<sod>After the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]' elimination in [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|1982 World Cup qualifying]], American manager [[Walt Chyzowych]] stated the NASL had failed to offer much of a foundation for his team, since the league had largely failed to develop American players.<ref name="Wangerin">{{cite book|author=David Wangerin|title=Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sNAOW7iGJE8C&pg=PA204|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=978-1-59213-884-5|pages=205–}}</ref> But although the NASL ultimately failed in more ways than one, it did introduce soccer to the North American sports scene on a large scale for the first time, and was a major contributing factor in soccer becoming one of the most popular sports among American youth. On July 4, 1988, FIFA awarded the hosting of the [[1994 World Cup]] to the United States. NASL has also provided lessons for its successor [[Major League Soccer]], which has taken precautions against such problems, particularly a philosophy of financial restraint (mainstream American sports, by the time of MLS' startup in 1996, had adopted financial restraint rules, which MLS adopted). American college and high school soccer still use some NASL-style rules (with shortened halves, although the time does stop for certain reasons).<eod>
<sod>After the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]' elimination in [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|1982 World Cup qualifying]], American manager [[Walt Chyzowych]] stated the NASL had failed to offer much of a foundation for his team, since the league had largely failed to develop American players.<ref name="Wangerin">{{cite book|author=David Wangerin|title=Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sNAOW7iGJE8C&pg=PA204|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=978-1-59213-884-5|pages=205–}}</ref> Although the NASL ultimately failed in more ways than one, it did introduce soccer to the North American sports scene on a large scale for the first time, and was a major contributing factor in soccer becoming one of the most popular sports among American youth. On July 4, 1988, FIFA awarded the hosting of the [[1994 World Cup]] to the United States. NASL has also provided lessons for its successor [[Major League Soccer]], which has taken precautions against such problems, particularly a philosophy of financial restraint (mainstream American sports, by the time of MLS' startup in 1996, had adopted financial restraint rules, which MLS adopted). American college and high school soccer still use some NASL-style rules (with shortened halves, although the time does stop for certain reasons).<eod>