The USL expansion team in Las Vegas will be known as Las Vegas Lights FC. It will begin play in 2018 and play at Cashman Field in downtown Las Vegas. Earlier this summer, the Las Vegas city council voted to approve theuse of Cashman Field — home of the AAA baseball 51s — for soccer, […]
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Stadium hangup hinders even hottest new soccer market
Of the 12 MLS expansion candidates, none has come farther in a shorter period of time than Cincinnati. Second-year USL club FC Cincinnati has shattered all attendance records forminor-league soccer — it is averaging 20,466 fans in 2017 — and drew three crowds of greater than 30,000 for its home Open Cup games. But that […]
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Nashville MLS bid up against aggressive timetable
Nashville’s MLS bid continues to build up steam as John Ingram, who is leading the MLS-to-Nashville effort, introduced conceptual designs for a 30,000-seat stadium at Fairgrounds Nashville in apresentation to Metro Council members on Monday. Rendering: HOK/M2N Fairgrounds. The stadium design includes a lower bowl, standing fan area andspecial corner kick areas as well as a […]
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California Grown: NASL's Cal United takes on OC challenge
The NASL, which went six seasons without a West Coast presence, suddenly has three teams in California. After the struggling San Francisco Deltas, who debuted this season, and an unnamed team in SanDiego that will join the NASL in 2018, California United FC will begin play in 2018 in Orange County. Mission: PeteCapriotti, Cal […]
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Beckham-Miami deal: 'We're not there yet'
Will MLS pull the trigger and approve David Beckham‘s long-delayed bid to bring the league’s 24th team to Miami? It could happen as soon as Wednesday at the MLS board of governors meeting inChicago. But MLS commissioner Don Garber cautioned that work on the project still needs to be done. The three pieces to the […]
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MLS Expansion: Our summer attendance meter
With the end of the Gold Cup and International Champions Cup, it’s time to take stock of how crowds have been in the 12 MLSexpansion markets for Division 2 and international matches. Our summer attendance meter ranks the 12 markets. General soccer interest is one of four pillars of MLS’s evaluation of each market,along with […]
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MLS Expansion: Detroit gets big boost
Like in many MLS expansion markets, Detroit’s soccer stadium plan isn’t straightforward, complicated by local development issues and local politics. But it got a boost as Wayne County executiveWarren Evans signaled he prefers the plan of MLS bidders for a new criminal justice complex. The soccercomponent. Rock Ventures (owned by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert) proposes […]