The dilution in USL's shares has made it difficult to sell equity to British liquor maker Diageo PLC.
Mr Ponta, who heads the Social Liberal Union (USL), is himself under pressure to resign over allegations of plagiarism.
Even more intriguing is MLS's partnership with the third-division U.S. league, USL Pro, that will see MLS reserve teams integrated into that league's schedule.
In a press conference earlier in the day, State Bank's chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said the lender is "indifferent" to the outcome of the Diageo-USL deal.
Victor Ponta became Romania's third prime minister in less than six months when his left-wing-dominated Social Liberal Union (USL) alliance took charge in May 2012.
One way to partially combat this effect, and still use futures is to do what the United States 12 Month Oil Fund ( USL) has done.
In 2007 it was announced that an ownership group of wealthy investors and the ownership of the USL Sounders had secured the rights to an MLS expansion franchise.
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Earlier this week, the USL coalition sacked the speakers of both houses of parliament as well as the ombudsman and also threatened to sack judges of the Constitutional Court.
They retained the rights to their USL MVP, Sebastien Le Toux, signing him to an MLS contract in the summer of 2008 and making him their first official player nearly nine months before their opening match.
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Such a performance by the Sounders would not bode well for the long-term success of the club, no matter what level of success the club had experienced in the USL. The target for the Sounders first season was clearly modeled on the Chicago Fire, the only MLS expansion franchise to earn more than 50% of the available points in a season.
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