Rebel clubs from the second tier soccer championship in the United States and Canada will compete in a new North American Soccer League (NASL) from April next year, officials said on Monday.

Pele may not be suiting up, but the NASL is making a comeback. The second division men's professional soccer league is scheduled to begin play this spring. It announced its name Monday, and it should be familiar to soccer fans in the United States and Canada: the North American Soccer League. The original NASL lasted from 1968-84 and briefly made a splash with the likes of Pele, Franz...