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MLS coming to ATL in 2017
AJC reporting that on the MLS will announce on April 16th that ATL will be the home for the 22nd team in the league (20th is NYFC and 21st is Orlando).
I think they will are planning to stop at 24 (at least for a while). So if Miami gets the 23rd spot, that leaves only one spot left.

Congrats to ATL. The timing (2017) is to coincide with opening of the new Falcons stadium which the MLS and NFL teams will share (like Seattle). This will make it actually doable for me to see some games. I think if they can average close to 20K it'll be considered successful. It would be nice if a culture like that in the northwest would develop across the country, but I'd be happy with just decent support and consistent turnout by fans.
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I was hoping that North Carolina would be getting the spot!!!! Hopefully the next one will go to either the Carolina RailHawks or the Charlotte Eagles!!!!
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(04-08-2014 07:27 AM)LUalumfromnc Wrote:  I was hoping that North Carolina would be getting the spot!!!! Hopefully the next one will go to either the Carolina RailHawks or the Charlotte Eagles!!!!

I would love it if Charlotte got a team.
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I wish MLS would grant a team to San Antonio (or Austin). The NASL is alright, but I'd like a local MLS team that I could support. FCD is too far away, and Houston well Houston.
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RE: MLS coming to ATL in 2017
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Tampa got robbed of our team. So naturally when the league want's to expand, they pick every major Southern city but us.

**** Orlando!
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(04-10-2014 11:39 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Tampa got robbed of our team. So naturally when the league want's to expand, they pick every major Southern city but us.

**** Orlando!

you still have your Rowdys.
Tampa's got the Rays and the Bucs and all Orlando has is the Magic. The Rays season overlaps with the MLS season.
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(04-12-2014 11:29 AM)chrisattsu Wrote:  
(04-10-2014 11:39 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Tampa got robbed of our team. So naturally when the league want's to expand, they pick every major Southern city but us.

**** Orlando!

you still have your Rowdys.
Tampa's got the Rays and the Bucs and all Orlando has is the Magic. The Rays season overlaps with the MLS season.

Points for you for the Rowdies comment! I hate Orlando City and the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers. There's only one other organization that holds the same animosity to those clubs, and it's Beckham's new team in Miami. Therefore, Miami will be my MLS team when they come up. But once Orlando moves up to MLS, we'll unquestionably have the best fan support amongst the lower soccer tiers.

Geez, don't get me started about the Bucs. While Tampa is a football town, we're all tired of the Glazer's family and how they've run that organization. Honestly, I'd put them behind the Rays and Lightning in fan support the past couple years.

That being said, us Tampans have a love hate relationship with our swamp friends in Orlando. We don't like that the state has been spending an insane amount of money on the improvement of their transportation and how they're an entertainment mecca, while they don't like that we're the business hub and have most of the sports teams and major sporting events. But if there's always one thing that brings us together, it is hating South Florida.

Best of luck to ATL MLS and to the Silverbacks organization.
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RE: MLS coming to ATL in 2017
(04-09-2014 07:11 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  I wish MLS would grant a team to San Antonio (or Austin). The NASL is alright, but I'd like a local MLS team that I could support. FCD is too far away, and Houston well Houston.

Keep supporting the Scorpions if you can! They've had some good teams over there and deserve the support. Not to mention they're a very serious candidate to be next in line for expansion, so if you help fill up that stadium, it'll only strengthen the case for MLS in SA.
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Anyone who's been following MLS expansion and didn't expect Atlanta to grab one out of 21-24 hasn't been paying attention.

Personally I expect

23-Miami
24-Minneapolis/St. Paul
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This is also good news for GSU football, as it reinforces that the new stadium will have a less cavernous mode for non-Falcons-type crowds.
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(04-14-2014 02:10 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  
(04-09-2014 07:11 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  I wish MLS would grant a team to San Antonio (or Austin). The NASL is alright, but I'd like a local MLS team that I could support. FCD is too far away, and Houston well Houston.

Keep supporting the Scorpions if you can! They've had some good teams over there and deserve the support. Not to mention they're a very serious candidate to be next in line for expansion, so if you help fill up that stadium, it'll only strengthen the case for MLS in SA.

