Reply With QuoteYou're crazy if you think that would ever happen. I hope FCE stays afloat, Ottawa comes on board, and one more team becomes viable (Hamilton?). That's about as realistic as it gets IMHO.Originally Posted by Max
How many NASL teams do we need to develop young Canadian talent?
I would love to see teams in Calgary, Ottwaw (it's coming), Victoria, Regina, Hamilton, Halifax and Quebec City.
You're crazy if you think that would ever happen. I hope FCE stays afloat, Ottawa comes on board, and one more team becomes viable (Hamilton?). That's about as realistic as it gets IMHO.
Also the question begs, does d2 "develop players?" When MLS doesn't pay transfer fees, it makes it difficult for d2 to have any incentive to develop players for sale.
Here's an interesting conversation on develop re: MLS/NASL/USL
http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/t...pment.1946152/
It depends, are the other Canadian teams going to employ as many Canadians as FCE? I think one more team that operates like FCE in that sense would stop a lot of Canadian talent from slipping through the cracks, but who knows if that happens? Maybe Ottawa or another Canadian NASL team in the future will go the Whitecaps route...
That has always been the big question for me, how do the players get from d2 to to d1 in Canada or the US. With the salary cap in MLS including any transfer fee paid, it makes it hard to pay a transfer fee without making that player a DP. It would be great if MLS could create a rule so that a fee paid to club for a player currently in a Canadian or US league would not count against the cap.
Of course I'm crazy. I support Canadian soccer, and from time to time I dream about big things, lol.
That would be great to see in a decade and would be about right with 3 MLS teams. As I am sure people are tired of hearing me say we need a professional pyramid that looks something like this:
MLS ~ 3 teams
NASL ~ 6 teams
D3 ~ 12 teams
Linked together by the Voyageurs Cup this would provide a reliable development path for kids who want to play pro and be financially sustainable given the markets available in Canada.
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3 NASL (Div 2) teams for every MLS team.
It seems some have forgotten that D2 in the United States has a rule where 75% of the clubs must be U.S. based. So forget about have a large number of Canadian teams in the NASL. Two seems to be the max for a while. As has been said numerous times, we need our own D2 that has nothing to do with the USSF.
MLS doesn't rely on D2 to develop players. They are taking development mostly in their own hands with the academies. The question that is currently being raised is who fills in the gap between the MLS academies and the first team? MLS is going to expand their reserve system, but there is talk about working with the NASL and USL to provide more clubs for MLS players to play on. Right now there are only loans.
No one expects the NASL to develop anyone. The question is could they provide a home for MLS's young players? And this system in more in line with Major League Baseball's farm system.
MLS doesn't pay transfer fees of any note to NASL and USL clubs and never will. The fact is, the players there do not really warrant transfer fees. Players move up from D2 to D1 all the time because they sign short contracts and make very little money in the NASL. No one wants to be stuck playing in D2 anymore and their goal is to move up quickly as possible. Players move up because they want more money and want to play at a higher level.
Isn't WSA Winnipeg considering moving up from the PDL to NASL or USL PRO in 2014 or 2015.
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