Monday, February 13, 2012

First Kick Matches and No More Reserves

The BSL will expand from 11 clubs, to now 12 total clubs in 2012. The balanced schedule will remain with each team playing each other twice in the same 22 week season. However, gone are the 2 bye weeks. Now each club will play 22 regular season matches. (After 3 seasons with a 20 game regular season). The playoffs will remain unchanged. The Majors Cup will remain unchanged.

Reserves Gone
BSL rosters will also be trimmed down from 14 players to now 12 players (see rules) Eliminated are the two reserves players. Since the 3rd substitute never managed to enter a match in 2011, the third sub basically became another reserve. The smaller rosters will prevent BSL club owners from holding a large allotment of unused players. Also with increased league size, eliminating the reserve rule will also help maintain the player talent pool for each BSL club.

Schedule Coming
Look for the full BSL Schedule in the next few days. First Kick week 1 will feature a rematch of last year BSL Cup Final, CD Gunners vs Gold Coast. Also on tap will be Union SC vs Pennsylvania, Burud Town vs KC Quest, Alliance FC vs Alamo City, Rose City vs Gateway United, Second City vs Spartans 1612.

4 comments:

  1. Gateway United. THE BEST THE BSL HAS TO OFFER.February 13, 2012 at 8:43 PM

    New clubs, any of you want my existing roster players before the draft. Get someone from me for a draft pick. see expansion club rules if you are confused, see the transactions too for who DP's are.

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  2. Union SCFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    Why not wait until after the 21st when they all have 1 player. They can get 1 for FREE.

    Afterwards, check my roster out too for trade offers if you want more than 1 player.

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  3. burnsbabeFebruary 13, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    Commish, if we already know who we want to get for our expansion pick, could we tell you now, or do we need to wait until the 21st so that that player could potentially be traded by the club that has current rights:?

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  4. CommishFebruary 14, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    All the BSL return clubs haven't chosen their Designated Players yet, so picking an unprotected player without giving any draft picks up from their rosters has to wait until the 21st. the transactions tab on top of the website will keep you up to date.

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