Agreed, I will keep supporting the Scorpions. The things that seem to be holding them back compared to others is the money, stadium location, and other Texas markets. We averaged 6800 per game last season (which was second in the league behind only Cosmos).

Hartman (the owner) has an awesome idea. Soccer for a Cause. He's a millionaire who built an amusement park for special needs people. The profits from the Scorpions go back to improving this idea. The problem is that it doesn't jive with the Major league pro-sports model. The speculation is that someone like Spurs Sports and Entertainment (Spurs, WNBA Silver Stars, AHL Rampage) would have to get involved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/sports....html?_r=0

Stadium location-
We have an a nice new stadium in a part of town that easily accessible and ready for expansion as soon as demand dictates it. The problem is that it is not in the city center and people seem to think that is a big deal. The Alamodome is downtown and great for tourist draw but is too large and would need work.

Other Texas Markets-
MLS has shown they want new markets with Atlanta, Orlando, and Miami coming online. FCD and Dynamo is already in place and so it is expected that people in Austin or San Antonio can follow those teams if they dont have their own. Speaking of Austin, MLS leadership met with key people in both Austin and San Antonio earlier this year. Both teams would like to have the team (and keep the other from getting it). Austin has a metro area of 1.8 Million while San Antonio is 2.2 Million.

Austin could provide money, "hip factor", and presumably a downtown stadium. The problems are the unknown of a new franchise compared to the successful one currently in San Antonio and 800lb Gorilla (UTexas athletics). The city gets crazy in the fall with UT football, ACL Music Fest, and The American Grand Prix.

San Antonio has a team, good fan support, and a new stadium. However, the big money question still lingers. The question is if you do expand to this part of Texas, which market do you focus on. Both cities are growing together and will travel (Austinites go to Spurs games, San Antonians go events in Austin) but you would have better attendance numbers if you focused it in one city rather than trying to put it in the middle.
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(04-14-2014 11:49 AM)Pounce FTW Wrote:  This is also good news for GSU football, as it reinforces that the new stadium will have a less cavernous mode for non-Falcons-type crowds.

Yes, I'd imagine Georgia State will play most of their home games with the MLS stadium configuration.

[Image: atlanta-rendering.jpeg]

If the final product is at all close to the above rendering, it would appear the stadium will be able to close off the mezzanine and upper level independently and even in individual sections, so you could have the lower bowl and just the home side mezzanine or any number of different configurations lending many different possible capacities.
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I actually attended my first MLS game this weekend and witnessed first hand the show Deuce put on against Dallas.

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(04-08-2014 07:27 AM)LUalumfromnc Wrote:  I was hoping that North Carolina would be getting the spot!!!! Hopefully the next one will go to either the Carolina RailHawks or the Charlotte Eagles!!!!

If the Railhawks hope to move up, they'll need to relocate from Cary to downtown Raleigh.

The MLS has made it a point that any new teams they add should have a stadium in downtown or very urban areas.

The Eagles are finally changing ownership away from the non-profit religious group that has run them for years. They're changing their name to Queen City Soccer Club and moving to Memorial Stadium. They're also doing upgrades to the stadium to make it less of a dump.
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(04-14-2014 10:49 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Anyone who's been following MLS expansion and didn't expect Atlanta to grab one out of 21-24 hasn't been paying attention.

Personally I expect

23-Miami
24-Minneapolis/St. Paul

Miamis already in basically.

I think you are right on #24. I think SA would be a strong add but theres push back on adding another Texas team even though they aren't close to each other.
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(04-26-2014 12:11 PM)slycat Wrote:  
(04-14-2014 10:49 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Anyone who's been following MLS expansion and didn't expect Atlanta to grab one out of 21-24 hasn't been paying attention.

Personally I expect

23-Miami
24-Minneapolis/St. Paul

Miamis already in basically.

I think you are right on #24. I think SA would be a strong add but theres push back on adding another Texas team even though they aren't close to each other.

Miami has already been awarded an expansion club, but the date of their arrival might be pushed back if the organization cannot find a suitable stadium to the "MLS standards."

Which is hilarious because NYC$FC will be playing in Yankee Stadium.
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