'We're giving all parties the time that they need ... to make Lansdowne Park into a greater people place than it already is,' Coun. Matthew Luloff said.

"My best way to phrase it is I didn't think the status quo was best for the Redblacks going forward, and decisions were made from there," Campbell said of his departure.

The Ottawa club, the only Canadian team remaining in the USL, had turned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for help after CONCACAF would not sanction the team remaining in the USL.