Bay Area

SirStrikesalot · Dec 15, 2005

AEG is announcing they are moving the Quakes on Friday. Thus begins the journey to bring an expansion team to the bay...

asdf2 · Dec 15, 2005

Time for a new forum. This time, cut out the Bay Area bullshh//tt and call it San Francisco.

Unfortunately, this forum will last decades because that's how long it will take to get a stadium done here.

Knave · Dec 15, 2005

The new forum should be called "Northern California" to include the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.

FuzzyForeigner · Dec 15, 2005

yea why doesn sacramento get a team? they only have the Kings to compete and Sac is surrounded by millions of suburbs.

uclacarlos · Dec 15, 2005

From the sounds ofthe press conferenece, the options are:

1. San Jose
2. San Jose
3. San Jose
or as the dark horse candidate...
4. San Jose

midwestsurfer · Dec 15, 2005

Ya. Just move the whole SJE forum over here. Or better yet, add a new 'Team in Exile" board, for the Quakes.

SoccerPrime · Dec 16, 2005

Hello! Where do you think Miami and Tampa fans have been posting for years?

Anyway, there is still hope in SJ.
from mlsnet.com

The move is not the end of Major League Soccer in the Bay Area, though, as the league and the City of San Jose have signed a Letter of Intent to bring an expansion team to town as early as 2007.
and
"We believe that professional soccer can be very successful and will return to the Bay Area. This will be a major priority of mine and the rest of the league office over the next year."
and
Garber said Thursday the league has had productive meetings with Oakland A's owner Lewis Wolff about becoming the investor-operator of the new Earthquakes and that discussions with Wolff and others will continue after Jan. 1, 2006. The commissioner noted that with some extra time to sort out the Bay Area's MLS future, a deal that will benefit both the city and the league can be ironed out. It will also help to put an end to the revolving door ownership of the team.
and
In anticipation of the return of the Quakes, the league is retaining the club's name, colors and competition records to be restored when San Jose is granted an expansion team. An identical situation existed when the NFL's Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996; the Browns returned to the league as an expansion team in 1999.
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cristoforo7 · Dec 22, 2005

uclacarlos said:

From the sounds of the press conference, the options are:

1. San Jose
2. San Jose
3. San Jose
or as the dark horse candidate...
4. San Jose
Click to expand...

Nice article about A's owner Wolff and his perspective. He certainly seems geared up for San Jose as the SSS location of choice but on the other hand isn't beholden to San Jose to the exclusion of all other Bay Area possibilities.

http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/12/19/daily36.html?page=1

grasskickin · Dec 25, 2005

Mls In Sac

Sacramento needs a pro soccer team!

I live north of sacramento but made the long drive to Earthquakes games with some friends 2 to 3 times a year. It would be great to have an MLS team, but i'd still support a USL team or MISL team. Right now the closest team is the MISL Cougars from Stockton. Its stupid how Garber assures another san jose earthquake team. Let Sacramento or San Francisco try MLS instead. Besides, a new expansion earthquakes would probably suck (expansion teams usually do) and would be even poorerly supported than the old earthquakes, which only got good attendance when they were winning