Would you support MLS in Bristol (Bucks County), PA?

[SoccerPrime]

Would you support MLS in Bristol (Bucks County), PA?

[okiebear]

Anywhere in Southeast Penna. I'd even go down into Philly for fotbul.

[okiebear]

Regarding fan support: The Linc was packed for those Champions League games, and they seemed to be real soccer freaks, not simply people coming to look at the new stadium. Who were those people?? Was any percentage local??? Would perhaps even a fifth of those 65,000 attend a local MLS match? That's 13,000. Maybe that's why Garber is sniffing even though we don't see any moneyed support for a team.

opps. Champions World.

[PhillyMLS]

I'd be a season ticket holder and charter member of a supporter's group anywhere in the Metro Philly area. Sadly I would have to say that a Philly team would still be behind DC in my support. Hard to quit supporting a team you have supported over a third of your life, even if it is a local team.

[n4100]

I'd be a season ticket holder and charter member of a supporter's group anywhere in the Metro Philly area. Sadly I would have to say that a Philly team would still be behind DC in my support. Hard to quit supporting a team you have supported over a third of your life, even if it is a local team.
Ahhh, see that's why you need to be more open-minded, not truly have a team, pine for one in Philly then throw everything you have into it. I follow MLS but couldn't really say I have a team, I've followed Chicago vaguely and have this year finally attended some MLS matches up in NY, so for me, no alliegence, just a desperation for a ticket to the first Philly v anyone game.

[dcajedi]

i clicked yes. i don't know if i should have. i want a team in the city itself but i just can't see an SSS within the city limits and i don't want the team playing in the linc forever even though i think it will work better than gillette in terms of atmosphere (though not field size).

the stadium must have septa access. then i will be happy.

[n4100]

I see what SoccerPrime has been saying, but I think the reality is for local sports fans, its gotta be somewhere at/near the existing sports complex. One of the reasons, besides cost, what the current stadia didn't get built in town was the desire to be where people were familiar/comfortable being. Sadly, we are a town that doesn't embrace change and as much as I'd love to see a stadium in town, even in Bristol, I think the only real way to get fans in and out (from Jersey, Deleware, the city, and the PA suburbs) would be to have it down in/around the current complex. Personally, with the redevelopment of the naval yard and talk of the expanding the subway that way with the development, the stadium could go down there...or they could just rip up FDR Golf Course, it is a piece of pooh.

[Looper121]

Voted Yes, had to.

BTW, I went to the celtic/manyoo game last summer.

[skyscraper]

I voted a big fat no.
Gotta hold out for a better location, can't just hop on the first bandwagon that comes along.
I know we've waited for a long time for a team, and the only way we're going to get one is if we have an sss for them to play in, but come on. That sports complex we have in South Philly is one of a kind. Why not maximize it?

[SoccerPrime]

So let me get this straight, if nothing ever happens downtown and the only option is to build in Bucks County, you won't support it?

[skyscraper]

So let me get this straight, if nothing ever happens downtown and the only option is to build in Bucks County, you won't support it?
We are not at that point yet, no one has even formally proposed a soccer stadium there as far as I know. If there is a proposal for a downtown stadium and it gets rejected for whatever reason, and the only option remaining is bucco, then I'll support it. But let's explore all the options first.

[CyphaPSU]

Ahhh, see that's why you need to be more open-minded, not truly have a team, pine for one in Philly then throw everything you have into it. I follow MLS but couldn't really say I have a team, I've followed Chicago vaguely and have this year finally attended some MLS matches up in NY, so for me, no alliegence, just a desperation for a ticket to the first Philly v anyone game.
I am mostly the same way. I cannot make myself a supporter of any MLS club unless it would be a Philly team--I just can't. But I'd be the first to throw my support at any expansion Philly club. Right now I just enjoy following MLS. I would say I support MLS and follow the entire league (except KC because they are really boring and have almost no fan support). I watch a lot of the league matches online and particularly enjoy watching DC United, Chicago, and LA--probably because they all have large supporters groups which make their games more fun to watch. Anyway I'm getting off-topic. My point is while I love the league, I will not allign myself to any particular club until Philadelphia gets one.

[setpiece]

I am mostly the same way. I cannot make myself a supporter of any MLS club unless it would be a Philly team--I just can't. But I'd be the first to throw my support at any expansion Philly club. Right now I just enjoy following MLS. I would say I support MLS and follow the entire league (except KC because they are really boring and have almost no fan support). I watch a lot of the league matches online and particularly enjoy watching DC United, Chicago, and LA--probably because they all have large supporters groups which make their games more fun to watch. Anyway I'm getting off-topic. My point is while I love the league, I will not allign myself to any particular club until Philadelphia gets one.


I go to a lot of Metrostars games and have actually purchased some Metro swag that I have around my office. The Metros are the team ,thru which, I follow MLS.

However, the NANOSECOND Philly gets a team, I'm on the phone buying tickets.

[Rickster]

I go to a lot of Metrostars games and have actually purchased some Metro swag that I have around my office. The Metros are the team ,thru which, I follow MLS.

However, the NANOSECOND Philly gets a team, I'm on the phone buying tickets.

Ditto. So long as the team is within 60 minutes of Billy Penn's hat, I'm there.

[skyscraper]

Ditto. So long as the team is within 60 minutes of Billy Penn's hat, I'm there.
That's a radius of about 3 blocks at rush hour...

[n4100]

That's a radius of about 3 blocks at rush hour...
Not if you're taking the subway its not! Who drives into Center City anyway?

[skyscraper]

Not if you're taking the subway its not! Who drives into Center City anyway?
That reminds me of a comment by Yogi Berra: "No one goes to that restaurant any more, it's too crowded." To paraphrase, no one drives into center city because the traffic is too heavy. :)
BTW, I drive into center city every day, from Chestnut Hill. I do it because I drop my daughter off at pre-school, so it's just easier than driving her to school and then getting on the train. Also, I get reimbursed for parking from my office, $5 a day. The parking garage near my office charges $8 a day, so it only costs me $3 a day to park.
Isn't this all fascinating...

[D-Wall]

I would be totally for it. Anything to get a team in Philly.

I would stop going to the Shore during the summer to go to Philly MLS games.

And I would bring 20 of my friends to get rowdy and tailgate like crazy.

[setpiece]

Ditto. So long as the team is within 60 minutes of Billy Penn's hat, I'm there.


amen rickster! it really is as simple as that.

Philadelphia sports fans are "PHILLY first" more so than a good number of other large cities. The ONLY thing keeping me from being a full out Metrostars supporter is the simple fact that they're not a Philadelphia team. Give me a team that kicks a round ball, other than the freaking Kixx, to support and this debate is over as far as I'm concerned.

I dont care if the team is on the Camden waterfront, South Philly, Bucks County or down by the airport. I'll support them.

[n4100]

That reminds me of a comment by Yogi Berra: "No one goes to that restaurant any more, it's too crowded." To paraphrase, no one drives into center city because the traffic is too heavy. :)
BTW, I drive into center city every day, from Chestnut Hill. I do it because I drop my daughter off at pre-school, so it's just easier than driving her to school and then getting on the train. Also, I get reimbursed for parking from my office, $5 a day. The parking garage near my office charges $8 a day, so it only costs me $3 a day to park.
Isn't this all fascinating...I'm just saying, with parking rates so high in CC, for most people it doesn't make sense to drive in, which I think is a pretty valid point. Mind you, if you can find a spot on the street and pump a few quarters in during the day, more power to you. Its an easy ride on the R8 for me, or the 18 followed up by the Subway, depending upon where I'm headed.