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This comes to us from a very credible source within US soccer journalism who wishes to be anonymous:
Obviously keep my name out of this but I'm hearing MLS is seeking investors for Miami. I'm not sure if this means Beckham/Fuller or they are looking for a backup plan. MLS I have heard thinks on reflection they rushed to pull the plug on the Fusion because of a non-soccer fan investor who owned that club (Horrowitz) who didn't know it would take time to build. I've heard much talk recently of the Fusion's success in the last season where attendance went up by nearly 4,000 on average over the previous season. The other piece of this is that Tampa Bay will NOT be considered for a new team and will have to stick with USL which begins in 2010 for good. MLS does not regret the decision to leave the Tampa market, but does regret the decision to leave Miami but wants to make sure a new Miami team is run the right way unlike the Fusion which was run poorly.
The other aspect of what I heard this week is that Montreal and Portland are also likely sometime not to far in the future. So by my count that's 19 cities almost assured. To get to 20 one more needed. St Louis? Makes sense but I haven't heard anything on that front in months.
You can print the speculation but as always leave my name out of it!
BTW, on the Chivas front that GK was loaned to Tigres and Guadalajara now lost Michel for the season so I'm hearing they are likely stuck with Kennedy and Parker and need to focus on keeping Kljestan from leaving for Europe.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
EXPANSION: Beckham Bucks May Mean Miami Gets MLS Fast Track?
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YES MLS! PLEASE COME! MIAMI WANTS YOU HERE AND WE HAVE THE PASSION!
miami - gateway to latin america and future soccer capital of the western hemisphere.
please. people from miami need to at least start being honest if they truly love the game of soccer. Miami doesnt support any professional sport, so dont drag MLS into this. Let another city that would support a team have it.
i cant stand how people who have never set foot down here claim to know how we support our teams. pure jealousy because they arent lucky enough to live down here.
I agree with Anonymous above... People in Miami need to start being honest, if they really love soccer this much and "have the passion" they better start showing it now. The current professional soccer team, Miami FC, is not drawing too well. I think MLS needs look no further than Miami FC. How can people hope for MLS and say they will be supportive if they don't support the team they have now?
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