Who's next in the NASL?

25 years ago, there was no MLS and we were told that the future of American soccer was indoors because "Americans hate ties and low scoring games."

 

What does the city skyline have to do with gay rights? I know San Fran is a hotbed of gay culture, but you're Milking that association for more than its worth.

 

Maybe if you pay enough attention, you'll notice this is not a bog, but a message board.

 

It's more of a marsh, wouldn't you agree?

 

i thought it was more like quicksand.

 

I can't speak for him, but I concur. Definitely soggy and marsh-like.

 

Interesting nuggets hidden in this article, like the number of playoff participants

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1730179/nasl-shifts-4-team-playoff-format?cc=5901

For those who don't want to read the whole thing, here are the last 2 paragraphs that drop hints on what cities are talking to the NASL

'Peterson indicated that the league is looking to add more teams in the Midwest and on the west coast of the U.S., and is currently in discussions with potential ownership groups in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Two markets on the east coast are also vying for expansion teams, he said.



"We don’t have a timeline," he said. "I’m fortunate that the owners have said, 'Take your time and make sure we get the right owners in the right cities.' It's hard to handicap expansion, and what we won't do is create any false timelines, or put ourselves in a corner where we have to make decisions."'

I wonder if he means Orange County and LA as separate markets, or one and the same?

 

The Blues just are in Orange County and changed their name to Orange County Blues this year. I hope the NASL doesn't get into another congested market like OKC

 

Orange County/LA would be exactly like the OKC situation if not worse.
Indy and Ottawa seem like they will be solid additions in several aspects.
With all three leagues expanding all at the same time there will need to be careful planning.
Right now Edmonton is the furthest team west but adding ottawa and INdy at least bring two teams that are closer. Hamilton also a good possibility brings another Canadian club.
SAN Diego may be a city where a NASL team will work but the distance from other clubs in the NASL could be a problem

 

So his genius plans are to put 2 teams in a region that already has 2 MLS and 2 USL teams in the Greater LA area, put a team in a city (San Francisco) that has chewed up and spit out more minor league franchises than I can count (and a city that has no venue worth playing in) nevermind it also being an MLS market already, and San Diego which they've already been beat to the punch to by Real Salt Lake with their forthcoming USL squad...

Great plan for success there.

 

I did not here that about RSL and Sandiego. That is a good location with USL Pro Affiliates 2 in LA , San diego, Sacremtento that is a good solid Cal West coast division start of 4 clubs

 

Exactly. NASL is VERY late to the party as it pertains to the west coast having been beat to almost every major market by MLS, USL or both (SF Bay Area, PDX, SEA, San Diego, Sac and LA). They'd do well to take a page from Hockey's book. D2 hockey (the AHL) is confined almost entirely to the eastern US and Canada leaving the west to the functional equivalent of D3 (the ECHL). Or if they must come west, find some fresh territory like the Inland Empire, Vegas, etc...

 

Yeah. I agree. NASL needs to go to the Mid West and South East before MLS and USL. They would do well in Detroit, Milwaukee, Nashville and Birmingham.

 

How do you propose they do that?

NASL needs to go where potential owners with viable business plans appear.

 

I guess you can Bisquick'em up in a second........get it?

 

Yeah, I mean in LA we're talking about one MLS team, one Chivas which practally counts as an NASL team attendance wise, the Galaxy reserve team and freaking LA Blues whose attendance is basically the players' friends and family and not much else.

There is plenty reason for NASL to by eyeing such an underserved market.

 

The SF supporters group is headed by a Rapids fan... and has roughly 5 actual members. Just pointing out some facts...

And to point about another fact, supporters are irrelevant without a mega rich owner (sheik level rich) and a new stadium plan preferably on the water front. And even then you might not be able to get anything out of it (just ask the Niners and Warriors how getting a stadium built in SF went for them). And even after all that, SF's history with minor league teams like an NASL team is 100% failure rate. Good luck.

As for the Blues, they're not the big fish they should be worrying about. It's LA2 once they're under new ownership next year. Remember Chivas is gone.

 

I'm sure someone will do it (SF).....and they will fail

 

That would be a first.

"Building support" is nice, but, like most things here, overblown.

Someone mentions a market, and people overreact that they're getting a team.

Someone starts a twitter feed, they act like it's a movement.

If someone is so goddamned geeked to have an NASL team in San Francisco, perhaps they should be beating the bushes for an owner, not Twitter followers and people who want to buy scarves.

 

A little birdie told me....

 

To be fair, a few hundred people beating the bushes for an owner is a little better than five people beating the bushes for an owner.

A little.

 

Except that they almost never get around to doing that.

EDIT: Sort of like how Tinfoil Teddy spend a lot of time fighting the good fight against the USSF-CSA-MLS cartel that is keeping down real soccer in the United States. But him and his followers (sock puppets?) never seem to identify any of the multitude of owners waiting to spring forth and start teams.

 

Oh, they're there. He is physically restraining them, waiting for the right time to strike; the soccer revolution.