Must read: http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2011/...iliation-in-tampa-with-usl-pro-team-for-2013/ "The United Soccer Leagues will hold a press conference with VisionPro Sports Institute on Wednesday in Tampa to announce a new addition to the USL family. VisionPro Sports Institute (VSI) along with USL President Tim Holt will announce that VSI has struck an agreement with the elite Tampa area soccer club Brandon FC Flames. VSI will start a Super Y and a Premier Development League (PDL) team. Then in 2013 VSI will launch their first pro soccer team with a USL PRO expansion team that will play in the Tampa area."
Every FCTB-Rowdies fan should just read and re-read Nestor's statements, I'm sure they are working behind the scenes, Nestor said having a soccer specific stadium in a downtown location remains a top priority. The team will play at Al Lang Field for another season. "It's essential to have that stadium," Nestor said. "From a location standpoint, I think our view is a little different than what it was a year ago, definitely different than two or three years ago because we have had an experience in St. Pete. At the end of the day, what's important to us is to be in a central location near a downtown where you have the amenities around the stadium, not just at the stadium." Asked if that situation exists in St. Petersburg, Nestor pointed to Al Lang Field and how Portland renovated its minor-league baseball stadium to a soccer-only facility for MLS. "There are definitely ways to get creative," Nestor said. As for the Rowdies name, owned by a Texas apparel company, Nestor said the team still is working toward likely buying the right to use the name or the name outright. "It's something that takes a while," Nestor said. "We're still working toward a resolution, and it's not completely up to us. Those things aren't completely 100 percent in our control, so you do what you can over time." http://www.tampabay.com/sports/socce...wrapup/1196185 also breaking news Kartik confirmed on Ultras live show that U.S. NASL teams will be competing in USOC in 2012.
If FCTB attendance becomes fractured due to some fans switching to USL, NASL will die since the owners of FCTB are co-founders of NASL. I don't want us to be the joke of every supporter group in the country.
I care less about what other SGs think about us than I do about the Tampa Bay area having a pro soccer team we can all be proud of. People that you personally know are going to give this new team a shot and I think we all need to take a deep breath and do what we must in order to remain as united as possible. We can't let this war between the leagues divide the fans to an irreparable extent.
