San Diego 1904 FC expansion thread

i am very excited for this. i bet they will try and get the la blues to join them if and when they do make the jump up.

 

If it works out, I'd miss the SD Derby. I guess depending on how USL expansion goes, they could both go pro. Of course, it's a matter of getting the money (and attendance) so we shall see.

 

Clent Alexander just posted that he is meeting today with Downs regarding the Flash joining NASL at some time in the future. They obviously got a quick response to their letter they sent him the other day.

 

It could be an interesting market. I wonder if they'll be able to get some people from going to Tijuana games. That's always been my biggest worry with putting a team in San Diego.

 

Mine as well. At first it seemed odd that Club Tijuana would make any inroads beyond the obvious transplants and cross border crowd. But after going to the Tijuana game on Saturday and reading this article I'm not so sure. I mean on Saturday I easily saw more non-Mexican and non-Mexican-American fans at an all Mexican fixture than I've ever seen previously. I'm starting to think Club Tijuana's efforts to attract "Anglo" fans as they call them are starting to pay off some, albeit slowly.

The sooner the Flash or anyone can start establishing themselves the better. Not saying I think Tijuana could ever "ruin" the market for an actual San Diego based team as SD is big and TJ is obviously south of the entire city and a place many in SD still refuse to go. But they could potentially diminish the overall market a bit.

 

An annual friendly between the Xolos and the San Diego franchise sure would be cool.

 

It would be very cool. I'd much rather see a D2 SD team play the Xolos in say the March edition of the San Diego Clasico than the Galaxy or Chivas USA.

Even if the Flash don't move up I'd like to see something like this happen. Though maybe more as a double billing kind of thing. Say as the opening game for something like the San Diego Clasico have the SD Flash and SD Boca FC for instance, play a prelim game before the Xolos play (I say Xolos because they've been featured in the last 3 editions of the SD Clasico).

 

I know that the Flash or Boca had an exhibition match against the Xolos (2010 or 2011) but it ended up being their U-20 (reserve) team.

 

That and I don't think that game was open to the public.

 

The Xolos have played the Flash 3 times. The two first team squads played at Kinsell field during the Ascenso playoffs in the Xolos bye week (november 2010) that they got for finishing in first place. The first team played the first half and there were wholesale changes for the second half. Xolos won 5-0. The game wasn't advertised but maybe 400 people showed up to watch

They played at Estadio Caliente behind closed doors in August of 2011. I believe the Flash won against the u-20 squad 2-1 but I may be wrong on the score.

They also played the pre-game of the Xolos v Atlante pre-season game, tied 1-1 (again against the u-20 squad plus a bunch of trialists) in Dec 2011. Game finished in front of about 11,000. Flash stayed to watched the first team play in front of a full house of 22,000.

 

Good to know. Still hope they'll do something similar to the Atlante game up here in SD.

 

Apparently the flash are playing the Xolos in Chula Vista tomorrow.

Just saw a tweet from CEO of the Flash announce it

 

Is it open to the public?

Also interesting article in Soccer Newsday about the Flash's NASL interest. Though I suspect they jump to a few premature conclusions. But of interest in the article is that the Flash have been talking with NASL more than just this week but rather periodically over the last few years.

 

Haven't heard anything else from twitter or the Flash facebook page. Sucks cause I'd like to know and try and make it.

 

Would have liked to have heard sooner

I noticed that as well. But of course, "anything is possible." It was a pretty comprehensive article, but unfortunately at this early stage, anything so comprehensive is going to be largely (if not mostly) speculative.

 

Looks like the Flash aren't the only ones playing Club Tijuana. They beat the crap out of SD Boca FC last night 7-1.

http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/26896/Xolos-golea-7-1-al-San-Diego-Boca/

 

where are these teams going to play?

for NASL to be taken seriously it's teams are going to need their own SSS.

San Diego Flash play at Del Norte High School. The LA Blues play at Cal St Fullerton.

they don't have to be MLS quality SSS. But for a team to get a following their has to be some kind of atmosphere at the game. SSS with roofs that can hold 5k would be a good start.

 

USD has been mentioned for Flash, then there's the possibility of a downtown (or Chula Vista) football stadium (it comes up every year or so) leaving an empty pit where the Q is... Also, SDSU could stand to put in a few more bleachers at their soccer field.

The NASL San Diego project is very exploratory at this point... Flash submitted their letter of interest. Then they met with Downs. Then Flash said "yeah, uhm... we'll see." So there's time to find a place lol

 

http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_...discusses-cosmos-expansion-and-more.html#more

Looks like Flash were at the meetings presenting their case to be in NASL.

 

I hope that they make the jump. It would be great if the team was able to keep its friendly relationship with the Xolos too. I think that a regular set of friendlies with a Primera Division team would be good for the league image and for the local fanbase.

 

Thanks for the post. I know he "only" mentions them because they put out their own press release, but to hear their name mentioned could of course indicate more...

 

Still a long way to go but nice to see them mentioned. But it doesn't look like 2013 is in the cards baring some big surprises.

 

And would cost....millions of dollars.

 

Not to mention a roof is an added expense that is kind of worthless in San Diego other than for sound purposes. It rains so infrequently here it's just not needed. I mean hell the Padres are so confident it doesn't rain they've moved their tarp under the grandstands where you can't see it (I think they're the only team in MLB to do so).