Rays president says team will evaluate Ybor option

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Rays president says team will evaluate Ybor option

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http://www.tbo.com/news/localgovernment/hillsborough-announces-it-has-chosen-site-for-rays-ballpark-in-channel/2342224

Hillsborough: New Rays ballpark should go in Ybor City

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http://wfla.com/2017/10/24/pinellas-leaders-ponder-possible-rays-move-to-tampa/

Pinellas leaders ponder possible Rays move to Tampa

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https://www.reddit.com/r/TampaBayRowdies/comments/78j79l/breaking_tampa_bay_rays_look_to_leave_st_pete/

BREAKING: Tampa Bay Rays look to leave St. Pete & Trop for new Ybor City ballpark (wfla.com)

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http://wfla.com/2017/10/24/tampa-bay-rays-to-leave-st-pete-trop-for-new-tampa-ballpark/

Tampa Bay Rays look to leave St. Pete & Trop for new Ybor City ballpark

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https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2017/10/24/prime-site-near-downtown-tampa-is-countys-pick-for.html

Prime site near downtown Tampa is county's pick for new Rays stadium

Commissioner Ken Hagan says he is "thrilled about the possibilities that exist" for the location.

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https://www.draysbay.com/2017/10/24/16539078/rays-stadium-search-its-ybor

Rays Stadium Search: Hillsborough County leaks Ybor location for Rays Stadium bid

County Commissioner Ken Hagan lets the cat out of the bag

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https://www.reddit.com/r/TampaBayRowdies/comments/78gydm/scouting_new_york_red_bulls_ii_part_one/

Scouting New York Red Bulls II: Part One (rowdiessoccer.com)

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Scouting New York Red Bulls II: Part One

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78itbf/mlss_marketing_strategy_emphasizes_the/

MLS’s marketing strategy emphasizes the connections between community and its club. That makes it hard to move one. (fiftyfive.one)

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http://fiftyfive.one/2017/10/soccer-is-a-business-which-is-why/

Soccer Is A Business, Yes. Why Does That Excuse Deception?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78j74j/nycfcforumsposted_by_a_member_today_whether_its_a/

[NYCFCforums] Posted by a member today. Whether it's a great photoshop job or an actual rendering it's at least something. (Later is confirmed to be a real rendering of a possible NYCFC Stadium) (twitter.com)

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Posted by a member today. Whether it's a great photoshop job or an actual rendering it's at least something. http://nycfcforums.com/index.php?threads/stadium-discussion.21/page-543#post-222780

10:04 AM - 24 Oct 2017

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78jutj/sum_responds_to_cosmos_acquisition_rumor/

SUM responds to Cosmos acquisition rumor (twitter.com)

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Statement from SUM re: Rocco Commisso's declaration that SUM offer to buy #NYCosmos assets was intended to put NYCosmos out of business.

4:15 PM - 24 Oct 2017

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78icug/austin_soccer_fans_wonder_if_the_body_is_cold/

Austin Soccer Fans Wonder If The Body Is Cold Enough To Celebrate [Satire] (thenutmegnews.com)

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https://www.thenutmegnews.com/current/2017/10/18/austin-soccer-fans-wonder-if-the-body-is-cold-enough-to-celebrate

Austin Soccer Fans Wonder If The Body Is Cold Enough To Celebrate

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78i2r3/mls_in_austin_on_twitter_the_starting_xi/

MLS in Austin ⚽️ on Twitter: The Starting XI (twitter.com)

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Lots of questions, concerns, and confusion in the community. Here’s a new thing we’re calling the “Starting XI” to recap and update topics.

10:29 AM - 24 Oct 2017

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USL Quarterfinals are set, so here's the second radial bracket! (i.redd.it)

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78ja3e/obrien_had_2_offers_for_cosmos_neither_of_which/

O'Brien had 2 offers for Cosmos, neither of which included fielding team. He was ready to accept one for $1.5M less (si.com)

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https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/10/24/nasl-sum-new-york-cosmos-court-filing-commisso-soccer-united-marketing

NASL Filing Alleges SUM Tried to Buy New York Cosmos to Eliminate Club

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78fkr4/the_10yearold_us_soccer_sensation_and_social/

The 10-year-old US soccer sensation and social media star snapped up by Roma (theguardian.com)

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The 10-year-old US soccer sensation and social media star snapped up by Roma

Alessandro Cupini has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram and his own pitch in his basement in Kansas City which he will soon be leaving to join the Serie A club, getting around Fifa’s youth regulations thanks to dual-citizenship

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78kuua/gambling_on_mls_soccer/

Gambling on MLS & Soccer (self.MLS)

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78jdao/how_would_austin_feel_about_taking_columbus_mls/

How would Austin feel about taking Columbus' MLS team? It's complicated (espnfc.us)

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http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-soccer/19/blog/post/3242349/austin-would-welcome-a-relocated-mls-team-but-would-the-city-support-it

How would Austin feel about taking Columbus' MLS team? It's complicated

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78fr5v/lawsuit_nasl_declares_it_has_team_agreements_with/

Lawsuit: NASL declares it has 'team agreements' with eight new teams (socceramerica.com)

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Lawsuit: NASL declares it has 'team agreements' with eight new teams

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78iqoe/charlie_stillitano_organizer_of_icc_decides/

Charlie Stillitano, organizer of ICC, Decides Against Running for U.S. Soccer President (si.com)

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Charlie Stillitano Decides Against Running for U.S. Soccer President

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78g7zk/slaven_bilic_a_frontrunner_for_usmnt_job/

Slaven Bilic a front-runner for USMNT job (talksport.com)

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https://talksport.com/football/west-ham-united-manager-slaven-bilic-front-runner-usmnt-job-171024259393

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic a front-runner for USMNT job

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78gfko/bob_gansler_as_a_role_model_for_former_usmnt/

Bob Gansler as a role model for former #USMNT players: "Nobody is useless. You can always serve as a bad example." (socceramerica.com)

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https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/75410/bob-ganslers-historical-perspective-provides-reas.html

Bob Gansler's historical perspective provides reasons for optimism

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78gssc/frankie_gradano_hartford_city_fc_to_join_nasl/

[Frankie Gradano] Hartford City FC to join NASL (mobile.twitter.com)

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Aaron Sarwar, @HartfordNPSL owner told me tonight that he’s finalized an agreement to join @naslofficial. Could play there in 2018

8:13 PM · Oct 23, 2017 from Glastonbury, CT

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MLS Expansion Handicapping Odds: October 2017 Edition (soccerstadiumdigest.com)

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MLS Expansion Handicapping Odds: October 2017 Edition

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Columbus Business Journal - Precourt must continue to rent stadium from state if he moves Crew SC to Austin (bizjournals.com)

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Precourt must continue to rent stadium from state if he moves Crew SC to Austin

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/789le1/savethecrew_support_in_san_antonio_this_banner/

#SaveTheCrew support in San Antonio. This banner will be up throughout SAFC's playoff run. (i.redd.it)

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Public Parks being looked at as locations for Austin Stadium #SaveTheTrees #SaveTheCrew (austinmonitor.com)

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https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2017/10/city-look-public-land-soccer-stadium/

City could look to public land for soccer stadium

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/78d4t1/brian_straus_on_twitter_nasl_filing_commisso/

[Brian Straus on Twitter] NASL filing: Commisso testifies SUM made $5M Dec offer for Cosmos "w/ intent to terminate franchise and eliminate the org as a competitor" (twitter.com)

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NASL filing: Commisso testifies SUM made $5M Dec offer for Cosmos  "w/ intent to terminate franchise and eliminate the org as a competitor"

8:12 PM - 23 Oct 2017

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http://wnpr.org/post/new-future-hartfords-dillon-stadium-city-weighs-its-options

A New Future For Hartford's Dillon Stadium? The City Weighs Its Options

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https://www.101corpuschristi.com/news/professional-soccer-comes-to-corpus-christi

Professional soccer comes to Corpus Christi

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http://www.bocaratontribune.com/bocaratonnews/2017/10/professional-soccer-coming-back-boca-raton/

Could Professional Soccer be Coming Back to Boca Raton?

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https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2017/10/23/why-a-professional-soccer-team-is-what-el-paso-needs/

Why a professional soccer team is what El Paso needs

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http://www.espnfc.com/north-american-soccer-league/story/3241322/nasl-contends-ussf-tried-to-terminate-the-new-york-cosmos

NASL contends MLS's SUM tried to buy and 'terminate' New York Cosmos

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http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/odell-pens-usl-deal

Odell pens USL deal

US soccer’s second tier partners architecture firm.

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https://www.themaneland.com/2017/10/24/16528010/what-mls-might-look-like-if-it-adopted-promotion-and-relegation

What MLS Might Look Like If it Adopted Promotion and Relegation

The promotion/relegation debate storms on in the states, but what would the top league look like next year if we applied the practice to our federation?

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https://playingfor90.com/2017/10/22/reports-several-npsl-teams-look-to-the-nasl-for-their-futures/

Reports: Several NPSL teams look to the NASL for their futures

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http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/soccer/2017/10/19/highmark-stadium-expansion-pittsburgh-riverhounds-attendance-usl/stories/201710180226

Highmark Stadium to add 1,000 seats to meet U.S. Soccer requirements

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http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/3235204/phoenix-rising-high-in-push-for-mls-place

Phoenix Rising high in push for MLS place

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http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2017/10/19/usl-president-planned-louisville-city-fc-soccer-stadium-showpiece-stadium/771336001/

USL President: Planned Louisville City FC soccer stadium will be 'showpiece stadium'

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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/logan-jenkins/sd-me-jenkins-soccer-20171019-story.html

Column | Who knew? Soccer team has San Diego's number