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Imagine the time and effort it takes to put together a 36-team schedule – complete with home-and-home series within two conferences – comprising of 612 games.

Then imagine what it would be like to find out there’s suddenly only 35 teams.

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The USL Championship calendar-maker will be cursing and shaking his head all the way back to the drawing board unless Ottawa Fury FC is successful with a last-ditch effort to remain in the league.

Right now, it appears that will be decided in Switzerland.

The most important question is when?

In a statement released Wednesday morning – approximately six hours before the USL Championship unveiled its 2019 agenda – Fury FC announced it was seeking urgent relief from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with respect to CONCACAF’s sudden and recent decision to prevent Ottawa from commencing its third season south of the border.

Sanctioning has already been confirmed by both Canada Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation, but is being kiboshed by CONCACAF, the governing body of soccer in North America.