 Woosnam oversaw the westward expansion of NASL in the early 1970s, establishing teams in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Seattle, and Vancouver.However, he also guided the league into several poor business decisions, such as over-expansion to 24 teams, and the league's owners had been losing significant money and was removed from his duties as commissioner of the NASL in 1983 following a vote of the club owners.Woosnam later became managing director of the marketing arm of US Soccer, and helped bring the 1994 World Cup to the US.