Why there is no reason to panic over North Texas SC’s roster status

Well, here we are: it’s 2020, FC Dallas less than two weeks away from starting their preseason, and North Texas SC has still only made one official addition this offseason, despite having little devoted depth across the roster.

If you, like me, are freaking out because it seems like the front office is DRAGGING THEIR FEET to fill out the roster and they’ve got SO MUCH WORK to do and the rest of the league is WHEELING AND DEALING, I urge you to relax.

NTSC has much more time to construct a roster than the first team

Compared to other leagues around North America, USL1 takes an unusually long period off between seasons. There are 160 days, more than five months, between the 2019 USL League One…