The reporter who's writing the Tennessee Tribune story is one of the worst reporters I've ever had the misfortune of working with and I spent 20 years working as a reporter myself before I moved to my current job. Peter's "stories" should all be placed in the opinion section.
So the Western Conference it is. I was kind of hoping that Chicago (a more westerly city) would have been shifted west but I would imagine being the new kind on the block gives NSC little leverage in the matter. Hopefully as soon as the following season with Austin in the league they will be in the East. Certainly when Sacramento and St. Louis come aboard the year after that.
yeah this will only be a temporary thing once the other two come on line. Just shows how eastern city oriented the league has become if Nashville is playing in the western conference......... Time to put a few more weights on the western side of the scale.
I mean if you look at the map most of the largest US cities are on the East Coast. There are several western cities that are still available; San Diego, Vegas, Phoenix, San Antonio, Oklahoma City. The first 3 I can see, the last 2 probably not. Charlotte is the last eastern city that I see being added. The rest of the larger eastern cities are probably non-candidates; Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Virginia Beach, Hartford, Louisville.
Well it's basically the same with any sport. Nashville, Chicago, and St. Louis are all in the Western Conference of the NHL. New Orleans and Memphis are in the Western Conference of the NBA. And I am old enough to remember when the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves both played in the Western Division of their leagues. But it looks like it will be a year or two before we are in the same conference with our closer rivals in Atlanta and Cincinnati.
True story: I don't give a shit about ATL. In any sport. Folks have always said they should be a big rival for us and they never have been. I don't see them being that big a deal in the MLS vs us either. Put Chattanooga in the MLS. Then you'll see who our rivals are.
Well when I called them rivals I was meaning mostly geographically. If we had one in MLS I would consider Cincy more of a rival simply because the two years of history in the USL. But I have a general disdain for Atlanta so any time one of my teams beats one of theirs I am happy.
Reports are Nashville are having trouble selling season tickets. I wondered if it was a mistake giving a team to a city the size of Nashville. Does Nashville metro break 2 million?
Question: Shouldn't both Nashville and Inter Miami by now both be moved from the Expansion to their own club threads? Just curious...
I see there is an article in The Athletic, to which I do not subscribe and therefore cannot read the piece. But if I am being honest, I never really thought Nashville would be a market with huge attendance numbers, which makes me question the proposed capacity of the new stadium. I see NSC more likely to be in the bottom half of attendance than the top. But then again I never saw Atlanta doing what they have done, so what do I know?
Historically, they move once they actually draft a team. It is that point discussion normally switches from creating a team to operating a team.
When St. Louis & Sacramento enter in 2022, you will move to the East. After 30, best candidates would seem to be Phoenix & Vegas. Both Western. I would guess Minny would move east at that point. Or we jump to divisions. Or both. Beyond PHX/LV: East: Detroit, Indy, Tampa, Raleigh, Baltimore, Louisville, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Memphis. West: San Diego, San Antonio, OKC, San Francisco.
So the schedule is out and we have a whopping stretch of 53 days without a home match from May 13 to July 5. I see that CMA Fest is June 4 through 7 and there are a couple of concerts at the stadium in late June, but that's seven straight road matches over almost two months. On the plus side there are only two matches that fall within the Titans regular season and maybe one during their preseason, so hopefully we won't have to deal with gridball lines very much.
I will say this, MLS has really hit the ball out of the park with expansion attendances lately. NYCFC & Orlando in 2015. ATL & Minny in 2017. LAFC in 2018. Cincy last year. Hope you and Miami continue the streak.
I wouldn't bet on it. I have my doubts about Nashville as a major soccer market and Miami has a bad history with this kind of thing.
And St. Louis was with them for a long time. Maybe even as Arizona for a bit. When did NFL go 8 divisions instead of 6?