The United States Soccer Federation has pushed back its 2017 Division 2 sanctioning vote for almost a month as the NASL's viability remains clouded.

And United Soccer League owners, who believe they have met the sanctioning requirements to move up from Division 3, are becoming increasingly frustrated with the delay.

The USSF board of directors vote, which was scheduled to take place in mid-December, was put on hold as it encouraged negotiations between the financially floundering NASL, which has held Division 2 sanctioning since 2011, and the USL, which has submitted a bid for Division 2 beginning in 2017.

Yet no progress has been made between the rival leagues, which split five years ago into separate leagues.