It’s been eight years since the North American Soccer League—which operated between 2011 and 2017—sued the U.S. Soccer Federation, accusing it of violating antitrust law and demanding an injunction that would have forced U.S. Soccer to recognize NASL as a Division II league. The case, which has grown to include Major League Soccer as a co-defendant, will head to trial this week in a Brooklyn federal court following jury selection.

The case centers on U.S. Soccer’s oversight of pro soccer leagues and how U.S. Soccer applies standards to determine whether a league has earned recognition as a Division I, II or III league.

As NASL sees it, U.S. Soccer and MLS illegally conspired to insulate MLS (Division I) and the USL (Division II) from competing with NASL in ways that harmed the relevant markets for sanctioning soccer in the U.S. and Canada. NASL blames U.S. Soccer and MLS for “driving it out of business” and “preventing it from obtaining the profits it would have received as a league competing in Division I or II.”