As Riccardo Silva reflects on his first season as Miami FC owner, it quickly becomes clear that his value to the North American Soccer League is huge.

Over the course of our interview, the Italian media magnate casually mentions he personally arranged the league's TV deals with CBS and beIN Sports - and he even got Phil Collins (whose youngest children play soccer with Silva's in Miami) to come to a Miami FC home game as a fan.

Silva says he is "very happy" with how Miami FC have done both on and off the field and, as he looks at the bigger picture, is pragmatic about some of NASL's problems this year.

Miami FC's inaugural campaign was a tale of two seasons - the Spring Season in which the team finished last with just one win in 10 matches and the Fall Season in which Alessandro Nesta's men were a creditable fifth.

Combined, it was not quite enough to reach the end-of-season play-offs but impressive for a first effort.