POLL: What city would you most like to see have an MLS expansion team?

if it was right now... i'd say houston and okc

hopefully we will know by the allstar break

 

I know the world hates Atlanta, but the South needs a team and Atlanta is huge and would probably be just as good as any other southern city. If I thought Nashville would support one, I'd rather it be there. I'd just like to be able to see an MLS game live an not have to fly to get there.

 

If I had my free choice, Milwaukee, because it's convenient for away games.

Second choice: OKC.

 

I think San Diego, but it's not on the list.

 

miami, not ft lauderdale

 

LockhartSSS

 

read this carefully, and all the people who think that MLS should go back to florida. The South Does Not Support Professional Sports. period.

 

I just wish MLS survives at this point to expand.
As for which city, I select the great city of Seattle.

 

Phoenix!!!

 

Portland, as long as they could kick baseball out of PGE Park or build their own stadium. I'm not up on Seattle, Philly, or Houston b/c they'd be moving into really big football stadiums and not SSSs.

 

OKC or Houston

 

that st louis isnt even discussed is a joke

and no freakin' way on $hitlanta - nobody deserves that

 

The problem that I see is that Atlanta doesn't even support the teams it has right now. Kornheiser and Wilbon always say that the two worst sports cities in America are Atlanta and Miami (I think Miami is right). I say MLS needs to stay away from Miami.

My vote goes to Tulsa. They've proven they can draw large crowd after seeing the exhibition game.

 

Miami, NOT Ft.Lauderdale.

 

Of the cities on the list above the lone city truly valid for expansion is Seatle.l As far as, Rochester, I know it may sound somewhat unjust but its just not a Major League City... they can't get a decent SSS dispite relativly good support for a minor leage franchise and lastly its way too cold and even SNOWs pretty HEAVIily from late March through May even in late Octorber and certainly in Novermber... several months of MLS season(this last reason is of least importance but certainly adds to the reasons already stated.)

 

Isn't this the 9,783rd time this poll has gone up? I vote for allowing only moderators to start polls.

Having said that, Seattle is almost as frontrunning as Miami, though they would be a pretty good soccer market. Portland is the "underserved" market that really has a place for MLS, and is also a good to great soccer market. Really, both should have teams in MLS.

 

...and Columbus is?

Please stop these polls that are started every other week

 

How hard was it to get barely 14,000 into a 40,000-seat stadium when your ticket prices where at best whole-sale and many of them given away on a beautiful Saturday afternoon?


I'd like to see them show up when they have to pay $24 and up for a seat when it's blazing hot or freezing cold or pay more than the $450 total for season tickets for a family of 4.

It doesn't matter anyone because there's no one there to run a team.

 

Mmmm, Barley. A wholly delicious and underappreciated grain.

 

so whos the chump - the person who didnt see the other 9782 threads or you for continuing to go in them and whine about it?

oh i see - youre a bush fan

im sorry man - theres just way too much contempt for 'newbies' and basically anybody that wants to discuss the vagaries of the game, but somehow offends the niles&frasier-esque sensibilty of certain posters

 

ummmm columbus... the only soccer specific stadium (until the hardware store opens in LA)... uhhh yeah it could be argued that they are THE major league team of the league - i must confess that i absolutely LOATHE seeing matches played on top of bright american football markings (ala dallas, NY/NJ, etc.)

and dude youve been with BS what? 6 weeks? if you dont like the thread, then find one that you do

 

sFlorida

West Palm Beach, Ft Lauderdale, Miami
60 miles stretch, with 4.5 million people,
along a major highway with a SSS stadium
smack in the middle, 45 minutes from anywhere .

fail to plan, plan to fail

SHAME on all the Naïve & Ignorant, out there in the US soccer world.

Caution !!!!!
Ignorance is a malady and breathes lies !

History are your best facts.
Strikers/Fusion, 11 years at LockhartSSS the
one the original. (11 years...11k attendance average)

Under good I/O, WHERE does such a market belong ?

 

I like OKC because they seem to want it the most. It's great to go into Houston and Philly but OKC is actively pursuing MLS and I'd rather be wanted then work to gain someone's attention.

 

Yes, it is unjust until you have a reason beyond snow (we're in other snowy cities) and lack of an SSS. New York can't get a SSS either. A large population base doesn't necessarily translate to good support for a team, nor does small population prohibit it. Many of the cities you might consider "major league" are not particularly bigger than Rochester, they've just had a major league team so you may think of them that way. Cities like New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Greensboro, Nashville, Buffalo, Memphis, and Jacksonville (not to mention Columbus) all have major league teams - are they "major league cities?"

34 New Orleans, LA MSA 1,309,445
35 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 1,267,745
36 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 1,167,629
37 Nashville, TN MSA 1,156,225
38 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1,152,541
39 Hartford, CT MSA 1,143,859
40 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,122,974
41 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 1,105,909
42 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 1,093,427
43 Rochester, NY MSA 1,081,883
44 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 1,079,873
45 Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,044,684
46 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 1,038,999
47 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 1,037,933
48 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 1,032,625

Nobody would argue that the Bills or Titans lack for support, nor the Jazz, or the Hornets/Saints, or the Crew, frankly...