New York Times interview with Garber

[QueensNick]

I am taking this quote from an interview that Garber did with the New York times about a week and a half ago. I found this interesting



Q: The New York market has been a tough one for the league since the start, in 1996. Now there is talk of a second team in the metropolitan area. How important is New York to success of the league?
A: I don’t believe the theory that as New York goes so goes M.L.S. Yes, we do need success in major markets, but we also need to succeed in smaller markets. Look at baseball - it has underdog teams from smaller markets and they’re successful.
In New York, the Red Bull group very committed and has done a terrific job putting a good team on field and hiring popular and serious coach. [Three days after this interview, Red Bulls and Coach Bruce Arena parted ways.] Their stadium will be state of the art, one of the great stadiums anywhere in the world. Red Bull is supportive, very supportive of having a local rival. We have 13 million people in the N.Y. area and it certainly can support two soccer teams. We’re making progress in discussions with investors. But it is difficult and expensive building facilities with new stadiums going up for the Giants, Jets, Mets, Yankees and Nets. But we’re confident we can achieve a second team in New York in a short period of time.




That last sentance is a very strong sentance - no?

[KingsCountyFC]

I hope every tool who thinks we won't get our team reads
that......words from Garber himself....and realize we will be heard
by 2010....think about....after Seattle...we have 3 spots essentally left.
St. Louis, Philly.....and....i think it's safe to say....us.....
God willing, in a few short years...our time will come.

Oh When the Boys...go marching in!
Borough Boys go marching in!
Oh lord I i want, to be in that number
When the Boys go marching in!
Borough Boys!

[southpaw817]

I am taking this quote from an interview that Garber did with the New York times about a week and a half ago. I found this interesting






That last sentance is a very strong sentance - no?
Very strong indeed,and he is from Queens so there is extra incentive lol.

[QueensNick]

I hope every tool who thinks we won't get our team reads
that......words from Garber himself....and realize we will be heard
by 2010....think about....after Seattle...we have 3 spots essentally left.
St. Louis, Philly.....and....i think it's safe to say....us.....
God willing, in a few short years...our time will come.

Oh When the Boys...go marching in!
Borough Boys go marching in!
Oh lord I i want, to be in that number
When the Boys go marching in!
Borough Boys!


please add that song to the song book thread - lol! Good Job

I still like Youll never be New York though - it actually got under the skin of the RB fan on that thread! They are already hating us!

[KingsCountyFC]

I made on up with that song already, it's posted in the song book.
My favorite is the second verse.
New York City! Is Wonderful!
New York City is Wonderful!
Oh Praise the Lord, I don't live in New Jersey,
When our city is Wonderful!

[Metrogo]

That last sentance is a very strong sentance - no?

I don't think so. This answer it much more focused on why it's not happening.

[napolisoccer]

I think that for the 18th team of the 2010 the percentages are these :

New York City : 55 %
Montreal : 15%
Vancouver : 10%
Atlanta :10%
Portland : 5%
Las Vegas : 3%
Miami : 2%

Are you agree with me ?

[NYC_COSMOS]

But we’re confident we can achieve a second team in New York in a short period of time.

I think that the key line is "in a short period of time". Maybe there is good news even sooner.

[southpaw817]

I think that for the 18th team of the 2010 the percentages are these :

New York City : 55 %
Montreal : 15%
Vancouver : 10%
Atlanta :10%
Portland : 5%
Las Vegas : 3%
Miami : 2%

Are you agree with me ?
I think so Napoli,maybe an even better percentage. Will you bring some of the Napoli boys out to Queens? :D

[napolisoccer]

I want to see the most fine city in the world and want to see it with a true soccer team. Then I hope to come in New York in 2010 and to see the soccer game of the NYCFC vs Red Bulls at new soccer stadium in Queens !!

P.S. The New York metropolian area has almost 19 million of inhabitants , not 13 million, Mr Garber.....

[southpaw817]

I don't think so. This answer it much more focused on why it's not happening.

You guys throw cold water on everything.

[QueensNick]

You guys throw cold water on everything.

simply because they are afraid of us coming in and taking over the city, the league and taking thier women!

[southpaw817]

simply because they are afraid of us coming in and taking over the city, the league and taking thier women!

Hundreds of years from now you will hear the stories of terror about the Borough Boys,"they would go from town to town raping and pillaging" lmao!

[QueensNick]

Hundreds of years from now you will hear the stories of terror about the Borough Boys,"they would go from town to town raping and pillaging" lmao!


Yo ho yo ho
the borough boys are here
we sing we dance we take your girls
and then we score some goals
we take your girls back
cause they some jersey hoes!!!

[Ultravolta]

Red Bull is supportive, very supportive of having a local rival.


All haters from RBNY STFU now please! :D

[KingsCountyFC]

I don't know if you guys already read this yet or not.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/sports/soccer/17mls.html

“The league’s original plan always was to have two teams in New York,” Garber said.
What a nice quote

[NYC_COSMOS]

I don't know if you guys already read this yet or not.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/sports/soccer/17mls.html

“The league’s original plan always was to have two teams in New York,” Garber said.
What a nice quote


I've been saying this since day one over in the RBNJ forums. It's even in the MLS webpage. How many thinks that NYC isnt going to occur is beyond me. Originally the league was going to start out with two teams. One in NYC and another in NJ. The NJ team was going to be called NJ!!!! When the originally conceived amount of teams was reduced to 12 from I believe 16, the NY team fell thru. MLS then wanted to call the MetroStars the NY MetroStars but the NJSEA demanded that if they play in the Meadowlands that they be called NJ. They finally settled on a combined NY/NJ Metrostars, which started out as the collapse of identity of the team. Latter on they dropped the NY/NJ from the name and were just known as the MetroStars. This is probably the reason for the lack of identity of the team and the reason why it never took with the people.
I remember peopel making fun of the naming scheme just as much as they were making fun of the jerseys.

[napolisoccer]

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=716

Garber speaking on expansion.
At 3:33:

"The next team will be either Philadelphia or St. Louis. That will be hopefully finalized in the next 30 to 60 to 90 days. Seattle and St. Louis or Philadelphia will play in 2009. And the next teams after that, teams 17 and 18, hopefully finalized by the end of '08. Those teams will be $40 million."

One of us is in. One of us gets screwed out of $10 mil