Soccer is becoming more popular as a spectator sport. Oklahoma City with its 1.4 millions (diversified) population has certainly captured the attention of soccer investors.

NASL has great markets like San Antonio, Minnesota, Indianapolis, New York & Miami, many of the markets you find in the current NBA.

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SKC drops the OKC affiliation and fields their own SKC2 side.

Energy FC

I for one hate all these MLS2 sides coming into the USL. If the MLS wants to start a reserve league then do it. Most of the MLS 2 sides have piss poor attendance and there are better markets that could handle a USL team.
USL is trending toward a FC II for MLS. MLS' success is dependent upon the larger markets like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago & Washington DC-Baltimore which are your larger TV markets; those markets get the pick of the litter among players.

NASL can become a viable competitive junior league to the MLS, much like Major League Baseball's NL vs. AL; especially if a TV contract comes into play--which could be a real possibility at this point.

The NASL will be a better fit in the long-term for OKC.