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Arthur Blank Is In Significant Discussion with MLS To Bring Team To Atlanta.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:00 pm
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Falcons owner Arthur Blank is in significant discussions with Major League Soccer about bringing an expansion franchise to the city, according to two people with knowledge of the situation but who wished to remain anonymous because the discussions aren’t complete.
Blank has long expressed an interest in a team. The recent approval of the new Falcons’ stadium accelerated the talks between Blank and the league. The construction of the stadium is scheduled to be finished in 2017 and the two parties have discussed opening the stadium with an MLS game.
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Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:09 pm to CatFan81
Writing is on the wall. Soccer explosion in America is imminent.
The ratings for this WC, in our time zone, will be unreal.
I have a son in middle school, in Texas. He plays football, and does pretty well. But soccer is huge for them. It's his favorite sport. And unlike years past, the 5-6 best football players are also playing soccer. He had 35 players from the football team over to watch US-Mexico on Tuesday.
Cities better get in now, for cheap, while they can.
The ratings for this WC, in our time zone, will be unreal.
I have a son in middle school, in Texas. He plays football, and does pretty well. But soccer is huge for them. It's his favorite sport. And unlike years past, the 5-6 best football players are also playing soccer. He had 35 players from the football team over to watch US-Mexico on Tuesday.
Cities better get in now, for cheap, while they can.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:20 pm to CatFan81
Will he continue the tradition of bird mascots for Atlanta sports teams?
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:23 pm to CatFan81
Prepare yourselves.
The Saints fans are coming.
The Saints fans are coming.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:24 pm to itawambadog
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Will he continue the tradition of bird mascots for Atlanta sports teams?
CONDORS!!!
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:25 pm to WarSlamEagle
I want an MLS team in Atlanta. I don't want it in a massive stadium, though. I guess I'd deal with it, but we all know soccer crowds in a massive stadium (outside Seattle) are teh suck.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:27 pm to WarSlamEagle
In the article Garber says "three of the four are spoken for." So I guess that means three cities have already been picked.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:27 pm to BraveTiger225
Yeah, not having a SSS disappoints me.
And who knows if I'll be near Atlanta by the time this happens.
But I'm still excited. Didn't want to see two Florida teams.
And who knows if I'll be near Atlanta by the time this happens.
But I'm still excited. Didn't want to see two Florida teams.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:28 pm to WarSlamEagle
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Prepare yourselves. The Saints fans are coming.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:29 pm to itawambadog
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So I guess that means three cities have already been picked.
NYC3
NYC4
NOLA
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:31 pm to WarSlamEagle
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NOLA
Just name it Teguchigalpa FC.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:33 pm to glassman
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:36 pm to itawambadog
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Will he continue the tradition of bird mascots for Atlanta sports teams?
It's not like all of our teams are named after birds. Our NASL team is the Silverbacks. The Braves aren't birds. Neither is the Dream.
Other than that...
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:38 pm to CatFan81
Too bad Chicago already took the Fire.
This post was edited on 9/12/13 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:41 pm to WarSlamEagle
I would like to see St Louis and a Minnesota or Carolina or someone as the 23rd and 24th. Maybe Memphis or Nashville.
I also want Chivas relocated to San Diego or somewhere else in the area.
I also want Chivas relocated to San Diego or somewhere else in the area.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:43 pm to Anfield Road
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Too bad, Chicago already took the Fire.
Sherman could be their mascot
Posted on 9/12/13 at 5:45 pm to svb
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I would like to see St Louis and a Minnesota or Carolina or someone as the 23rd and 24th. Maybe Memphis or Nashville.
Memphis wouldn't be a good choice but Nashville could be.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:08 pm to itawambadog
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Sherman could be their mascot
i dont know why this made me laugh so much
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:15 pm to 225bred
I hope they don't have a mascot. Most of them suck. And I really hope they don't use the new football stadium.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:23 pm to itawambadog
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Memphis wouldn't be a good choice but Nashville could be.
Yeah I knew one of them was a better soccer city than the other, couldn't remember which though
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