Bay Area soccer round up: NASL cast cloud over Deltas’ future?

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Bay Area soccer round up: NASL cast cloud over Deltas’ future?

By SFGate on September 23, 2016 at 4:28 AM

NASL CAST CLOUD OVER DELTAS’ FUTURE?

Ever since Sports Illustrated reported Wednesday about a major shakeup in the North American Soccer League, the reverberations have been felt from New York to San Francisco.

The report indicated two clubs, the Ottawa Fury and the Tampa Bay Rowdies seemed destine to move to the United Soccer League, while another two, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Rayo OKC were shown to be in financial trouble. All this on the heels of Minnesota United’s move to MLS, has resulted in speculation that the league might not survive.

All this has led local soccer fans to wonder what this means for the San Francisco Deltas, who are expected to begin NASL play in 2017. Ricardo Stanford-Geromel the Deltas’ Director of Community Outreach, previously worked for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, and helped bring together the club’s current ownership, the same group who recently stopped funding the team and reportedly put them up for sale.

We reached out to the club and Deltas’ CEO, Brian Helmick released this statement: