NORTH AMER. SOCCER LEAGUE v. U.S. SOCCER FEDER.

Docket No. 17-3585 August Term 2017.

883 F.3d 32 (2018)

NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JEFFREY L. KESSLER , Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY ( David G. Feher , New York, NY; Steffen N. Johnson , Heather L. Kafele , Christopher E. Mills , Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

GREGORY G. GARRE , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Lawrence E. Buterman , New York, NY; Christopher S. Yates , San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Parker, Wesley, and Chin, Circuit Judges.


After the denial of its requested Division II designation for the 2018 season of men's professional soccer, the North American Soccer League, LLC ("NASL") filed an antitrust suit against the United States Soccer Federation, Inc. ("USSF"). NASL also moved for a preliminary injunction, seeking designation as a Division II league...

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