1.   And, to date, the replay situations that have come up have not been resolved as fast as the league had hoped.

2.   A person familiar with the research said the league hoped to find netting that would easily attach in existing arenas without radically affecting the ability of spectators to see.

3.   But the experiment has not produced the results the league had hoped for.

4.   Certainly the league hopes to rekindle general interest outside the hockey cult.

5.   Initially, the league hoped to save those final two slots for annual meetings between such natural foes as the aforementioned.

6.   Phoenix has been mentioned as one of the six to eight target cities the league hopes to initially attract in its first year.

7.   Renegades sales and marketing director Lori Jurkowski said the league hopes to upgrade the teams to pro by next season and treat the remaining teams as farm clubs.

8.   The changes also eliminate the Arizona-Dallas division rivalry, but the league is hoping new ones will be created.

9.   The eight-week program is one the league hopes to duplicate in cities with NFL franchises.

10.   The league hopes four or five soccer-specific stadiums will be built in the next five years.