Making the case for San Diego deserving an MLS team

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https://www.tiebreaker.com/san-diego-deserves-an-mls-team/

Making the case for San Diego deserving an MLS team

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https://www.sounderatheart.com/2019/7/1/20677234/sigi-schmid-inducted-into-columbus-crew-circle-of-honor-mls-soccer-news

Major Link Soccer: Sigi Schmid inducted into Columbus Crew Circle of Honor

A week 17 ceremony honored the late legend. Bruce Arena predicts Revs will be “fighting off talent” with new stadium. Megan Rapinoe is making her voice heard worldwide.

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https://www.thebentmusket.com/2019/6/27/18761562/revolution-transfers-2019-bruce-arena-on-future-transfers-we-will-be-bringing-in-some-better-players

Bruce Arena: Revs will be “fighting off” talent once Boston stadium is built

Coach promises influx of talent within the next five years when the team has a stadium built in downtown Boston.

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https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2019/06/30/a-great-start-acuna-optimistic-he-can-score-more-goals-for-the-cosmos/

A GREAT START: Acuna optimistic he can score more goals for the Cosmos

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https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2019/06/30/conference-champions-cosmos-clinch-crown-secure-home-field-advantage-in-north-atlantic-playoffs/

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: Cosmos clinch crown, secure home-field advantage in North Atlantic playoffs

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https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/soccer/fc-cincinnati/2019/07/02/fc-cincinnati-tickets-team-ending-general-admission-seating-2020/1626236001/

Why FC Cincinnati is ending general admission seating for the 2020 MLS season at Nippert

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http://www.sportbible.com/football/reactions-news-take-a-bow-wayne-rooney-scores-92nd-minute-penalty-and-beers-fly-everywhere-20190701

Wayne Rooney Scores 92nd Minute Penalty For DC United And Beers Fly Everywhere

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https://theathletic.com/1057297/2019/07/01/you-dont-even-want-to-go-to-work-anymore-what-the-worst-teams-in-mls-history-can-teach-fc-cininnati/

‘You don’t even want to go to work anymore’: What the worst teams in MLS history can teach FC Cincinnati

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https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/90453-securing-the-houston-dynamo-soccer-stadium

Securing the Houston Dynamo Soccer Stadium

BBVA Stadium, home to the Houston Dynamo soccer team, is an epicenter of security technology and MLS soccer pride.

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https://news.yahoo.com/top-tampa-news-mayors-confident-170412157.html

Top Tampa news: Mayors confident of July 4 security; Tampa casino details unveiled; more

Seminole Hard Rock Casinos prepare to open $2.2 billion expansions

Seminole Hard Rock shared new details on the massive combined $2.2 billion updates currently under construction in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida.

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https://dailyhive.com/toronto/tampa-bay-rays-share-team-montreal-expos

Tampa Bay Rays' radical plan to share team is first step to bringing MLB back to Montreal

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https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/07/maccabi-los-angeles-hollywoods-five-star-dynasty

MACCABI LOS ANGELES – HOLLYWOOD’S FIVE-STAR DYNASTY

WITH BOB BRADLEY’S LAFC FETED AS THE TOAST OF THE 2019 OPEN CUP, IT’S WORTH LOOKING BACK AT A GRITTIER TIME IN LA LA LAND’S SOCCER HISTORY. JOIN US AS WE TURN AN EYE TO MACCABI LA: GIANTS OF THE ETHNIC-LEAGUE ERA WHO WON AN ASTONISHING FIVE U.S. OPEN CUP TITLES.

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https://www.alligator.org/sports/stuart-sternberg-is-a-disgrace/article_43f1b356-9c8e-11e9-a0c7-238368ea78c1.html

Stuart Sternberg is a disgrace

Tampa Bay Rays Principal Owner Stuart Sternberg greets people before a press conference at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Sternberg spoke about exploring the prospect of playing some future home games in Montreal.

I’m going to try my best not to contradict myself.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column arguing that Major League Baseball does not have a future in the state of Florida.

I still don’t believe the Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins have enough fans to warrant their existence. The fans they do have, however, deserve to be treated better than Rays’ owner Stuart Sternberg has treated them.

I’m sure you’ve seen it by now: A couple of weeks ago, the Rays announced plans to split their home games between Tampa Bay and Montreal, with two new ballparks built as a result.

You, the reader, don’t need me to tell you how ridiculous the proposal is, but I’ll do it anyway. It would be a logistical nightmare for players, broadcasters and others affiliated with the team who would literally have to move to another country in the middle of a season. There is no common ground between fans in either city, and both demographics would still feel like they deserved their own team. Sternberg, who has been trying to rip off taxpayers in Florida for years with various stadium proposals, would never get any public money toward a new stadium to be used for only half a season.

The entire proposal is a slap in the face to Rays fans, who have lined Sternberg’s pockets over the years despite the fact that he continually trades fan-favorite players; despite the fact that the team plays in a bad stadium in a worse location; and despite the fact that the team hasn’t won a playoff series in over a decade.

The split season proposal is, in all likelihood, just another negotiating tool in Sternberg’s arsenal as he attempts to get a new stadium in Tampa Bay. After all, the Rays have a contractual obligation with St. Petersburg to play all home games there through 2027. Mayor Rick Kriseman almost instantly shot down the idea as soon as it was announced, calling it “silly” in a press conference and assuring fans that St. Pete had no intention of allowing it to happen.

Which makes Sternberg’s comments at a press conference a few days later all the more perplexing. A few highlights:

“We want to do this because we are champions of Tampa Bay.”

“(People from Montreal) will come here in droves to watch our baseball team, to set up businesses, visit our beaches, shop in our shops, eat in our restaurants, share in our community, perhaps retire here.”

“I don’t see it. I don’t see it happening in St. Petersburg, and I would be hard-pressed to see it in Tampa as well, given what I know… We are simply not well-suited for a Major League Baseball team that needs to draw tens of thousands of people for each of its 81 games to its ballpark.”

You don’t deserve this, Rays fans. Stuart Sternberg made a mockery of the entire Tampa Bay area. No businessman should treat his customers like this, and if that’s the way he’s going to act, then he has no business owning a Major League Baseball team.