North American Soccer League (2011–2017)

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professional soccer league sports organization

The North American Soccer League (2011–2017) was a professional men’s soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
North American Soccer League 7
North American Soccer League era 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional soccer league ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
aboveLeague Major League Soccer ⓘ
belowLeague USL Championship ⓘ
competitionFormat league ⓘ
split season ⓘ
confederation CONCACAF ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cupCompetition Soccer Bowl ⓘ
dissolved 2017 ⓘ
division second division ⓘ
featuredClub North Carolina FC ⓘ
surface form: Carolina RailHawks

FC Edmonton ⓘ
Fort Lauderdale Strikers ⓘ
Indy Eleven ⓘ
Jacksonville Armada FC ⓘ
Miami FC ⓘ
Minnesota United FC ⓘ
New York Cosmos ⓘ
Ottawa Fury FC ⓘ
Puerto Rico FC ⓘ
San Antonio Scorpions ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rowdies ⓘ
folded 2017 ⓘ
founded 2011 ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody United States Soccer Federation ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inauguralSeason 2011 ⓘ
lastSeason 2017 ⓘ
levelOnPyramid 2 ⓘ
mostSuccessfulClub New York Cosmos ⓘ
namedAfter North American Soccer League (1968–1984) ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtPeak 12 ⓘ
regionServed Canada ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
relatedTo North American Soccer League (1968–1984) ⓘ
replaced USSF Division 2 Professional League ⓘ
replacedBy USL Championship ⓘ
sanctioningBody Canada Soccer ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Soccer Association

United States Soccer Federation ⓘ
shortName NASL ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
televisionPartner CBS Sports ⓘ
surface form: CBS Sports Network

ESPN3 ⓘ
beIN Sports USA ⓘ
website http://www.nasl.com ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC → firstMetInLeague → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
USSF Division 2 Professional League → followedBy → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
Indy Eleven → formerLeague → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC → historicalOrigin → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League era
U.S. Open Cup 2011 → includesLeague → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
Busch Memorial Stadium → leagueHosted → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
George Best → playedIn → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2016 → secondDivisionLeagueRepresented → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Soccer League
USL First Division → successor → North American Soccer League (2011–2017) ⓘ