Headlines: Opening Arguments in NASL v. MLS, U.S. Soccer Trial

Front Office Sports:

The second iteration of the North American Soccer League was a lower-tier league that existed for only a handful of seasons, and it went defunct more than seven years ago. But a lawsuit the league filed attracted dozens of lawyers and an overflow courtroom in Brooklyn federal court Monday. That first day went more than six hours for opening arguments, and promised testimony from NBA royalty. That’s because NASL’s antitrust trial against the U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer threatens to rip the veil off the cozy world of American professional soccer, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake.