MLS Plan To Expand By Four Teams Stalls

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MLS Plan To Expand By Four Teams Stalls

MLS Commissioner Don Garber has franchises for sale.

Remember when Major League Soccer wanted to expand by four teams and was in what appeared to be a major rush to find four cities and four owners who had what it took to join the club? It appears that Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has thrown some cold water on that rush to find four cities. In 2017, about a dozen cities were considered as contenders for the four slots, by the end of 2017 only Nashville made the cut and that came after city leaders approved a plan to use a quarter of a billion dollars of public money to help build a soccer facility. The league approved Cincinnati’s entry into the league earlier this year after politicians maneuvered pieces to get a stadium done. But a year and a half after the league announced it wanted to expand by four, it appears for now that just two will be added. The league is also waiting to see how the planned move of the Columbus Crew franchise to a city the MLS never considered, Austin, Texas proceeds.

Garber and his owners are still kicking the tires in cities that still want an MLS team.  “We have not established a timetable for that next round, but between the five or six or seven that are still in the mix, we’ll pick two of them and we’ll figure out how they’re going to roll out so that we can be a fully expanded league.  But, we still are engaged in Detroit, we’re still engaged in San Diego, we’re still engaged in Cincinnati. St. Louis has been floating around a little bit. There’s been some talk in Charlotte, there’s been some talk in Las Vegas and Phoenix.” Cincinnati does have a team.  What Major League Soccer owners and Garber have found out is that it is getting harder to find willing partners.

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Austin

Anti-CodeNEXT advocates now pushing to put MLS deal on ballot

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https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2018/09/28/how-phoenix-rising-became-a-front-runner-in-the.html

How Phoenix Rising became a front-runner in the MLS expansion race

Backing of Chinese billionaire seen as key component to team's future

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https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2018/09/28/plans-for-big-stadium-could-make-or-break-phoenix.html

Plans for big stadium could make or break Phoenix Rising's MLS ambitions

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https://www.kvue.com/video/news/pac-wants-citywide-vote-on-mls-stadium/269-8266269

PAC wants citywide vote on MLS stadium

A 'political action committee' in Austin says the everyone in the city - not just council members - should get to decide whether a Major League Soccer stadium is built here.

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https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1086625/usl-restructures-amid-legal-attacks-on-us-pro-soccer

USL Restructures Amid Legal Attacks On US Pro Soccer

Law360 (September 26, 2018, 5:35 PM EDT) -- The United Soccer League, which is classified as a Division II professional league, announced Wednesday it is restructuring itself into three separate leagues under one brand beginning in 2019, amid a...

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New Hope For MLS Expanding to St. Louis

The pro soccer stadium would likely happen on the same site that was previouly preposed, just west of Union Station downtown.

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https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/soccer-stadium-talks-back-on-in-st-louis/article_d66a9e8e-1439-57be-be85-b697715d6b79.html

Soccer stadium talks back on in St. Louis

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https://kmox.radio.com/articles/confirmed-new-hope-major-league-soccer-st-louis

New Hope For MLS Expanding to St. Louis

The pro soccer stadium would likely happen on the same site that was previouly preposed, just west of Union Station downtown.

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https://communityimpact.com/austin/northwest-austin/arts-entertainment/2018/09/27/mls-in-austin-supporters-group-launching-new-name-brand-sept-29/

MLS in Austin supporters group launching new name, brand Sept. 29

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https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/09/27/concacaf-selects-chicagos-soldier-field-host-2019-gold-cup-final

Concacaf selects Chicago's Soldier Field to host 2019 Gold Cup final

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https://houston.sportsmap.com/houston-dynamo-win-2018-us-open-cup/

Houston Dynamo win 2018 U.S. Open Cup

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https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/09/27/st-louis-mayor-prospective-owners-pursuing-mls-team

St. Louis mayor: Prospective owners pursuing MLS team

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Video

Anti-CodeNEXT advocates now pushing to put MLS deal on ballot

Starting Friday, you may notice people asking for your signature to try to stop a Major League Soccer stadium from being built at McKalla Place in north Austin

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https://calvinayre.com/2018/09/28/press-releases/sing-like-canary/

Sing like a canary!

LEOVEGAS OFFERS TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO NORWICH CITY FAN

SEPTEMBER 2018 – LONDON, UK – Leading sportsbook and casino, and sponsor of Norwich City FC, LeoVegas, is offering the trip of a lifetime to one lucky Norwich City fan as part of a unique new campaign.

LeoVegas’ #SingLikeACanary campaign will kick off on 26th September and run until 9th October, and will see Norwich City fans battle it out to win the chance to join their team on a tour of Tampa Bay this November in partnership with Visit Tampa.

Known as The Canaries across the UK, Norwich fans will need to channel their inner vocalist and take their singing from the terraces to their smartphones in order to be in with a chance of winning.

Fan can enter via LeoVegas Sport’s Facebook and Twitter channels. All fans have to do is share the competition post and submit a video of their best rendition of a Norwich City chant.

LeoVegas will announce the winner on Monday 15th October and the winner will be notified by Norwich City FC.

The money can’t buy experience comes as Norwich City tour the area during the winter break, from 12th until 17th November, adding the club’s name to the already illustrious list of world-famous sporting teams Tampa Bay is home to.

The famous yellow and green jerseys of Norwich City are shared by the Tampa Bay Rowdies, the city’s local soccer team, bringing a connection between the two clubs.

The trip will see one lucky fan, and a guest of their choice, embark on a boat tour around Tampa Bay, enjoy a meet and greet with a former England legend and soak in the wider Tampa Bay area during free time periods, along with a host of other thrilling experiences.

Tom Jacobs, UK & IE Sports Marketing Manager at LeoVegas, said: “We are thrilled to offer a genuinely once in a lifetime trip to one Norwich City fan and their guest, a club we have been privileged to sponsor for the last two seasons.

“We’re challenging Norwich City supporters to #SingLikeACanary and embrace the name the club’s known all around the world for. At LeoVegas we always strive to bring our customers closer to the action and engage them with real and exciting experiences, and we know this trip won’t disappoint.”