Comments on: MLS Expansion Dreams http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:47:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Luis http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-48773 Luis Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:38:32 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-48773 DEFINITELY NEED A MIAMI TEAM TO COME BACK AGAIN!!! MIA MIA MIA hopefully MLS dont over look us!! DEFINITELY NEED A MIAMI TEAM TO COME BACK AGAIN!!!
MIA MIA MIA hopefully MLS dont over look us!!

]]> By: Cashcleaner http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-48299 Cashcleaner Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:19:59 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-48299 Hello all! I'm a Toronto FC season ticket holder and while I'm still new to soccer in North America, I think I've got a pretty good idea what future MLS teams would be successful or not. Personally, I don't see a club being viable in Las Vegas. there has only ever been one pro sports club in the Las Vegas area and it was a CFL franchise that lasted only one season. Las Vegas' marketable population is too transient to generate enough interest, and I just don't envision a lot of people showing interest in a region that's so heavily dominated by NCAA sports. San Jose could work very well for the league ans apparently the only reason for the club moving away in the first place was due to a lack of a soccer-specific stadium. I've been told the city is going to pony-up the cash for new facilities, so it looks like the club should be a success this time around. As for Vancouver and Montreal, while I would LOVE to see more Canadian teams in the MLS, Toronto is having a hard enough time at the moment adjusting it's roster to accommodate for the mandatory Canadian players. Having more Canadian teams would put that much more stress on the domestic talent pool. The best course of action in my opinion would be to lower the minimum number of Canadian players. Hello all! I’m a Toronto FC season ticket holder and while I’m still new to soccer in North America, I think I’ve got a pretty good idea what future MLS teams would be successful or not.

Personally, I don’t see a club being viable in Las Vegas. there has only ever been one pro sports club in the Las Vegas area and it was a CFL franchise that lasted only one season. Las Vegas’ marketable population is too transient to generate enough interest, and I just don’t envision a lot of people showing interest in a region that’s so heavily dominated by NCAA sports.

San Jose could work very well for the league ans apparently the only reason for the club moving away in the first place was due to a lack of a soccer-specific stadium. I’ve been told the city is going to pony-up the cash for new facilities, so it looks like the club should be a success this time around.

As for Vancouver and Montreal, while I would LOVE to see more Canadian teams in the MLS, Toronto is having a hard enough time at the moment adjusting it’s roster to accommodate for the mandatory Canadian players. Having more Canadian teams would put that much more stress on the domestic talent pool. The best course of action in my opinion would be to lower the minimum number of Canadian players.

]]> By: Dan http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-47466 Dan Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:22:50 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-47466 Detroit!!! Huge multi-cultural population. The sport is big here and I miss my DC United. Please bring a team to michigan!!!!!! Detroit!!! Huge multi-cultural population. The sport is big here and I miss my DC United. Please bring a team to michigan!!!!!!

]]> By: Azevedo http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-46314 Azevedo Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:13:31 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-46314 HARTFORD, CT * connecticut is in desperate need of adding a professional sports team *the city of Hartford is on the rise *30% of the cities population comes from central and south America HARTFORD, CT
* connecticut is in desperate need of adding a professional sports team
*the city of Hartford is on the rise
*30% of the cities population comes from central and south America

]]> By: Al http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-44215 Al Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:00:13 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-44215 MLS is going to expand to 16 teams by 2010. Two in the west and one in the east to balance it up. Toronto FC was a huge success and the MLS is going to most likely add another team to canada by 2010. If they add vancouver they should add Seattle or Portland to have a rival. If they don't add Vancouver then a team will still propably go to Portland or Seattle but not both by 2010. The other team in the west would probably go back to san jose or go to las vegas. Montreal is a favorite for the eastern expansion and they would have a rivalry with toronto fc. Montreal or Vancouver will get a team for sure by 2010. MLS is going to expand to 16 teams by 2010. Two in the west and one in the east to balance it up. Toronto FC was a huge success and the MLS is going to most likely add another team to canada by 2010. If they add vancouver they should add Seattle or Portland to have a rival. If they don’t add Vancouver then a team will still propably go to Portland or Seattle but not both by 2010. The other team in the west would probably go back to san jose or go to las vegas. Montreal is a favorite for the eastern expansion and they would have a rivalry with toronto fc. Montreal or Vancouver will get a team for sure by 2010.

