the NASL back into the CSA's favour. There's a fair bit the NASL can gain from helping out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1) Don Garbage is full of shit - well you already knew that. 2) The day that Canadians count as domestics in MLS, NASL & USL I see no need for the CPL. (Others will disagree) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: 1) Don Garbage is full of shit - well you already knew that. 2) The day that Canadians count as domestics in MLS, NASL & USL I see no need for the CPL. (Others will disagree) CPL needs to exist for its own sake - we are one of the few countries on the planet without a domestic league. The CMNT benefits are byproducts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 5 hours ago, matty said: ...but the cpl will likely look to the best younger guys in canada's regional leagues and canadians playing overseas... Even when we have been told that they want a domestic quota of 3 or 4 players? Think the reality is that the domestic player issue is now pretty much irrelevant as an argument for needing a domestic pro league, although it would be good from an optics standpoint to get MLS to go all the way like the NASL and USL have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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