The North American Soccer League has officially severed all ties with Traffic Sports, The Telegraph can exclusively reveal.

The NASL has suffered due to its ongoing links with the Brazilian-owned sports marketing company after two of its executives, Jose Hawilla and Aaron Davidson, were implicated in the Fifa corruption scandal of 2015.

Traffic owned as many as three NASL teams at one point and at the time of his indictment Davidson was chairman of the Board of Governors, while his company owned the Carolina Railhawks.

The NASL quickly suspended all business activities with both Davidson - who is also a former president of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers - and Traffic but the ongoing links with the company have caused bad PR for the league and hindered business opportunities.

Traffic continued to own a significant stake of NASL Class B shares throughout the corruption scandal and the financial ties between the NASL and Traffic had proved difficult and time-consuming to untangle.