Wich city should get a MLS team?

[CUS]

Chicago.

And forget aboot Canada. FIFA forbides it.

[lurch]

St. Louis would be great, with its soccer heritage, but my understanding is that are no possible owners on the horizon, not to mention the lack of a suitable stadium.

Seattle would work.
Philly would be nice, as well.

[SoccerSD]

Originally posted by kasai
San Diego.... Great soccer tradition. Big hispanic population. Perfect for soccer

...and a more natural rival to LA than San Jose, I think.

[Schapes]

MLS would not be supported in Saint Louis. We couldn't even keep the indoor team in business. They couldn't find any investors. What makes you think someone would invest in a MLS team? Also, no place to play.

[kasai]

Originally posted by SoccerSD


...and a more natural rival to LA than San Jose, I think.

Well it would be nice if San Jose picked up the slack and turned out better attendance numbers. I would love to see a team in SD, LA, SJ, and Seattle.

[firstandsecond]

a team in philly is needed long before
adding a second NY team
professional sports in the south.. n carolina. florida ect.. are always a huge gamble so many have failed. and fans are fickle.. look at charlotte hornets..

seattle

and a team to further tie together the kansas city
denver dallas region would be a good idea..

philadelphia
st louis
seattle /portland

*2nd* club in NY

[Coryattheplex]

Originally posted by Vicar


very well said. i guess whatever podunk town in georgia clint mathis is from should have an MLS team, too.


go fort wayne pistons.

Hey guy, try mixin in a colonic..........I never suggested Ft Wayne or any small Mid Western town should have a team, you did Jackass! Moline....youth soccer hotbed.....bring a team to Moline....any of this seem familiar? As for us producing a World Cup caliber player, that neither qualifies us for a francise or doesn't, but it does mean that my hick town can whoop your hick town any day on the soccer field....put em up buddy! Fights on!

[toot86]

Before the poll i thought Houston should get a MLS team.. I guess the rest of the BS community agrees too.. Its a big city with a team for every sport.. Rockets,Comets,Astros,Aeros,Texans ..

Houston also has alot of Hispanic people and alot of Black/Carribien people that love soccer...

Houston has appropriate stadiums and fans!

Good weather hot/sunny
Houston is big

It will be a good rivalrie with the Dallas Burn !!


bUT What will the team be called?? The Houston Flying Stars..

The Houston Space Hawks?

The hardest part of getting a MLS team to to houston is deciding a name for the team...

[ax319]

Originally posted by toot86
Before the poll i thought Houston should get a MLS team.. I guess the rest of the BS community agrees too.. Its a big city with a team for every sport.. Rockets,Comets,Astros,Aeros,Texans ..

Houston also has alot of Hispanic people and alot of Black/Carribien people that love soccer...

Houston has appropriate stadiums and fans!

Good weather hot/sunny
Houston is big

It will be a good rivalrie with the Dallas Burn !!


bUT What will the team be called?? The Houston Flying Stars..

The Houston Space Hawks?

The hardest part of getting a MLS team to to houston is deciding a name for the team...


Lone Star F.C.

[Delta Blues]

Originally posted by Detective40oz


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.

It's FieldTurf not Astroturf. FieldTurf is better than many of the natural grass fields currently in MLS and many the national team has to play on in the Caribbean and Central America. FieldTurf is NOT an issue for MLS. The only reason I say this is that so many have no friggin' clue and write stuff like this. Please educate yourself. http://www.fieldturf.com

25,000? maybe because all the Seattle seahawks fans wanted to get a look at their new stadium and this was the first chance?

Probably partially true.

That number isn't impressive,

Actually it is.

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.

I'm happy you were impressed.

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..

I think their stadium limits the crowds they can attract, but yes, ideally you'd want an expansion team to draw closer to 15,000 at least.

[vneo90]

San Diego definitely! We had the all-star game back in 98? What happened to us as a canidate?

[Delta Blues]

Originally posted by vneo90
San Diego definitely! We had the all-star game back in 98? What happened to us as a canidate?

Ah yes, "The game no one saw." That was the day JFK Jr. died IIRC and the game was pre-empted.

[Doctor Stamen]

Nashville, just to see what those hillbillys think of saahker. They play both kinds of music there you know :).

How about somewhere like Minnesota, or Seattle, or San Somewhere ?. I need to look at a map of the USA to think of some places.

[nowhere]

How about Richmond. Decent size market, decent crowds at Kickers game, a big soccer community in the suburbs.

[Ubiquitous One]

There seems to be an unstated assumption in the poll choices that MLS should definitely have an expansion franchise out West, so I'll go along with your slant.

If we are moving out West and solidifying the national imprint, give it to Seattle -- but not in the new stadium -- or Portland. According to the Commish, whatever city has a) a group of investors b) a solid soccer fanbase and c) a soccer specific stadium, will get the expansion teams.

For a second team, and again if we are trying to solidify the national imprint of MLS, I can see no other logical choice than Atlanta. Like many of the posters on this thread, however, I do have a personal stake in having an MLS team close to my place of residence.

[pething101]

Wow. No love for the Triad of NC. With Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill all within 90 minutes (and all good soccer support at the HS and college level), I would think the Triad would be a great place for a team.

[odg78]

Originally posted by pething101
Wow. No love for the Triad of NC. With Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill all within 90 minutes (and all good soccer support at the HS and college level), I would think the Triad would be a great place for a team.


And most importantly it's an easy drive for me

[pething101]

Originally posted by odg78



And most importantly it's an easy drive for me

And me as well. 2 hours to Greensboro is nothing for me.

[Mountainia]

I think a poll is a good idea, it's just that the wrong cities are mentioned. I think you could come up with a much more likely and reasonable list. How about:

Philly
N. Carolina
St. Louis
Seattle
San Diego
Atlanta

[timmy409]

atlanta should get a team