MLS expansion to San Diego 2025

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by wantmlsphilly, May 7, 2023.

  1. Elninho

    Elninho Member+

    Sacramento Republic FC
    United States
    Oct 30, 2000
    Sacramento, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To be fair, Sacramento's failure wasn't Warren Smith's fault -- he was one of the people Kevin Nagle drove away, at the same time as bigger investors including Meg Whitman and the York family.
     
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  2. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just angry Loyal fans. They wanted their team to move up and will take a little time to adjust to that not being the case. Honestly that always felt like it was an outside shot the day SoccerCity failed and it’s a shame that ended up being the case, but the Loyal really had little leverage in the discussions when the MLS guys have the big stadium and half a billion dollars invested at the outset.
     
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  3. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    True, but he did bring in Nagle. A which seems to be the problem maybe? The investors being selected aren’t the big time guys needed for modern MLS.
     
  4. Ray Shoesmith

    Ray Shoesmith Member+

    Valencia
    United States
    Nov 14, 2021
    What is Landon gonna do?
     
  5. Roger Allaway

    Roger Allaway Member+

    Apr 22, 2009
    Warminster, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Reading comments from angry SD Loyal fans reminds me of NYCFC and the Borough Boys, who wanted an MLS expansion team in Queens or Brooklyn and switched their fandom to the neo Cosmos when MLS put its NY expansion team in the Bronx. Now the Cosmos are belly up (I think) and the MLS team at which the Borough Boys turned their noses up is planning a new stadium in Queens. If the Borough Boys had had more patience, they would have gotten their wish.
     
  6. AeroNaught

    AeroNaught Member+

    Atlanta United
    Feb 14, 2007
    Birmingham, AL
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Did they say anything regarding stadium changes during the press conference? There was a rumor going around they were going to add a roof but that may have just been wishful thinking.
     
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  7. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Those were founded on nothing at all. It's built with the ability to expand it up to 55,000 seats in case an NFL team comes to SD or SDSU gets into a bigger conference where they'll need the capacity.
     
  8. hipityhop

    hipityhop Member

    New Mexico United
    United States
    Jan 10, 1999
    Mission TX
    Club:
    SønderjyskE
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think the 500 million reasons there is a new ownership group rather than a Loyal ownership group.
     
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  9. hipityhop

    hipityhop Member

    New Mexico United
    United States
    Jan 10, 1999
    Mission TX
    Club:
    SønderjyskE
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't MLS will have any problems sleeping at night with 500 million in the bank.
     
  10. footballfantatic

    Mar 27, 2008
    Ontario, California
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was really hoping the new ownership would put money into the stadium to make it more soccer-centric. A roof would do that well.
     
  11. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They don't really need it though.....unless MLS decides to move all of their games to the afternoon....which would be dumb. It's not like it rains all that often in San Diego.
     
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  12. espola

    espola Member+

    Feb 12, 2006
    The women's team SD Wave is already established and has sold the place out on occasion.
     
  13. espola

    espola Member+

    Feb 12, 2006
    Indded. In the old stadium, they sold 70,000 tickets more or less for the occasional USMNT game and Mexico against Argentina.

    There is a trolley stop on the stadium grounds $2.50 away from Mexico (or free if under 18, $1.25 for seniors).
     
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  14. espola

    espola Member+

    Feb 12, 2006
    They won't need a roof for rain. They will sometimes need it for shade.
     
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  15. espola

    espola Member+

    Feb 12, 2006
    Missing in this discussion so far is the partial ownership by the Sycuan tribe, They have substantial undeveloped land holdings in the County that may figure into the placement of the promised youth soccer residential academy.
     
  16. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not often enough to warrant it. No one really complains about being outside at the old stadium or Petco Park.
     
  17. psnotyours

    psnotyours Member

    Bvb
    United States
    Mar 8, 2023
    How do you think San Diego will have their academy?
     
  18. wantmlsphilly

    wantmlsphilly Member+

    Aug 2, 2006
    Philadelphia, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Much like the Philadelphia Union. A residency with a High School.
     
  19. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  20. psnotyours

    psnotyours Member

    Bvb
    United States
    Mar 8, 2023
  21. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Google is your friend......
     
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  22. oknazevad

    oknazevad Member

    New York Red Bulls
    Oct 24, 2005
    North Jersey
    It wasn't even about Brooklyn or Queens. Just wanted a team in the five boroughs and not the suburbs. They hitched their wagon to the neo Cosmos, and then the league went with the NYCFC bid instead, who have played in the city, while the neo Cosmos were stuck playing in Nassau County, entirely defeating the reason for the Borough Boys backing the club. So they not only backed the wrong horse, they looked extra dumb doing so. Ridiculous group.
     
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  23. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To be fair to the borough boys, a lot of the members went with NYCFC, the leaders stuck with the last few members out at the lacrosse field.
     
  24. Egbert Sousé

    Egbert Sousé Member

    NYCFC
    May 25, 2013
    nyc
    Club:
    New York City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ahhh, it's times like this I wished Empire of Soccer never went belly up.
    The jokes just wrote themselves.
     
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  25. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not my kind of footy stadium but I guess they know what they're doing.

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