Please sign this and pass on to your friends. Many of you signed the goUSAbid.com petition before, but this one is specific to host cities under consideration. Show the USSF that Philadelphia is a soccer city and should host World Cup games in 2018 or 2022. http://www.gousabid.com/city/local/philadelphia-pa/
i see philly being a 50/50 chance for matches... although the field might get expanded, which would make that more than 50/50, maybe 75/25
The current standings, because I was curious (as of a few minutes ago): Code: 5865 Seattle 4343 Dallas 4216 Chicago 4177 NYC 2597 Washington, D.C. 2584 Philadelphia 2566 Cleveland 2321 Los Angeles 2167 Houston 2083 Indianapolis 2072 Atlanta 1774 Miami 1591 Charlotte 1538 Tampa Bay 1512 Boston 1355 Orlando 1347 St. Louis 1115 Denver 1113 Oakland 1115 Jacksonville 1063 Nashville 1044 Kansas City 1004 San Diego 941 Detroit 940 Baltimore 832 San Francisco 813 Phoenix Who knew there were 4,000 soccer fans in Dallas?
My question is, will more people vote to bring the World Cup to Seattle than actually went to see the U.S. national team in the Gold Cup this year? They're a third of the way there...
I've had several people request to sign the petition, which I have but can you sign the petition more than once? Looking at the numbers up there my guess is no.
If you have multiple email accounts you can. As of now Philly has 2739 and overall there has been over 70,000 people sign...didn't take long to hit the 50,000 mark.
The current leaders: Code: 6003 Seattle 4352 Dallas 4225 Chicago 4187 New York/New Jersey 3176 Atlanta 3112 Philadelphia 2683 Cleveland 2605 Washington, D.C. The other 19 cities are still under 2500. Philly has 3,000 down, 47,000 to go.
No, it isn't. It's slightly too narrow (68 yards as opposed to 70 or 74 yards), and only a few seats in the corners would need to be removed to widen it. And that's assuming FIFA doesn't simply give the Linc an exception and let them play on a 68-yard field--it's been done before.
And an update on the numbers: Code: 9,576 Seattle 4,392 Dallas 4,236 Chicago 4,203 New York 4,089 Atlanta 3,825 Philadelphia 3,040 Cleveland The rest are under 3,000. Baltimore, Detroit, Phoenix and San Francisco are all under 1,000.
Let's get this straight. First of all, I have nothing against Philly (and I would love to have games played there). However, there will NEVER be a world cup game from now to eternity played on a 68-yard wide pitch. For the world cup FIFA insists on 74-75 yard wide fields, regardless of the variability allowed in the laws of the game… FIFA made a dispensation for Giant stadium, which managed to get the field up near 72 yards by slightly shortening the field... Here is a link from the discussions that were going on at the time. Be aware, the article messes up meters and yards in some places, so I understand if you don't take the pre '94 World Cup NY Times (back when I don't think the Times had anyone on staff who paid the slightest attention to the sport) to be the definitive source on the beautiful game. Nonetheless, they did get the field up near 72 yards and it took a major international compromise to get that approved (they were actually thinking of building a platform so that the field would actually go up over the first rows of the stadium, believe it or not)… http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/07/sports/soccer-giants-stadium-is-closer-to-landing-cup-games.html …but this dispensation was only granted because they desperately wanted games in NY… Unless Philly could somehow convince FIFA that it was the center of the universe, or that there are no other options, either they are going to have to demolish the corners of the stadium or Philly is not going to get a game… I might add that there have been many other amazingly short-sighted moves in building American football stadiums over the last couple of years… For a couple of yards of width in the corners, they have essentially made the stadiums unsuited for World Cup games without significant renovations. Probably the most egregious example is Dallas (which, btw, would be slightly over 70 yards in width)… by accounts, it is possible that the FIFA officials who attended the opening of the stadium were so impressed with the facility that they might consider a bit of a waiver for them… but, whatever it might be, the Linc is no cowboys stadium… Sorry to say you will need to get out your jackhammers and wrecking balls, Philly, if you want WC games...
