The successful Orlando City expansion bid owed a lot to Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer championing a downtown soccer stadium project. Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star, is the symbol of the once-seemingly improbable Sacramento effort to become MLS’s 24th or 25th team.
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