MLS considered Major

cageyfoot · Feb 4, 2003

In a study done by American City Business Journals, "Major League Soccer has the widest range of expansion or relocation options among the five big leagues ... [n]inety-four areas are rated as strong candidates for MLS, which means they are above the league’s minimum income threshold. The list of qualified sites for soccer ranges from Philadelphia to surprises such as Billings, Mont., and Roanoke, Va." Check it out at:

http://oregonbaseballcampaign.com/article_012.html

jmeissen0 · Feb 4, 2003

yes, this information was released a couple months ago

Sweeper · Feb 4, 2003

Originally posted by cageyfoot
In a study done by American City Business Journals, "Major League Soccer has the widest range of expansion or relocation options among the five big leagues ... [n]inety-four areas are rated as strong candidates for MLS, which means they are above the league’s minimum income threshold. The list of qualified sites for soccer ranges from Philadelphia to surprises such as Billings, Mont., and Roanoke, Va." Check it out at:

http://oregonbaseballcampaign.com/article_012.html
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Thats because we have so few markets, we can expand anywhere........

jmeissen0 · Feb 4, 2003

Re: Re: MLS considered Major

Originally posted by Sweeper
Thats because we have so few markets, we can expand anywhere........
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actually... no

it has to do with how much it takes to run a franchise... and the ability of the people in the area to support it with what they currently make

since mls is pretty much the cheapest in these respects, it allows for it to be put into more areas than anything else

if mls cost the most, it would have the fewest markets it could expand to

Rocket · Feb 4, 2003

Originally posted by jmeissen0
yes, this information was released a couple months ago
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It was also lost in the great BigSoccer crash shortly afterwards.