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USA markets that are ready to take on new MLS teams

Old 02-15-2006, 09:33 AM  #1
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USA markets that are ready to take on new MLS teams
Bizjournals.com says there are 73(!) that could host an MLS team. SEVENTY THREE!

http://www.bizjournals.com/edit_special/36.html?t=printable

Here's how many markets qualified for each league:
Major League Soccer: 73
National Football League: 30
National Hockey League: 23
National Basketball Association: 19
Major League Baseball: 0
Old 02-15-2006, 09:51 AM  #2
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To dream....of a multi tiered league....

To dream....of local rivalries....

to dream....the US SUper open cup...

<sigh>
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Old 02-15-2006, 09:57 AM  #3
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Is there really absolutely none that can support baseball? I know there are some that want to all the same...and are happy to lose every other pro sports franchise they have just to keep the possibility alive.
Old 02-15-2006, 10:00 AM  #4
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Some of the markets they say could support an MLS team.... well I am a bit skeptical. I haven't even heard of some of them! (not that my ignorance condemns them or anything, but...) I'm not so sure.
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Old 02-15-2006, 10:37 AM  #5
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I bet you're doubting Anchorage. We'll let me tell you it's booming...it's the Fargo of the north country.
Old 02-15-2006, 11:00 AM  #6
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I bet you're doubting Anchorage. We'll let me tell you it's booming...it's the Fargo of the north country.

Johnson City, TN?
McAllen, TX?
State College, PA?
Philadelphia, PA?

who has heard of any of these places?
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Old 02-15-2006, 11:10 AM  #7
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LDS MIssion was Texas McAllen! SWEET! south south south texas near the gulf right on the boarder.

GO MCALLEN!
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When my mother was pregnant with me they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later they discovered that I had reabsorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
Old 02-15-2006, 11:15 AM  #8
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Originally Posted by Czar Jake
Johnson City, TN?
McAllen, TX?
State College, PA?
Philadelphia, PA?

who has heard of any of these places?
I've lived in 2 out of the 4 (State College- home of the Nittany Lions and Philly).

And for the record, the city with the second most highly rated raw potential ranking for MLS: Orlando, FL 🙂

But if you look at it from a Sponsorship and viewing public POV, its Philly, PA hands down.
Old 02-15-2006, 11:28 AM  #9
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Originally Posted by Czar Jake
Johnson City, TN?
McAllen, TX?
State College, PA?
Philadelphia, PA?

who has heard of any of these places?
McAllen? You're kidding? Small town in the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas/Mexico border. Population around 110,000.
Old 02-15-2006, 11:39 AM  #10
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McAllen? You're kidding? Small town in the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas/Mexico border. Population around 110,000.
which (10 years later) bids to ask..

without any mountains in South Texas...where is this valley that you speek of?
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When my mother was pregnant with me they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later they discovered that I had reabsorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
 
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