As for your second point, I stand corrected I did know some clubs choose to cross play and I was under the impression by an article I read that some rugby clubs are having trouble with their attendance. Never meant to say rugby was not popular just not enough in some cities to support itself. “It’s for that reason too that Pro/Rel is never going to happen. You don’t pay that money to fall into the 2nd division.” I with you on that, that’s why I think if it is ever going to happen it is going to happen from the top down. The reason I said mix the two different leagues my thinking was that some NASL club would be able to compete with MLS head to head if put in the same league if the quality is there. For example like if Islander, RailHawks and Rowdies were Canadian clubs and compete in a league with Whitecaps, TFC, and Impact those clubs would not beat NASL all the time. Like I said in one of my last post the same argument you use for Pro/Rel is the same argument you can use for Canada having its own league it just make sense will it happen is another question.

San Diego Sockers

Miami Strikers

Tampa Bay Rowdies

New York Cosmos

Los Angeles Aztecs

All These Teams Will Be Successful in Professional Soccer At Present Time.

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As for your second point, 2 of the leagues you mentioned – Wales and Switzerland are involved in cross border play. Swansea and Cardiff City play in the English leagues and all of Liechtenstein’s teams play in Switzerland. As for Rugby, it’s one of the top 3 sports in this part of the world! The Pro12 Rugby league is all the best sides from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy. The reason for it is that each country can have 2/3/4 big teams in one big league instead of 10 below average ones each in 4 leagues which appears to be similar case to Canada and Puerto Rico.

As for the difference between the MLS and NASL Canadian teams, that’s easy. It’s about $40million. That’s the price Joey Saputo paid to play in the MLS against LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders and New York Red Bulls. He’s not just gonna turn around and let the CSA absorb him into a league where he suddenly has to play the Regina Mooses or whatever. Never gonna happen. Its for that reason too that Pro/Rel is never gonna happen. You don’t pay that money to fall into the 2nd division.

@GaelForce Your right about making Canada do anything but there is the evidence to say otherwise. Throughout Europe even the small country like Wales, Netherlands, Switzerland have their own league. You mention the argument that women’s soccer and rugby use cross country play in some places in Europe those sports may not be popular and I think cross play was done more for a survival thing. You also mention the argument about how clubs were in different leagues, but if you look MLS and NASL they have both have clubs that play below league stander and the only difference between the Canadian club in different leagues is that some are D1 and D2 not that much gap between them ,so it would not be a big deal to throw all the clubs into one league. Canada need its own league and I’m just saying if FIFA or however it happens that MLS and U.S soccer becomes an open league and Rel/Pro would make sense the same argument that U.S fans make for open league and Rel/Pro is the same argument that can use for Canada starting their own league. If Open League and Rel/Pro ever happens?????

i see no communication between organizations

well lets wait too November to hear announcements

i say if queens is giving you trouble move to brooklyn

i felt queens was going to be trouble in the beginning

and when the cosmos was doing their marketing push in 2010
brooklyn was more accommodating

they have a culture that can support soccer

the question is finding place

i say somewhere near Barclay center-somewhere in brooklyn closer to manhattan

new york cosmos needs to speak more before they become irrelevant

i say the cosmos should start marketing now like they did in 2010