This.
Most NASL wins over MLS clubs come in the USOC, which virtually every MLS team treats as a joke until the semi-finals.
Does anybody seriously think the Cosmos, who finished 3rd in the NASL last season, are
better than the NYRB , a mid-table MLS team last season, by a 3-0 scoreline? No.
Rant over - appreciate the NASL for what it is: a very exciting, largely professional, second-tier league.
Tampa and NY have easily had the best offseasons in the NASL. Minny did well to keep Ramirez and Ibarra - the return of a fully fit Pablo Campos will be huge for them too. Ft. Lauderdale has been gutted.
Very interested to watch how latin-flavoured Jacksonville does in its opening campaign.
First exhibition game in Vaughan against TFC II should be good!