]]> By: IW http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-44190 IW Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:26:25 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-44190 Rumors seem to rain from the sky when the subject of MLS expansion arises, so why not throw in my two cents. First I think that by 2010 we will definetly see the return of the SJ Earthquakes. SJ might even have a team by next year from what I've read. The other two teams to enter the league in 2010 are much harder to figure out. MLS is looking for large cities who are going to have soccer specific stadiums in place. I am still completely baffled on how Salt Lake ever got a team. I think putting another team in NY is a great idea. The Mets ownership have apparently expressed interest in putting up the dough for an expansion team. Putting the team next to the new Citi Field would be a superb move. I feel like the other expansion team will go to the Pacific NW. The most likely city is Seattle, but there are strong arguments for both Portland and Vancouver. The fan support in Toronto has been terrific so I would imagine MLS will seriously consider future bids out of Canada. On a side topic I saw that someone metioned applying the promo/rel. system to the US soccer pyramid. As a fan of the international game I love the idea. As a realist I don't ever think it will happen. The economics of american sports make it incredible expensive to compete at a high level. The added cost would bankrupt many USL-1 clubs and it would be extremely hard for lower level MLS clubs to remain viable clubs if they were relegated. Soccer is still a niche sport in America, getting new owners to invest there millions when there is a possibility that there team will become completely marginalized within a season or two is an impossible sell for the league. The economics of staying competative would mean that few teams (LA, DC, NY, CHI) would be able to afford the talent to play with any sort of consistency. Not to mention how the single entity structure of the league would play out with all of this. Love the promo/rel system, but it'll never happen stateside. Rumors seem to rain from the sky when the subject of MLS expansion arises, so why not throw in my two cents. First I think that by 2010 we will definetly see the return of the SJ Earthquakes. SJ might even have a team by next year from what I’ve read. The other two teams to enter the league in 2010 are much harder to figure out. MLS is looking for large cities who are going to have soccer specific stadiums in place. I am still completely baffled on how Salt Lake ever got a team. I think putting another team in NY is a great idea. The Mets ownership have apparently expressed interest in putting up the dough for an expansion team. Putting the team next to the new Citi Field would be a superb move. I feel like the other expansion team will go to the Pacific NW. The most likely city is Seattle, but there are strong arguments for both Portland and Vancouver. The fan support in Toronto has been terrific so I would imagine MLS will seriously consider future bids out of Canada.

On a side topic I saw that someone metioned applying the promo/rel. system to the US soccer pyramid. As a fan of the international game I love the idea. As a realist I don’t ever think it will happen. The economics of american sports make it incredible expensive to compete at a high level. The added cost would bankrupt many USL-1 clubs and it would be extremely hard for lower level MLS clubs to remain viable clubs if they were relegated. Soccer is still a niche sport in America, getting new owners to invest there millions when there is a possibility that there team will become completely marginalized within a season or two is an impossible sell for the league. The economics of staying competative would mean that few teams (LA, DC, NY, CHI) would be able to afford the talent to play with any sort of consistency. Not to mention how the single entity structure of the league would play out with all of this. Love the promo/rel system, but it’ll never happen stateside.

]]> By: Richard http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-43813 Richard Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:32:18 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-43813 It would easy to expand in Canada. Vancouver, Montreal and Hamilton would make 3 great city additions to MLS. It would easy to expand in Canada. Vancouver, Montreal and Hamilton would make 3 great city additions to MLS.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-42580 Kevin Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:18:21 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-42580 Sorry Corey, but i dont think you can even compare roch. to columbus. roch. is probably about 1/3 the size of columbus. i think roch has a good fan with the rhinos from what ive seen, but it is way too small of a market for a league needing to expand a fan base. The league would be taking a step backward if that happened. I think the MLS needs Philadelphia, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and perhaps one out west with portland or seattle. Another canadian team would be great too! Sorry Corey, but i dont think you can even compare roch. to columbus. roch. is probably about 1/3 the size of columbus. i think roch has a good fan with the rhinos from what ive seen, but it is way too small of a market for a league needing to expand a fan base. The league would be taking a step backward if that happened. I think the MLS needs Philadelphia, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and perhaps one out west with portland or seattle. Another canadian team would be great too!

]]> By: Mark Powell http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-40433 Mark Powell Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:23:17 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-40433 Most definately Canada ! I think football is bigger Per Capita in Canada rather than the USA,Nooffence yanks but in the 60's,70s and 80's get spanked by your Canadian neighbours.Montreal and Vancouver are more Multicultural than Portland,sandiego by a long way.Seattle deserves a team but Portland? A bit small. Montreal is a Euro-French Canadian city and is 3.5 Million with so much European Culture ta boot.The Vancouver Whitecaps and MontrealImpact have beenthe 2 best teams in the USL for the past 4 years.Portland,San Diego who! Place 2 teams in Canada it's a no brainer lads.Just look at the attendance and atmosphere at Toronto FC games and compare it to most US teams.Big difference,peace in da middle east Most definately Canada ! I think football is bigger Per Capita in Canada rather than the USA,Nooffence yanks but in the 60’s,70s and 80’s get spanked by your Canadian neighbours.Montreal and Vancouver are more Multicultural than Portland,sandiego by a long way.Seattle deserves a team but Portland? A bit small. Montreal is a Euro-French Canadian city and is 3.5 Million with so much European Culture ta boot.The Vancouver Whitecaps and MontrealImpact have beenthe 2 best teams in the USL for the past 4 years.Portland,San Diego who! Place 2 teams in Canada it’s a no brainer lads.Just look at the attendance and atmosphere at Toronto FC games and compare it to most US teams.Big difference,peace in da middle east

]]> By: Matt http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-39471 Matt Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:10:18 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/mls-expansion-dreams.html#comment-39471 For the Western Conference, I'm predicting a return of the MLS to San Jose (if not, San Diego), along with a Northwest expansion team (Portland/Vancouver). For the Eastern Conference, I'm predicting an expansion team in Atlanta, St. Louis or Philadelphia. For the Western Conference, I’m predicting a return of the MLS to San Jose (if not, San Diego), along with a Northwest expansion team (Portland/Vancouver). For the Eastern Conference, I’m predicting an expansion team in Atlanta, St. Louis or Philadelphia.

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