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Organization of North American Leagues
*Organización de Ligas Norteamericanas*
*Organisation des Ligues Nord-Américaines*
*Òganizasyon Lig Nò Ameriken yo*
Full name	The National Athletic, Transcontinental, and Impartial Organization of North American Leagues
Short name	NAL; ONAL; LNA; OLNA
Founded	2058
Headquarters	New York, New York
FIFA affiliation	2058–present
President	Harlow Roshan

The National Athletic, Transcontinental, and Impartial Organization of North American Leagues, occasionally referred to as the Organization of North American Leagues (ONAL), and most commonly referred to as the NAL, is the governing body of association football in North America. The organization controls the top eight tiers of the American football pyramid, including the top tier, the United League (UL). The NAL was founded in 2058 by Azamat Otto as a successor to the North American Soccer Leagues Organization (NASLO).

The NAL organizes all cup competitions for its leagues, including the UL Final, NAL Championship Playoffs, and the NAL Champions League. The organization is headquartered in New York City with lower-tier headquarters (referred to by the NAL as "sub-hubs") in Toronto, Mexico City, Panama City, and Los Angeles.

History

NASLO

Prior to the founding of the NAL, major leagues in North America were governed by the North American Soccer Leagues Organization (NASLO).

Founding

After the 2057 NASLO bribery scandal, Azamat Otto, a retired striker for San Diego FC and CF Capital, first proposed the idea of the NAL. He, alongside 29 other people, including former athletes, businessmen, and other notable figures in the sport, founded the NAL in New York City. Famously, at a ceremony for the founding of the NAL, Otto stated that the organization was to be impartial and free of bribery.

This league–no, this organization–is to be impartial from now 'til its crumbling. This new NAL is to have only the best, most trustworthy people running it; and it's to be a golden standard of the refusal of bribery in the sport of soccer.
— Azamat Otto

The founding clubs of the NAL were:

CF Ciudad de México (CF Ciudad)
Chicago FC
Dallas United (Ager Ludo FC)
Los Angeles SC
Miami United
New York SC
Toronto United

Leagues

The NAL controls the top nine leagues in North America. The nine leagues it controls are the following:

Tier	Name	Clubs	Bids in NAL Champions League	Promoted directly	Promoted via playoffs	Relegated	Year joined NAL pyramid
1	United League	20	12	N/A	N/A	Bottom three clubs	2022
2	NAL Championship	15	6	Top two clubs	One from 3rd to 6th-place finishers	Bottom three clubs	2022
3	NAL League One	15	3	Top two clubs	One from 3rd to 6th-place finishers	Bottom three clubs	2051 (split from tier 2 as tier 3)
4	NAL League Two	15	3	Top two clubs	One from 3rd to 6th-place finishers	Bottom two clubs	2044 (as tier 3)
5	Paizo League (East)	15	1	Top one club	N/A	Bottom one club	2073
5	Paizo League (West)	15	1	Top one club	N/A	Bottom one club	2073
6	Paizo Championship	15	2	Top two clubs	N/A	Bottom two clubs	2078
7	Paizo League One	15	2	Top two clubs	N/A	Bottom two clubs	2084
8	Paizo League Two	15	2	Top two clubs	N/A	Bottom two clubs (to non-NAL leagues)	2084

Current member clubs

United League

Ager Ludo
Atlético Panamá
Bayou City
Cancún
Capital
Chicago
Country United
Derby At River
Guayaba
Inter San Antonio
Long Island
Niagara Falls
Pòtoprens
Providence Athletic
Realeza
San Diego
Sporting MH
Sporting NVB
Sporting TC
Tegucigalpa

NAL Championship

Birmingham
Calgary
Gioco
Halifax
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Minutemen
Montréal
New York
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Québec
Renaissance
St. Louis
Toronto

NAL League One

Atlanta
Edmonton
Guatemala
Managua
Meadows
Mississauga
Oklahoma City
Philos
Puebla
Regina
San Juan
Steel
Tijuana
Trenton
Winnipeg

NAL League Two

Chihuahua
Ciudad
Columbus
Columnas
Fresno
Hermes
Landers
Miami
Monterrey
Portland
Santo Domingo
Saskatoon
Shikaakwa
Washington
Zapopan

Paizo League (East)

Baltimore
Burlington Queens
Charleston
Circled
Hartford
Jackson
Kansas City
L'Esprit
Nassau
Ottawa
Red Stick
San José
San Salvador
Thunder Bay
Violet Crown

Paizo League (West)

Angels
Billings
El Paso
Hermosillo
Juárez
Las Rosas
León
Mazatlán
Panthers
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Silicon
Sporting BA
Torreón
Trees Boise

Paizo Championship

Dukes
Greensboro
Kingston
Laval Gagnants
Libertad
Memphis
Omaha
Real Neza
River City
Sacramento
San Pedro Sula
Santiago de Cuba
Surrey
Tucson
Wichita Air

Paizo League One

AC San Antonio
Alajuela
Athletic Toronto
Buena Gente
Colón
Forest City
Houston
Inter Playa Larga
Orlando
Partidarios
Presidential
Real Santiago
San José
Spokane
Tercer

Paizo League Two

Bayamón
Bella Airosa
Belmopan
CF Belice
Dorado Veracruz
Hamilton Ambition
Hub City
Mérida
Mesa
New Haven
Querétaro
San Luis Potosí
Sault
Sol Anaheim
Villa Nueva

Competitions

The NAL runs seve-ral competitions:

United League Playoffs
NAL Championship Playoffs
NAL League One Playoffs
NAL League Two Playoffs
NAL Champions League
Paizo Leagues Cup

List of presidents of the NAL

Q.C. Medeiros (2023–2037)
Kapila Hardwic (2037–2042)
Zvonimir Jacob, Jr. (2042–2051)
Marcelino Jairo (2051–2068)
Manuel Blas (2068–2077)
Harlow Roshan (2077–present)