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| by: Ben Rycroft | July 29, 2010 12:35 PM | comments: (0) |
As was reported by It's Called Football in March, the NASL is continuing to seek aggressive expansion into Canada.
Today, Carolina Railhawks (NASL) and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) owner Bob Young will announce his formal application to bring an NASL franchise to Hamilton. They will be targeting entry for the 2013 season.
While this move has been in the works for a while, the tipping point appears to have occurred yesterday when the fight, in a long running civic battle, boiled over. How this will affect Young's plans for stadium funding remains unclear at this point but several sources within the NASL confirmed Young's commitment to fresh facilities.
NASL has made it a mandate to have soccer-specific facilities for any new franchises joining the league.
And while there will be no announcement made, the NASL confirmed that two competing groups in Ottawa have formalized their applications to bring a franchise to the capital city.
John Pugh, owner of the Ottawa Fury (USL Premier Development League) and local developer Neil Malhotra have both tabled bids.
The targeted launch date there is 2012.
Look for more details in tomorrow's Metro.
Metro's Ben Rycroft writes about the Toronto Football Club and MLS in general.
Montagliani is either lying or completely inept. This is not the first anyone's heard, and definitely will not be the last. This runs much deeper than one current and one former CSL team.
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