(05-21-2013 04:30 PM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(05-21-2013 04:16 PM)mufanatehc Wrote:  But they are expanding their brand by increasing their penetration into America's premier city. A second team in NYC will reach millions more people than a team in Raleigh or Charlotte ever would. They also have the ability to host a derby with NYRB, which will capture the interest of NY media and perhaps most of the city.

Its not like their putting this team right next to NYRB either; it'll actually be in the city, in Queens, which alone has 2.3 million people, many of whom are recent immigrants from countries with a high interest in soccer.

Ding!

Harrison, NJ (home of the Red Bulls) isn't really penetrating much into NYC...which is why and its a no-brainer to add a team IN New York City this time around...which will help the MLS grow.

I doubt a team in North Carolina (which some poster thinks is such a great idea) would have attracted investors like Man City or the New York Yankees...or attracted the chance to build a $340 Million Soccer stadium.

All of that occurred (Man City, Yankees, $340 Million stadium) because this team will be in New York City.

That is my point though. The NYRB COULD'VE BEEN in NYC and the 20th team could've gone to a new market. MLS had the power to veto the new stadium until they proposed a space in the city to put it.

I'm sorry I just dont see the need of having two NY teams when they could've forced the one they had into NYC to begin with.