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re: Columbus Crew possibly moving to Austin, TX if a stadium deal can't be reached
Posted on 10/17/17 at 1:11 am to StraightCashHomey21
Posted on 10/17/17 at 1:11 am to StraightCashHomey21
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One of the OG MLS members with the first SSS in an area that is big into soccer potential moving. What a fricking joke
And moving to a city that couldn't/wouldn't support a USL club.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 1:25 am to TN Bhoy
Wasn't San Antonio doing well in terms of attendance? They would've been a much better landing spot.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 11:38 am to TN Bhoy
Austin has failed with TWO USL clubs, not one.
Some of you mentioned, too, that Texas can sustain three clubs, or even four.
Paul Kennedy's Soccer America article
Some of you mentioned, too, that Texas can sustain three clubs, or even four.
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Precourt says his interest in Austin is sincere. “I’ve had a longstanding affinity for this city," he told the Austin Statesman. “My interest in Austin is very sincere. It’s young, vibrant, multi-cultural, loaded with millennials and has a rapidly growing corporate element.”
That might be true, but there was no sign of overwhelming support for soccer out of Austin, where two USL teams have failed. That only added to the uncertainty of the situation.
All the possible move to Austin did was threaten San Antonio's bid for one of MLS's four expansion franchises. “MLS officials told us that there will not be a franchise in both Austin and San Antonio,” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who has spearheaded the San Antonio MLS effort, said in a statement to the San Antonio Express.
“We want clarification from MLS regarding the status of our expansion application in light of news today from Columbus.”
Paul Kennedy's Soccer America article
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