RE: [nas] NEW RULES AND Chivas news

Early on the NASL required that each team field two
'North Americans', on the pitch during the game. 
North Americans meaning Yanks and Canadians.

This number was increased in 1982 or 1983.  Three had
to be on the field.  By this time however a number of
foreign players had rec'd their green cards and
counted as north Americans.  The NASLPA had stipulated
an increase in NA presence as well as reserve teams by
1983 but the league ran  out of money.

The DC team was Team America and only played in 1983. 


The league folded in 1984 and after that it became a
regional semi pro type league.

tim
--- KLINDSTR@flash.net wrote:

> Actually, at some point (I don't remember the
> details -
>  help, anyone?) they had a "minimum American player 
> limit" - something like three?  For much of the 
> league's history, you had only token Americans to go
> 
> along with the "American" team that played out of DC
> 
> from time to time.
> 
> Later on, they really pushed American players, and 
> that was when the quality went to crap and was one
> of 
> the reasons the league started to fall apart - along
> 
> with the fact that they hadn't laid any fan-roots
> with 
> players because all of the players were foreign
> hired 
> guns - here for a few years then gone.  In other 
> words, no one like Jason Kreis, Jaime Moreno, Cobi 
> Jones, Peter Nowak, Eddie Pope, etc.
> 
> --- Original Message ---
> From: Ethan <primuscomics@yahoo.com>
> To: NAS@americakicks.com
> Subject: RE: [nas] NEW RULES AND Chivas news
> 
> >I forget, but did NASL ever have any kind of
> foreigner
> >limits?
> >
> >~Ethan
> >
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