Comments on: Rival Leagues and Pitch Invasions: American Soccer in 1967 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Dark Ages: Soccer in America From 1984 to 1996 | Pitch Invasion http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-20839 The Dark Ages: Soccer in America From 1984 to 1996 | Pitch Invasion Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:30:09 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6064#comment-20839 [...] The league only contested one season before merging with rival National Professional Soccer League t.... But it seems an oddly (perhaps cynically) appropriate beginning for the Great American Soccer Experiment, this importing of whole teams from European and South American leagues, considering what became of the NASL, and the Dark Ages induced by its collapse. [...] [...] The league only contested one season before merging with rival National Professional Soccer League t…. But it seems an oddly (perhaps cynically) appropriate beginning for the Great American Soccer Experiment, this importing of whole teams from European and South American leagues, considering what became of the NASL, and the Dark Ages induced by its collapse. [...]

]]> By: The Sweeper: American Second Division Survives for 2010 | Pitch Invasion http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-19704 The Sweeper: American Second Division Survives for 2010 | Pitch Invasion Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:27 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6064#comment-19704 [...] So, we will have second division soccer here in the United States in 2010 (let us hope we also have first division soccer!). It’s significant that despite the bitterness, the threats of lawsuits, and the tight timeline, that the two leagues have been able to hammer out an interim solution. As we recalled here last week, in the past, this was not always possible, leading to administrative strife tearing soccer apart. [...] [...] So, we will have second division soccer here in the United States in 2010 (let us hope we also have first division soccer!). It’s significant that despite the bitterness, the threats of lawsuits, and the tight timeline, that the two leagues have been able to hammer out an interim solution. As we recalled here last week, in the past, this was not always possible, leading to administrative strife tearing soccer apart. [...]

]]> By: David Falk http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-19568 David Falk Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:45:17 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6064#comment-19568 GREAT stuff! GREAT stuff!

]]> By: Paul http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-19563 Paul Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:31:29 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6064#comment-19563 Thanks for all your hard work! keep it up in 2010, loving your blog! Thanks for all your hard work! keep it up in 2010, loving your blog!

]]> By: Jeff http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-19555 Jeff Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:48:12 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6064#comment-19555 <i>A further incentive for the USA league to bring the NPSL into its FIFA-sanctioned fold was surely the $18 million antitrust suit the NPSL had filed against the USA league, the USSFA and FIFA.</i> If this sanctioning madness continues, could a similar suit be in the TOA's future? A further incentive for the USA league to bring the NPSL into its FIFA-sanctioned fold was surely the $18 million antitrust suit the NPSL had filed against the USA league, the USSFA and FIFA.

If this sanctioning madness continues, could a similar suit be in the TOA’s future?

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