Tampa didn’t make it as an MLS market, but back in the day it was as big or bigger than NASL markets such as Seattle or Portland that have become huge hits in MLS. A lot of the credit goes to thethe former Tampa Tribune sports editor Tom McEwen, who died Sunday at the age of 88. When soccer-bashing was the rule rather than the exception, McEwen wasinfluential as one of the first members of the sports media establishment to support soccer.
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