Actually, what it took was a vote by FIFA. FIFA will vote for pretty much anything if it gets them more money. In other words, if it comes down to Philadelphia or Indianapolis, and FIFA thinks Philly will sell more tickets, they'll make the same exception for Philly that they did for New York and for the Silverdome in Detroit, which was also below regulation width. You can argue that FIFA were desperate to play in New York, but it's hard to argue that they were that desperate to play in Detroit on strips of grass laid over wooden pallets on top of artificial turf. Not saying it's a sure thing or that it'd be the best result from a sporting point of view. But the fact is they granted two exceptions last time, one for Giants Stadium which has basically the same field size (and Philly could get the same extra couple of yards by shortening the field beyond what FIFA usually allows, which is how Giants Stadium did it).
As a die-hard Cowboys fan, the field is in fact wide enough for soccer games - it was built for soccer and the sole purpose of one day bringing the World Cup and possibly the Olympic Games there. From the man himself: "Williams, whose soccer experience includes working with clubs in England and Mexico, said FIFA's minimum field specifications are 330 feet long and 210 feet wide. Cowboys Stadium can easily be configured to accommodate that standard. "Lots of venues can't squeeze in the layout of a soccer playing surface," he said. "Some didn't think of it. Some chose not to fit it in. We made sure the pitch layout of our playing surface would fit." To further void your point and the legitmacy of the rest of your arguement the Stadium has THREE removable turf fields: one for NFL, one for NCAA, and one for soccer. The Linc are not very accomidating towards Temple U but; when it comes to the field for a large soccer event like that, well money talks and they will listen. The World Cup would bring it loads of money. Aside from that, the Linc is much wider then Giants Stadium (to use your example) and would only have to remove the first two - three rows in each corner and maybe for safety purposes the first two rows on the either sideline.
70 yards wide is, indeed, wide enough for a soccer field... as I am sure everyone here knows, the laws of the game have a range of field dimensions and 70 yards is well within that... Many international games are played on 70 yard wide fields. However, there are tournament-specific regulations... and FIFA requires a 74-75 yard wide field for the WC... as has been stated, they have made exceptions... and I think with the bells and whistles Cowboys stadium has wowed the suites from FIFA enough to earn an exemption, which they will need unless they structurally remodel the corners... fortunately, the change in field dimensions would not have to be a great as it would be for the Linc... I don't know what would be involved in reconstructing the corners, but I bet it would not be cheap...
BTW, here is a link for those interested: A FIFA World Cup final in little ol’ Dallas? It absolutely could happen Also, for people not used to looking at soccer field dimensions, the little hash along the end line is supposed to be 11 yards from the corner (10 yards from the 1 yard arc at the corner). Since the penalty box is 44 yards wide, that hash has to be 4 full yards outside the penalty box in order to reach 74 yards. That is, it has to be at least the length of 2 tall people lying down head to foot. It helps when estimating the width of a field.
Today's top ten sees Philly in the #2 position, but Atlanta and Dallas aren't far behind. Keep up the pressure! Who do you know who hasn't signed the petition yet? Code: 1. 11,557 Seattle 2. 4,866 Philadelphia 3. 4,741 Atlanta 4. 4,431 Dallas 5. 4,288 Chicago 6. 4,246 New York/New Jersey 7. 3,204 Cleveland 8. 2,682 Indianapolis 9. 2,645 Washington, D.C. 10. 2,540 Charlotte, N.C. The rest are still below 2,500. Last place? San Francisco, with 866, followed by Phoenix, with 892
What the hell does it even mean though? I mean, are the wc people even going to care, really? How valid can this be if you can sign the petition over and over again? So Seattle has the most email addresses and Philly comes in second. It's not like those are all actual people. I even signed the damn thing twice and could sign it about four more times with all my own different email addresses. And what's keeping me from entering all the addresses in my contacts as signers for Philly? Nothing. Ok, I'm grouchy and I could have phrased this all nicer but I'm not in the mood. Suck it.
They will remove multiple entries from the signing apparently. I would still encourage everyone to sign with all of their email addresses.