CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina Football Club is suspending operations for next season, so in the team's words, it can reset its men's strategy for the future.

NCFC Chairman Steve Malik said the decision was a "deeply difficult one that came after extensive thought."

"The men are not going to be playing next year in USL Championship," Malik said. "It's bittersweet. I have a lot of investment, financial, emotional time, energy into NCFC."

That means that after this year's USL Championship ends, all players will be released from their contracts and eligible to play elsewhere.

Malik told ABC11 that he was taking a pretty sizable gamble with this decision -- and was betting big on the future.

"If you don't strive for it, you have no chance at it. And so we're making every effort th

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