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- From: cmorris@Ingres.COM (Colin Morris)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
- Subject: Re: U.S. Interregional Soccer League (was Re: US Soccer News and Thoughts)
- Keywords: USISL, Connecticut Wolves
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.175434.9382@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:54:34 GMT
- References: <C15uuB.1DK@hsi.com> <C17stq.1EA@hsi.com> <C19pvy.H7y@hsi.com>
- Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501
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- In article <C19pvy.H7y@hsi.com> archer@hsi.com (Garry Archer) writes:
- >
- >So there you have it American fans of Association Football. There _is_
- >an _OUTDOOR PROFESSIONAL_ league already in place and ready to start in
- >1993. Albeit it is "only" classed as Professional Division Three status.
- >
- >The fact remains, the ball is beginning to roll. Perhaps slowly at first,
- >but the USISL have clearly taken the bull by the horns while the pathetic
- >APSL (American Professional Soccer League) is dragging its own anchors.
- >
-
- I read an article a few months ago about the Bay Area USISL teams. One
- team was getting crowds of just over 100, the rest were in two
- figures. I hate to sound negative over something that's clearly a step
- in the right direction, but I'd be hard pressed to describe such a
- setup as "professional".
-
- --
- Colin Morris Ingres, an ASK Group company cmorris@ws2s.ingres.com
-
- "I'm going to give you a chance to redeem yourself. I'm sending you back
- for a spell as a small parasite in John Selwyn Gummer's nose!" - SB
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