MLS Expected to Make Expansion Announcement Today

[eplnut]

Quote from Jack Bell's weekly soccer report in today's NY Times:

... "M.L.S. will probably announce Cleveland or St. Louis as an expansion team, the league's 14th team, during a conference call today."

[Big-Time Crew Fan]

Quote from Jack Bell's weekly soccer report in today's NY Times:

... "M.L.S. will probably announce Cleveland or St. Louis as an expansion team, the league's 14th team, during a conference call today."

Wrong...
http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20060524&content_id=60098&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp

[Dave Brull]

All that happened is they give the owner of the Oakland A's three years to build a stadium and get a team in it. We were never in the running for '07. It may be a three team race for '08 between on Cleveland, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.

But then you have Rowan in '09? As a friend of mine was fond of saying "that's a lot"

[BulaJacket]

All that happened is they give the owner of the Oakland A's three years to build a stadium and get a team in it. We were never in the running for '07. It may be a three team race for '08 between on Cleveland, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.

But then you have Rowan in '09? As a friend of mine was fond of saying "that's a lot"
In addition to those stronger 4....
Not to mention a MLS desired second NY possibility ('10 and beyond), Vancouver's projected stadium completion around that time, and the ever-present possibility of a second team in Chicago.

[eplnut]

"So let's move beyond the real MLS agenda and hail this latest bait-and-switch for its historical import, which is this:

"This is the fifth version of the Earthquakes, at least as far as we know. There were the originals, in the North American Soccer League. Then the NASL Indoor Earthquakes, then the American Soccer League Earthquakes, then the MLS Earthquakes, and now MLS Earthquakes II"

Above quote from article in today's San Francisco Cronicle.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/26/RATTO.TMP

[ClevelandMark]

"So let's move beyond the real MLS agenda and hail this latest bait-and-switch for its historical import, which is this:

"This is the fifth version of the Earthquakes, at least as far as we know. There were the originals, in the North American Soccer League. Then the NASL Indoor Earthquakes, then the American Soccer League Earthquakes, then the MLS Earthquakes, and now MLS Earthquakes II"

Above quote from article in today's San Francisco Cronicle.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/26/RATTO.TMP


So, the earthquakes get to keep their name, their colors, their history? :D

[TheOtherBastard]

So, the earthquakes get to keep their name, their colors, their history? :D

But not their players...

That's gotta suck.

Can't wait for the first Houston - Quakes game in the Bay Area, good times for all!

[FuzzyForeigner]

i am so excited about all this news that my head will explode soon.