Wich city should get a MLS team?

[denalimn]

Originally posted by cj90red
But I feel that the cities should be:

1. Rochester
2. Seattle
3. Houston
4. Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Minneapolis would be a pretty good choice. There is a stadium in the northern suburbs that could easily be brought up to standards -- though it might be a bit small. Our A-League team regularly draws in the 3,000-4,000 range -- more when MLS teams come calling.

[Paul. A]

Tampa, a longer way down the line. Providing they get a stadium built. In the next couple of years my vote is for Philadelphia and possibly something nearer the south like Atlanta.

[Detective40oz]

Originally posted by Nimbus2000

I don't get the "ha, ha".

The Seattle Sounders had over 25,000 Sunday when they opened Seahawks stadium against Vancouver, perhaps the best football stadium in which to watch soccer in N. America.

The above is a very qualified endorsement.

I didn't say anything about Seattle, I think that would be a good place to play if MLS had a stadium to play in, and not an astroturf football stadium. 25,000? maybe because all the Seattle seahawks fans wanted to get a look at their new stadium and this was the first chance? That number isn't impressive, give me the season avg for the sounders then we can start talking. Although I was impressed with the turnout for the Honduras friendly earlier in the summer up in Seattle.

Rochester came from everyone that says move to Rochester..what they get about 10 or 11,000 a game? aren't those the kind of numbers that get bashed in the attendance threads..

[Sachin]

How about DC? We deserve an MLS team.

Sachin

[skipshady]

Originally posted by pething101
Triad area of North Carolina. From what I hear, MLS will have a decent following in Winston-Salem or Greensboro.

[Kaiser]

Philly then your city.

Noone mentioned Atlanta, Indianapolis, Birmingham (Alabama Slammers), San Diego, or Sacramento.

[jmcclain19]

I don't know about the soccer following here in phoenix, fans here tend to border cali fans with their malaise toward any sports teams. I lived in Chapel Hill for a few years and soccer is def. ingrained in the whole Triangle area-Def. would be a kick ass place for MLS to go....Portland and Seattle have awesome sports fans for any sport....but not here in the desert. And we def. don't need to be doubling up any cities yet.

[Brownswan]

I voted for New York because:

1. I want Metro out of GS, and if the Harrison stadium project goes south, I'd like the team to move east -- into NYC, maybe Aqueduct,if that's still a possibility -- far away from the NJSEA.

2. The other places are TOO DARNED HOT in the summer for decent soccer.

[SoccerSD]

San Diego.

[DAKCrew]

Seattle I think would be the best bet, maybe St. Louis. Cleveland would be better though. We need an Ohio derby.

[ignatz]

Originally posted by Sachin
How about DC? We deserve an MLS team.

Sachin

That reminds me of the reply of Shirley Povitch, late sports editor of the Washington Post, to the accusation that Washington wouldn't support major league baseball. "How do they know? It's never been tried."

We do better supporting DC United, a respectable A-League level team.

[Benedict XVI]

DCU has the highest average attendance for an A-League team.

[burning247]

I still say we start a relegation system with MLS and the A-League. Just get rid of those Canadian teams.

[Benedict XVI]

Originally posted by burning247
I still say we start a relegation system with MLS and the A-League. Just get rid of those Canadian teams.

United would be in NCAA Division II by now if there was pro/rel in the USA.

[burning247]

Dallas wouldn't, hehe playoffs every year baby.

[Baracuda]

Portland! Portland! Portland! Portland! And did I say Portand!

[ignatz]

Originally posted by Vicar
DCU has the highest average attendance for an A-League team.

We aren't too shabby for the MLS team with the worst record. Compared to San Jose we're the crown jewel in attendance. Overall, though, I'll bet if someone divided total attendance by total victories over the history of MLS, New England would do best. I don't know if the team deserves that much up there, but the fans certainly do.

[thurd]

Originally posted by Coryattheplex


Not sure what you mean.......?
I'm not in St Louis, just like the city for it's support of teams. As for Boston area, you already have a team in the Revs, no matter how much we'd all like them to go away :p
im not sayin we need another team, i just cant believe youd list st louis as a better sports city than boston. look at the espn sportsnation survey fi you want proof.

[MDFootball]

Originally posted by Vicar


United would be in NCAA Division II by now if there was pro/rel in the USA.

No way we'd have run through the A-League second time around (last year), since the first year Etch woulda bitched and retired after being relegated, Moreno wouldve gone, and Pope wouldve soldiered on for a couple years before we got back up....but we would be headed back again this year, probably for a long extended stay....

[kasai]

San Diego.... Great soccer tradition. Big hispanic population. Perfect for soccer