I think it's fine for what it is... and the attendance is not terrible, I don't see it crashing but I could see York moving for sure. The league also need to adjust the salaries to match what the league is making instead of setting some arbitrary salary and then hoping the league will support it. There are loads of semi-pro leagues around the world and Canada having one of those would be better than nothing. There's a way to make it work with crowds of 2-5k it will just take adjustment. If it's not professional that is ok, but it's still miles better than having nothing.
The root problem for me is the same as its always been though, there is still almost no soccer infrastructure in Canada.
Local governments will spend tons of money on hockey rinks and football stadiums, but even though there are tons of people playing soccer they won't build basic small stadiums. 3/8 of those teams have suitable stadiums. And agree that Hamilton and Ottawa are somehow succeeding despite the CFL stadiums. VFC has a half built stadium with most of the amenities originally verbally agreed upon not added. Even the teams that have decent stadiums, Cgy is way too far out of town (I admire you guys who go but could be so much better centrally) as is Victoria. Halifax is the only appropriately sized centrally located stadium and it is obviously hanging on by a thread now that their renos just got shot down.
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