While USL does not oppose the right of an entity to affiliate with USSF per the governing organization’s bylaws, it does oppose the current application before the Federation on the grounds that there is misrepresentation, interference with USL business operations and substantial debt amongst the membership of the parties applying for certification.
From an USL-1 press release
You can read the rest here.
This could get ugly. Whether the TOA clubs want to admit it or not, the USL, as the established party, has the upper hand here. The USSF will tend to take its word over that of the TOA clubs. And, if the USSF refuses to sanction the league...
The TOA league will be an outlaw league, which will have an impact on its player’s ability to play against teams involved in sanctioned leagues. From a Canadian perspective, it could put the Voyageurs’ Cup at risk. That seems unlikely, but dismissing the possibility outright might be a little naive.
Of course this could all just be posturing from both sides. Let's hope so, because the best answer, as already mentioned, is for the two sides to find common ground and find a solution that allows them to kick-off 2010 in the same league.
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Actually most of the info i've heard in various media outlets have reported that the USSF has been very sympathetic to the TOA and that even MLS officals who were present at the meeting between USL and the TOA in New york with the USSF also seemed to be siding with TOA. Please explain were you get the info that the USSF will take the word of the USL over that of the TOA seeing as everyone else writing about this topic tends to believe that the USSF is very open to the TOA.
Are you just speculating or inventing that theory in your mind??
If the TOA gets CSA approval, surely the Voyageurs Cup is on no matter what the USSF says.
That's one of the odd things about this whole situation: the CSA has never been known for high-level cooperation with the guys south of the border and they have a lot more to lose if two-thirds of their professional teams suddenly take the pipe. It's conceivable that the TOA could wind out being an outlaw league only in the United States.
Does anyone really care about this WOT (Waste of time) league in which two top teams are already one foot out the door before they even started?
Vancouver wants to kill off one more year before they join the MLS instead of just playing friendlies and Mtl is hoping to follow them the following year.
How can you try to even bluff when everyone knows the two marquee teams are just looking for something to do until the MLS?
As for the Voyageurs Cup,just let it die.
That Canadian national championship is a total sham, having Mtl and Van stay in this threeway wankoff doesnt make it less so.
If you can not have a national soccer league then your country doesnt deserve a team in club competition.
There are 35million people in Canada and 5 million or less in both Denmark and Norway, two countries that have pro soccer leagues and that are just as cold as Canada.
Try to find any country in the world with 10 million eople and more than doesnt have a league... by far, Canada is the biggest loser worldwide on this front.
Any kind of international club competition HAS to demand a minimum standard of an FA and that is a league.
The only pro soccer league in Canada is the one in Ontario/Quebec, you might as well let them play for a spot or all of them. They are recognized as the canadian soccer league. It would less of a sham than it is now. This isnt the Globetrotters.
No league? No teams go to the cup tournament.
When Canada gets their act together and finally.
Canada is still acting like a third world nation when it comes to soccer and having it ride someone else's coattail will ensure that the status quo prevails.
Cliff Claven
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