Done deal -- SJ franchise to Houston.

Oh_Teddy_Teddy · Dec 15, 2005

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Hey KMJVet,

How 'bout them Spurs?

We Quakes/Spurs fans should probably have a collective cry in our Boddingtons.

rabble-rabble · Dec 15, 2005

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europa1057 said:

Merry freaking chistmas.
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Reminds me of July 4th, 1991 when the newspaper sports headline was about the folding of the Salt Lake Sting of the old WSL/ASL. (In that league, we used to sometimes play a team from San Fransisco whose name escapes me at the moment). Kind of put a damper on that holiday for me at the time.

My condolences go out to the bay area soccer fans. Hope someday things work out and you get another franchise with good owners and a sweet stadium deal.

IBleedTeal · Dec 15, 2005

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So how long before this forum is shut down/moved?

Oh_Teddy_Teddy · Dec 15, 2005

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This forum ain't over until WE say it's over!!!

yalpstel · Dec 15, 2005

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Gosh Mike. Do you have to be so cold hearted as many of us here sit at our computers hurting and in tears?

Can't you just let people feel what they feel?

And this goes for all BS posters who want to come here a pour salt in our wounds.

Please.

IBleedTeal · Dec 15, 2005

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Well. The salt will go well with the gravy pouring out of yours.

We should be over in expansions with a ?? anytime now.

dakotajoe · Dec 15, 2005

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yalpstel said:

Gosh Mike. Do you have to be so cold hearted as many of us here sit at our computers hurting and in tears?

Can't you just let people feel what they feel?

And this goes for all BS posters who want to come here a pour salt in our wounds.

Please.
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He's an **************. He revels in it.

KMJvet · Dec 15, 2005

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Mike Segroves said:

You're absolutely right. Losing a sports team that has been bleeding money for a decade with no hope of that fact changing is right up there with the millions of children that will get the ******** beat out of them tonight across the US or kicked out into the street.

The only lies that were told were the ones that you told yourselves.
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analogy: resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike
One thing I won't miss in not having a team is BigSoccer trolls.

gk0002 · Dec 15, 2005

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I'm sorry to see the team move. I feel bad for you guys. Now what rivalry will be the best now that the SJ vs. LA rivalry is gone?

europa1057 · Dec 15, 2005

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gk0002 said:

I'm sorry to see the team move. I feel bad for you guys. Now what rivalry will be the best now that the SJ vs. LA rivalry is gone?
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SJ Fans vs AEG

KMJvet · Dec 15, 2005

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Oh_Teddy_Teddy said:

Hey KMJVet,

How 'bout them Spurs?

We Quakes/Spurs fans should probably have a collective cry in our Boddingtons.
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Hey, Spurs are looking pretty good. Still having little problems finishing off some teams they should dispatch handily, but above the Arse in the table is always good. Glory! Glory!

And I've supported Monterrey for a number of years and they've got an incredibly exciting bunch of forwards and some wonderful creative midfield players...and the final starts today so I'm doing pretty well right now in certain other respects footy-wise. I'll always love the Quakes, but there's some good things going on to soften the blow since I don't see the EPL or the MFL jacking their fans or teams around moving them anywhere.

alliu23 · Dec 15, 2005

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my ignore list is getting some exercise on here

Nadir · Dec 15, 2005

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Guess its time to go back to being a Eurosnob.

gilmoreaz · Dec 15, 2005

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Mike Segroves said:

You're absolutely right. Losing a sports team that has been bleeding money for a decade with no hope of that fact changing is right up there with the millions of children that will get the ******** beat out of them tonight across the US or kicked out into the street.

The only lies that were told were the ones that you told yourselves.
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Hey Seagroves, Go away dude!

BlueMeanie · Dec 15, 2005

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gilmoreaz said:

Hey Seagroves, pull your left hand out of your pants and put the playboy down that is in your right hand and slap your presumed ugly ass in the face for me.

Go away dude!
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This response is a lot less appropriate than Mike's assertion that it's bogus comparing losing a team to child abuse.

lfcli30 · Dec 15, 2005

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This is going to make make for some very enticing television in 2007. What will you folks do when Houston rolls into town? How will you react?

yanks02 · Dec 15, 2005

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God I'm so sorry you guys. I can't in any way lie and say I'm not excited to have a team down here, but you all know how much I did not want to be at the expense of the Earthquake fans. I can't believe this went down the way it did.

I'll still be a proud supporter of the new team, but it won't be the same at all anymore. I'll try and do yall proud.

Beckham7 · Dec 15, 2005

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lfcli30 said:

This is going to make make for some very enticing television in 2007. What will you folks do when Houston rolls into town? How will you react?
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That's a tough one..I think i would give the former Quake players a standing ovation cuz it's not their fault they moved.

doppelganger · Dec 15, 2005

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lfcli30 said:

This is going to make make for some very enticing television in 2007. What will you folks do when Houston rolls into town? How will you react?
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please...my head is spinning enough...

Deuce · Dec 15, 2005

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I am really sorry to hear the bad news folks. We have only had a team here in SLC for one season and I know I would be positively devastated if they took my team away!

I hope that MLS get you another team very soon.

KMJvet · Dec 15, 2005

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BlueMeanie said:

This response is a lot less appropriate than Mike's assertion that it's bogus comparing losing a team to child abuse.
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I did NOT compare losing a team to child abuse. It was a response to a post about "why blame AEG" and not about what it's like or how it feels to lose a team.
I made an analogy between how an owner of a team (the parent) treated on of its teams (the child) as an explanation as to why we don't actually love our ex-owner (the parent) even when outsiders think they're good parents wanting to move their child to a different boarding school.

KMJvet · Dec 15, 2005

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lfcli30 said:

This is going to make make for some very enticing television in 2007. What will you folks do when Houston rolls into town? How will you react?
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I'm not going to watch the MLS on television any more. EPL and MFL are better leagues anyway.

Earthshaker · Dec 15, 2005

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wassuper said:

Was it just me, or did anyone else sense just a tad bit of frustration in Garber's voice to Graham's(sp?) comment regarding the loss of MLS's greatest rivalry?
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He had to qualify his answer with something like, "I think the galaxy and Houston team will also be a good rivalry".
Yes, fed by that famous SoCal-South Texas rivalry.

Earthshaker · Dec 15, 2005

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lfcli30 said:

This is going to make make for some very enticing television in 2007. What will you folks do when Houston rolls into town? How will you react?
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Hang up the FUAEG banners.

leonidas · Dec 15, 2005

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well, at least it looks like san jose is a top candidate for expansion in 2007. and the quakes name would be retained.

here's an excerpt from the latest article from the Mercury News...

"No official announcement was made in San Jose, but on an MLS conference call this afternoon, it was revealed that the city and MLS have signed a letter of intent that provides a wide variety of support elements, including a stadium financing plan, to attract a local investor for an expansion team as early as 2007. The Earthquakes' name, colors and records have been retained for the expansion team.

``It is our intention to bring Major League Soccer back to the Bay Area with a new expansion team as early as 2007,'' MLS Commissioner Don Garber said. ``MLS is committed to working with local business leaders and city officials to continue these efforts. With the support of the city of San Jose, a local ownership group and a soccer-specific stadium, professional soccer can be very successful in Northern California.''"