New Minnesota owner shakes up NASL

[PREVIEW] The North American Soccer League returns for its third season with a new format: a split season. Champions will be crowned in spring and fall seasonsand they will then meet in the 2013 Soccer Bowl in November. The season begins this weekend with three games. Defending champion Tampa Bay hosts Carolina, Fort Lauderdale plays FC Edmonton, whileMinnesota faces 2012 regular-season champion San Antonio in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The seventh team in the spring season, Atlanta, is idle. The New York Cosmos will begin play in the fallchampionship. For a look at the seven teams …

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