The NASL responded to U.S. Soccer’s response to the NASL’s lawsuit in Federal district court — NASL v. USSF — seeking a preliminary injunction to allow it to keep its Division 2 status for 2018. Legal test. To succeed on a motion for a preliminaryinjunction — the hearing is scheduled before U.S. District Court Judge […]
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NASL vs. USSF: Court filings show settlement discussions were ongoing
U.S. Soccer filed its response to the NASL’s lawsuit in Federal district seeking an preliminary injunction to allow it to keep its Division II status for 2018. The response consists of1,234 pages of statements and exhibits. It includes a 78-page statement from U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulaticovering the history of the federation’s pro divisions and […]
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What They're Saying: Jake Edwards
“We have eradicated all of our D2 waivers [for minimum capacity standard of 5,000 seats] and we’ve worked hard on all the pro league standards. We’ve got only four clubs who arerequesting pro league waivers [for field size or field turf], and that is a great accomplishment. We used to be a second division [before […]
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Kessler: NASL's future hinges on preliminary injunction
The future of the NASL in its current form could be decided on Oct. 31 or soon thereafter. That’s when Federal district court judge Margo Brodie is scheduled to hear the NASL’s case against U.S. Soccer for apreliminary injunction to keep its Division 2 sanctioning in place.
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Brooklyn court to hear NASL and FIFA cases days apart
The Federal court at 225 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn will be the place to be for soccer watchers this fall. On Oct. 31, the NASL’s motion for a preliminary injunction against U.S.Soccer’s denial of Division 2 status will be heard in civil court in Courtroom 6F North. Six days later over in Courtroom 4F […]
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Primer: What NASL's suit against U.S. Soccer is all about
Less than three weeks after U.S. Soccer’s board of directors voted to not sanction it as a Division 2 league for 2018, the North American Soccer League filed a Federal antitrust lawsuit against thefederation in Brooklyn. For a look at the case, what has happened to the NASL to get to this point and the […]
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Orlando City's Will Johnson suspended following arrest
Orlando City SC midfielder Will Johnson has been suspended by MLS pending investigations by the league and the Orlando Police Department into his arrest on Wednesday on charges of misdemeanorbattery in connection with an alleged domestic incident. Johnson, who joined Orlando City in 2017, was booked into the Orange County jail Wednesday morning following his […]
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Pro/Rel case: The legal and practical hurdles
The claim to require promotion and relegation be adopted across all U.S. divisions is a subject of a legal abstract by Steven A. Bank. The Paul Hastings professor of business law at UCLAexamines the claim by the NASL’s Miami FC and Kingston Stockade FC of the NPSL against U.S. Soccer, Concacaf and FIFA in the […]
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Neymar v Barcelona: the countersuit
The dispute between Neymar and his former club, Barcelona, over his signing bonuses took a new turn as he filed a claim with FIFA over the unpaid amounts: 26 million euros ($30.7 million).Barca has said it won’t pay him following his move to Paris St. Germain and plans to sue him for the first installment […]
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What They're Saying: Farad Alavi
“There is a cloud of uncertainty that will hang over this guy’s head for the foreseeable future.” — Farhad Alavi, a lawyer and expert on American sanctions, on Mexicannational team star Rafael Marquez being placed on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s list of Specially Designated Nationals. Alavi said Specially Designated Nationals usually“become kryptonite, or […]