Edmonton Drillers Will Replace Vancouver

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Edmonton Drillers Will Replace Vancouver; First NASL Expansion Announced
Topic Started: Wednesday Dec 2 2009, 12:36 PM (65 Views)
WeatherManNX01	Wednesday Dec 2 2009, 12:36 PM Post #1
WE ARE...PENN STATE! Posts: 14,131 Group: Commissioner Member #4 Joined: December 9, 2005 NFL Team New England Patriots NBA Team Boston Celtics NHL Team Boston Bruins NCAA Team Penn State Nittany Lions	Edmonton Sun A new Edmonton professional soccer team will emerge from the wake of the Vancouver Whitecaps. The team, Sun Media has learned, will play as the second coming of the Edmonton Drillers in the second coming of the North American Soccer League. The Whitecaps will join Toronto F.C. in Major League Soccer in 2011. And an Edmonton team, it is expected to be announced within days, has been granted a franchise to replace the Whitecaps in the freshly-named NASL founded by teams breaking away from the USL -- including the Whitecaps and theMontreal Impact. The Edmonton team will join the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Crystal Palace Baltimore, Miami F.C., Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina RailHawks, Minnesota Thunder, St. Louis Soccer United and Montreal in the league which will begin play in April with Vancouver involved for just the one season before Edmonton replaces the Whitecaps franchise. When the Whitecaps were accepted to join Major League Soccer for the 2011 season, team president Bob Lenarduzzi said he believed the club needed to put together a pro development team and suggested Edmonton as the most obvious place to put it. Full article.



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