Comments on: New Teams For The USL

By: dan

dan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:21:45 +0000

if i were the MLS i would grab the clubs that just left and work out a deal that would allow them to join the MLS. Say like Creating a Reserve League where the young inexperienced players would play these teams. The Breakaway USL teams would work there way into the MLS and While there waiting in the Reserve League they can get their Stadiums built.

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:17:49 +0000

USL is building a house of cards to its own detriment. It is losing it most profitable clubs – its only profitable clubs – to the MLS. The remaining owners with any sense see the writing on the wall: MLS will continue to snatch up any profitable market while the USL does nothing to develop its own brand or give its top level teams any reason to stay united; so they bolt in an attempt to create a credible Division I. USL pretends to fill that gap by promoting a bunch of Division III teams to Division I. Nobody with any sense will support the USL Division I any more because they have demonstrated NO interest in building a quality league. Fans in Charleston, Tampa, Austin, everywhere should be writing their team DEMANDING they join the TOA.

By: ERic

ERic — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:40:53 +0000

Haven’t heard anything from San Antonio since the Spurs insisted they needed a stadium first. Look for the Crocketteers website to see the latest news.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:08 +0000

any word on the rumored San Antonio Franchise bid.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:43 +0000

That has to be bad news for Vancouver, including the stadium, really up in the air before joining the MLS a year and a half.
A shame, it better work out, I have been waiting for the Sounders to beat them for a whole year now.

By: Bobby Brandon

Bobby Brandon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:11 +0000

Probably the theoretical TOA league. That said, it got weaker without Tampa.

By: Pro

Pro — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:45:21 +0000

Where are Whitecaps and Impact going to play? I have paid for my season ticks with Caps in advance for what?

By: ERic

ERic — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:29 +0000

Well, at least the USL doesn’t have a logo like the K3.

And, yes, I expect it is the Bucks. There has been occasional info in the past year in the Big Soccer Detroit thread that they’ve been looking at going USL1. But it went silent for a long time so who knows exactly what that means.

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:34:00 +0000

From what I saw this year, the Rochester-Montreal rivalry is nowhere near where it was even 3 or 4 years ago. Montreal came to town and there just didn’t seem to be as much dislike between the two teams as there has been in the past.

Even the Rochester-Carolina rivalry took a huge step back with the RailHawks no longer being run by Rhino ex-pats Chris Economides & Scott Schweitzer.

I hope the Rhinos can perhaps get a good rivalry going with Puerto Rico given that the Islanders have knocked the Rhinos out of the playoffs in 2008 & 2009.

By: Kartik Krishnaiyer

Kartik Krishnaiyer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:48:16 +0000

My thoughts on the same matter can be found here: http://thekartikreport.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/detroit-usls-trump-card/

Good stuff as always Bobby, and we are very glad to have you back blogging!