“I think my feeling today is that I am more encouraged than I have been in several months by the progress. It’s just a matter of hopefully finalizing at least one of thoseopportunities.”
— Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg on the Sacramento group seeking an MLS expansion team being in discussions with several billionaires interested inbecoming investors in the group. Sacramento, which is competing with Cincinnati and Detroit for MLS’s 26th spot, has been seeking to narrow the funding gap in the expansion group, considered the onlyweakness in the Sacramento bid. (Sacramento Bee)