November 06, 2017
A New York federal judge on Saturday denied the North American Soccer League's bid for an injunction granting it Division II status in its antitrust suit against the United States Soccer Federation, which had revoked its D-II status, ruling that the league didn't prove it was entitled to the relief despite showing it would be irreparably harmed.
October 31, 2017
The U.S. Soccer Federation's financial relationship with Major League Soccer is taking center stage in a case brought by the North American Soccer League, which alleges the federation is blocking it from competing as a rival professional league by denying it second-tier status, a move the NASL says would be its death knell.
October 24, 2017
The North American Soccer League reiterated its call to block the U.S. Soccer Federation from downgrading it below second-tier status among U.S. leagues, warning a New York federal court that the league would dissolve if it were to drop any lower.
October 17, 2017
The stateside branch of FIFA, international soccer's governing body, on Monday said the antitrust suit it's facing over a league's revoked Division II status is rife with "overblown rhetoric about an imagined conspiracy," urging a New York federal judge to deny the league's bid for a preliminary injunction.
September 22, 2017
An antitrust suit is seeking to upend the unique hierarchical structure that keeps Major League Soccer on top as the nation's premier league, but experts say claims that the system is unfairly icing out other worthy leagues must overcome arguments that it actually promotes competition.
September 19, 2017
The North American Soccer League hit the United States Soccer Federation with an antitrust suit in New York federal court Tuesday, claiming that the organization arbitrarily revoked its Division II status and that it favors NASL's rival Major League Soccer.