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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
Forgive my ignorance, but what's the appeal of the USL in comparison to the CanPL? On the surface, it seems that they are of similar calibre, Ottawa attendance would be middle of the pack in CanPL, etc.
USL has some close ties with MLS, but aside from the Cincinnati success story, it isn't like these clubs are "MLS in waiting".
Is USL more financially lucrative? Or does Ottawa honestly think that this is the path to an MLS franchise? Or (as mentioned above by Thunderball above), are they maintaining the facade of solidarity with USL to ensure that they are forced via sanctioning rather than leaving USL voluntarily.
Just curious whether the grass is actually greener in the USL, or is it more to do with the difficulty of divorcing from the USL?
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My guess is they’re in good with the USL and don’t want to risk that position by going to the CPL in case it isn’t as lucrative/around in a few years.
All very ironic because one of the 14 board members of the CSA, is John Pugh, who owns the Fury. So much for developing and promoting soccer in this country when one of your national association board members has a team of his own, but refuses to play them in this country’s league.
Also explained why the CSA went silent when Concacaf mused that Ottawa should be in the CPL earlier this year. Not that the CSA has any issue in staying quiet and out of important soccer issues in this country (2 plus months of the racism allegation to the Forge assistant, must be waiting for them to be punted out of Champions tournament), but here they had even more of an excuse.