Can anyone say Cleveland MLS, NWSL and NHL: Boston Globe Sports @BGlobeSports 3h Fenway Sports Group, owner of the Red Sox and Liverpool, is adding LeBron James as a partner, and has approved a deal that will jump-start a plan to acquire more teams. https://trib.al/GGvu0mG
With Detroit City joining the Championship, Cleveland is now: - the biggest TV market without an MLS or Championship team - the only MLB market without an MLS, Championship, or MASL team - one of only six markets in any of the big four without a team in one of the above three leagues (and one of the other five is Raleigh-Durham, who has an NWSL team) - the others are Buffalo, New Orleans, Jacksonville, and Green Bay Cleveland is quickly becoming to soccer what Houston is to hockey - a major league market with surprisingly little presence in said sport
Because the people who own the rights haven’t been able to move it forward. I doubt they’re happy about that in Tampa
NEO will be swimming in "D4" soccer this summer between Cleveland SC, Akron City, and the Force. https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/news_article/show/1204144
From what I understand, this is just the start for Force. Seems they want to start the process of building to USL-C.
My dream scenario for NEO Soccer is Force in the Championship and Super League (new USL Women's D2 league) Crunch in the big MASL Vulcans get the Pro League they're hoping for together CSC and Akron City keep repping the region in "D4" 1 and 4 probably the most realistic
looks like they're back at finnie Open Cup 1st round vs. Chicago United of League Two on March 23. https://thecup.us/2022/02/02/2022-us-open-cup-first-round-matchups-revealed/
I confess that I didn't. The issue of a Cleveland MLS team seems to pop up on a pretty regular schedule the past bunch of years, so I assumed this was that again.