An e-friend of mine recently started up a small-scale manager game based off of the ESMS+ engine. It's based around the A-League and he has recently added a 2nd division featuring NPL clubs (there will be promotion and relegation too unlike real life). As such there are a few empty spots available, both in the 2nd division and also a couple of A-League teams recently vacated by managers looking for a challenge in the lower tier.
National Teams are also available, and more will be made available over time. We're still a while off of actually starting the 2nd season proper (I believe there's going to be a Christmas break), but if you are interested in this sort of game, it is being run here;
http://www.soc-manager.com/forum/