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Old 07-09-2014, 01:34 PM   #315
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame View Post
Off topic a bit, but Vancouver Whitecaps have signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of New Westminster to bring a USL Pro league team there starting in 2015.

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/mls/story/?id=456731
This is a promising development. Hopefully once things start rolling in Calgary, the surrounding area will benefit in a similar fashion.


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Originally Posted by Matty81 View Post
Fifa has lots of issues... doesn't mean they can't fix nationality rules too, they have been a joke for too long, even worse now that they let people switch even after representing another country at u-20 competitions.

They need to up the residency requirement and ditch ancestry rules that allow people to play for countries they've never been to asap.
Genuine question, are any other countries making a major issue out of this?
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