It's probably not a matter of rejecting any kind of soccer at the various levels; probably has more to do with the track record of the owner more than anything else. The Funks have been a real turn-off lately. You would have thought that the Funks would be pushing for the highest brand of soccer leading to MLS while he's testing the waters. Somehow I get that eerie feeling that the Funk group will pull up stakes and back out. Why? Just based on their experience with the Redhawks (PCL 'AAA' baseball) and now the Barons (AHL 'AAA' hockey); they haven't been successful with marketing those franchises. You have to spend money to make money and hire the right people to do the job protecting your investment. You can't keep half-stepping and probing... McLaughlin was able to secure Taft Stadium because of his previous with OCPS (Fields & Futures); this gave him the edge in securing that venue for soccer. http://www.news9.com/story/23690096/my-2-cents-fields-and-futures http://newsok.com/how-tim-mclaughli...nd-the-fields-futures-program/article/3890969
Supposedly going to be a superduper big announcement today, according to @MaggieAStrokes by Prodigal and she totally said that MLS may be coming soon. I guess with that kind of media confirmation, all OKC NASL fora should be shut down and transferred to the USL Forum. FYI, Wendell (@mrwendell29) arched his eyebrow at the mention of MLS.
Ooooo! You think it will be: "Someday, somewhere, hopefully we will be announcing something that might be a good thing, but we can't give any details about it right now"?
It's at 2:00 PM. At something called the Lloyd Noble Museum of Art. Which means it's either at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Lloyd Noble Center or the Fred Jones Junior Museum of Art. I don't know if the source of confusion stems from Prodigal's idiot press release to KOCO, or KOCO's typical, yet staggering ability for fucking up basic facts. Most likely, a combination of both. Edit. Also, Maggie got a boob job since that picture was taken, but I remain unimpressed.
Well, like must other things from Prodigal I'm kinda calling BS. I Googled "Lloyd Noble Museum of Art"....nothing. Sorry. Didn't see your edited post.
Well...I just saw this on www.newsok.com So, we took Seattle's basketball team. And now it appears Prodigal has taken their soccer team's colors...
well at least we now know the name and colors of one of our pro soccer team would feel better about the Energy if I knew more like where they intend to play their home games, who their coach is it just seems like to me that this team is way behind the 8 ball and still has a lot of work to do if this team is to take the field in march off topic any of you hear that the Orlando City is supposed to be announced as the newest MLS team next teusday also still new to the sport and am still confused about us open cup qualifying when is the earliest we can see either of okc's teams in the tournament will they be able to try to get in and compete in year 1 or will they have to wait till year 2 and as far as stealing from seattle I don't hold that city in high regard I can understand being hurt and upset about losing your team but to tell a community that they deserve such things as the bombing and the deadly tornadoes over a sports team is really pretty low no I don't and won't feel bad about stealing their colors actually hoping to play them in us open cup so we can destroy them and I don't care which one (Energy or NASL team) does it sorry if people don't like it it's just how I feel
Orlando will definitely be the next MLS announcement. They have made it passed all of their major milestones. Word on the street is that all the jets are flying in on the 19th to Orlando for the official announcement (but am sure that is pending them working out final agreements between Orlando City and MLS.
I just printed this out, pout it in the toilet and took a shit on it. Also, the toilet is kinda stopped up, so the building guy is here now plunging it.
When people say stuff like that, I just remind them that their mothers are all whores who make most of their money when the circus is in town.
It's Official: The long-term vision is 10 years from now Oklahoma City will have a Major League Soccer team. The first step is an expansion team in the 15-team USL Pro, a league matriculating to becoming MLS’s official Triple-A partner.--http://oklahoman.com/new-soccer-team-to-be-called-energy/article/3904915 Who's it going to be: or "We have no desire to be anyone's minor league, and we definitely have no interest in developing players for other leagues." Bill Peterson, NASL Commissioner
Yeah, I know, out of context, and apropos of nothing, this seems like a goofy statement. I guess I see it in contrast to USL, who's whole rason d'etre, and the reason they live, breathe, and are, it SEEMS is ONLY to supply players for another league. Whenever I try to have a discussion about the dismal attendance figures at places like Dayton, VSI, and LA Blues I invariably get a response of, "Well, they are more focused on their academy, than selling tickets..." Like that makes it OK? IF that's what you want to do, then fine. Do that. But please don't call yourself "PRO". At least to me, it cheapens the name for everybody who is really TRYING to be a "Pro" Just my two cents. Discuss...
LMAO: If I didn't know the meaning of matriculated and thespians; I'd ask you to get on your knees and ask for forgiveness...
With those low attendances, and the D3 USL Pro average attendance stagnating at roughly the same avg it had last year at 2600+ despite the agreement with MLS, the NASL will pull further away in quality of play as players will follow the money and the NASL grows with higher attendances, revenue, and increasing player budgets.
https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/...c-energy-fc-in-the-usl.1996850/#post-29064690 hey guys please cast your vote
So do we expect the NASL team reps to do something soon to try and get back some thunder? (Pardon the NBA reference) And BTW, there is a OKC NASL Soccer Supporters meeting at Skinny Slims this afternoon at 2pm
10 U.S. Cities That Transformed Into Must-Visit Destinations in 2013: Our city is getting on the national and international press radar. Just wanted to share this with you. http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2...sformed-into-must-visit-destinations-in-2013/