City Islander News

Discussion in 'Harrisburg City Islanders' started by ButlerBob, Nov 5, 2013.

  1. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    Last edited: Feb 25, 2015
  2. Lancaster FC

    Lancaster FC Member+

    Oct 2, 2007
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  3. SoccerPrime

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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  4. Lancaster FC

    Lancaster FC Member+

    Oct 2, 2007
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Interesting halftime interview with one of the HCI owners (skip to 1:01:00).
     
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  5. Lancaster FC

    Lancaster FC Member+

    Oct 2, 2007
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Question from Philadelphia Union Training Facilities Thread.

    Who are the owners of HCI?
    Does the Union own part of HCI and if so what %?
     
  6. SoccerPrime

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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think its more like the HCI owners use the Union as consultants and partners but I do not believe Keystone (Union owners) own any of HCI.
     
  7. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
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    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks for a great season. Hope they figure out the stadium funding so that this franchise has a better place to play.
     
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  8. Lancaster FC

    Lancaster FC Member+

    Oct 2, 2007
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
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    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is Eric Pettis the sole owner of the team now? I thought previously there was a small group of owners. Maybe he's the lead of the group. I don't live in the area , so looking from a distance.
     
  10. SoccerPrime

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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder what this means:



     
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  11. Lancaster FC

    Lancaster FC Member+

    Oct 2, 2007
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
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    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks for adding this here. I don't usually go to the Union area, so hadn't seen this. This brings up a lot of interesting questions. I hope the team doesn't get bought and moved to the Philly area. To me that would be the worst cast scenario.
     
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  13. SoccerPrime

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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  15. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This certainly suggests that the City Islanders plan to carry for the coming '15 season. A few posts up, @Lancaster FC linked to an article with the owner talking about expanding the stadium on City Island and investing more money in the team in order to get better results. Sounds good to me.

    If the Union were to start their own USLPro side (Union2), I wonder how much that would hurt City Islanders, or if some other MLS club would decide to partner with Harrisburg?
     
  16. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  17. Lancaster FC

    Lancaster FC Member+

    Oct 2, 2007
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. SoccerPrime

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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The "fan-owned" legions of Nashville FC (NPSL) won't like that. But if I was the owner of the City Islanders and I was looking for a market, Nashville certainly has to be one of the most attractive. Still pretty risky. I don't think any of the h-burg ownership has ties to there.
     
  19. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    I just saw this. What a big move.
     
  20. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How do you see the state of things with the Harrisburg City Islanders right now? There has been a lot of conversation in Philadelphia about Harrisburg's lack of a stadium that matches other USL facilities. There have also been rumors of the team possibly practicing in the Philadelphia area during the week to strengthen the ties between the Union and City Islanders.

    Well first, let's understand that their affiliation partnership with the Union - driven by Nick [Sakiewicz] and Eric Pettis - has been the model that pretty much everyone has followed, and it has evolved into where we are right now in terms of the partnership between the two leagues. Both of those guys and those two clubs deserve a great deal of credit.
    Their affiliation relationship has evolved over time. It's no secret that the Harrisburg City Islanders need a different and better venue to play in if a USL club is going to be sustainable in Harrisburg. The stadium on City Island maybe 10 years ago was adequate. It will be inadequate going forward if the City Islanders are going to be able to keep pace with where the direction of the league is going.
    I'm not speaking out of school. Eric knows that. They've produced stadium plans. Their ability to get that done will go a long way toward what [happens] going forward. In terms of the relationship we speak regularly with both the Union and the City Islanders. It continues to be mutually beneficial for both.
    You look at last year, when the City Islanders got to the [USL PRO] final. Guys like [Pedro] Ribeiro, [Jimmy] McLaughlin and even [Antoine] Hoppenot, in the championship run, played significant roles in that. They made the players around them better, and at the same time it gave them meaningful game minutes in big-time games in great environments.
    And with the investment that the Union have in player development, which is almost unmatched - it's at least as good as anybody's in MLS - that part of things makes a lot of sense.
    I'm sure they can speak more to the specifics. They're considering all kinds of scenarios going forward that will allow them to continue a relationship which has been really good and a model for the league. We're working really hard to try to make sure that the City Islanders can stay in Harrisburg and be playing in the type of venue that will alow them to make things work, and that would benefit the Union.


    Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...vision-2-sanctioning.html#tpxufUP1zKErYZ0s.99
     
  21. Sporting Real

    Sporting Real Member+

    Jun 29, 2011
    Kansas City
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Per MLSsoccer.com

    http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/11/greer-stadium-potential-uses/23261311/

    "An owner of a professional soccer team from Harrisburg, Pa., has met with Metro officials to pitch relocating to Nashville and making old Greer Stadium its new home."

    If you read the whole article, it doesn't look like Harrisburg relocating is the best shot, and this does seem like it could be a ploy to get Harrisburg to pony up for the renovations at Skyline.

    http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/02/if_the_harrisburg_city_islande.html

    This could get really interesting really quick, especially if he were to link up with owners at Nashville FC. That would get the ownership group more capital, a semi established brand and fan base. If I remember, Nashville averaged over a thousand fans a game, but I'm having trouble verifying those stats since Kenn redid his blog
     
  22. sawillis

    sawillis Member

    Apr 24, 2007
    Smyrna, TN
    The problem with linking up with Nashville FC is that the leader of that club has stated that he has no interest in any situation that isn't completely supporter owned, which will be a problem when it comes to that club going pro. As USSF professional league rules sit now, I don't think there is a possibility that a 100% supporter owned team can exist.

    So if you want professional soccer in Nashville, Nashville FC wouldn't be the team to hang your hat on.
     
  23. MUTINYFAN

    MUTINYFAN Member

    Apr 18, 1999
    Orlando
    Also i hope they get a better name than Nashville FC. Kind of boring and generic. Whatever happened to the Nashville Metros
     
  24. sawillis

    sawillis Member

    Apr 24, 2007
    Smyrna, TN
    Owners ran it into the ground and folded it. Name should be an option though
     

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