SF Deltas and FC Edmonton did not sign letters of commitment for NASL 2018
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As Soc Takes revealed on Twitter yesterday, per the NASL’s USSF application for D2 status (in August), the San Francisco Deltas and FC Edmonton did not sign letters of commitment for the 2018 season.
Soc Takes understands that FC Edmonton informed the league that they plan on joining the Canadian Premier League, which is poised to begin operations in 2018; after the commencement of the FIFA World Cup.
Meanwhile, multiple sources have confirmed to Soc Takes that SF Deltas owners informed the league that they would be unable to financially support a team without external investors next year. Soc Takes has also been told that the league has approached potential local investors about investing in the Deltas next year, including Nick Swinmurn (founder of Zappos and owner of the now-defunct Burlingame Dragons team). To our best knowledge, none of these communications have been successful so far.
As Soc Takes revealed earlier, neither of these teams voted in the process to bring litigation against the USSF.
Soc Takes understands the NASL informed the USSF of their intention to meet all requirements (minimum of 12 teams as well as time zones) by 2019.
Letters
The following teams signed letters of commitment for 2018 in August:
San Diego-NASL, Puerto Rico FC, New York Cosmos, Miami FC, Jacksonville Armada, Indy Eleven, California United FC, North Carolina FC.
It should be noted that after the catastrophic events of Hurricane Maria the future of Puerto Rico FC is unclear. Similarly, given the negative result of NASL’s D2 application, rumors abound that North Carolina FC is poised to make a switch to USL.
Switching homes
SocTakes was informed that the NASL plans on switching league offices to Miami by March 2018. Until the Miami office is set up, the New York office will continue to be in operation.
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