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Think Miami will have problems supporting Miami FC? How about two of them?
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:26 pm
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MIAMI FC UNVEILED AS 12TH NASL TEAM, WILL BEGIN PLAY IN 2016
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While MLS continues to try and work on a stadium deal in Miami, NASL has beaten it to the punch in launching an expansion club in the glitzy city.
NASL made a surprise announcement on Monday afternoon, revealing that Miami Football Club would be its 12th team and begin playing in 2016. Miami FC is co-owned by international businessman Riccardo Silva and retired Italian National Team legend Paolo Maldini, but there are no specifics as to where the club will play yet.
Miami FC will be the fourth Florida team in NASL, joining the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Jacksonville Armada.
“This exciting announcement is another testament to the strength of our rapidly growing organization, our owner-friendly structure, and the growing popularity of NASL soccer worldwide,” said NASL commissioner Bill Peterson. “Riccardo Silva is a world leader in soccer media, and he has decided, along with his partners, that Miami and the NASL are part of an important future for the game globally.”
The announcement of Miami FC comes just days before MLS commissioner Don Garber is planned to visit the South Florida metropolis to try and help strike a deal for a soccer-specific stadium.
MLS has stated since February 2014 that it intends to bring a a professional club back to South Florida through an ownership group led by soccer icon David Beckham, but the search for land for a stadium in or around downtown Miami has not been easy to come by.
In recent years, MLS has repeatedly expanded into NASL markets, including Atlanta and Minnesota. This move, however, marks the first time that NASL has beaten MLS to the punch in launching an expansion club in a city that both leagues were interested in.
“Miami finally has an ownership group with a global vision and the experience to build a proper club that all of Miami will be proud to support,” said Peterson. “This group is very focused on fielding a competitive team and being a partner to the entire Miami community.”
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Posted on 5/20/15 at 3:33 pm to cwil177
USL Pro and its ties to the MLS is slowly becoming the #2 league. I see it and the NASL flip flopping, or at least both becoming USSF Division 2 soon.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 3:40 pm to cwil177
Paolo, Paolo. Perché?
(he looks like an idiot with the ´choni killer´ haircut)
(he looks like an idiot with the ´choni killer´ haircut)
Posted on 5/20/15 at 8:52 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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USL Pro and its ties to the MLS is slowly becoming the #2 league. I see it and the NASL flip flopping, or at least both becoming USSF Division 2 soon.
This.
At one point not too long ago, NASL probably could have conceded to MLS and formed the sort of agreement that USL-PRO now has with MLS. But NASL wanted to play hard ball and try to compete head to head, and now they're probably gonna fade into obscurity (again) in the next decade.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 2:22 am to thesoccerfanjax
quote:How about the temperature on the pitch and in the stands during a July soccer match in Miami? No thank you to either.
How about two of them?
Posted on 5/21/15 at 6:15 am to Dalosaqy
Houston and Dallas get way hotter than Miami in July. Atlanta too.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 12:41 pm to thesoccerfanjax
Yeah it's not like games are being scheduled at noon. MLS swung first by making Minnesota, an nasl side (and one of the better ones at that), into a new MLS team. Now nasl is putting MLS, Garber, and Beckham on the hot seat. Not sure how it will play out, but I find it hilarious and damn good entertainment.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 12:53 pm to cwil177
im suprised Beckham didnt have Miami FC copyrighted or trademarked or whatever, wasnt that one of the potential names?
Posted on 5/21/15 at 12:55 pm to LSUMJ
His group is called Beckham Miami United or some nonsense like that.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 1:12 pm to cwil177
I really want to support the Armada here in Jax, and I do hope they do well. I'd go to games if I didn't have to work Saturdays, but the fact that they're in the NASL kinda sours the whole thing for me. Never been a fan of NASL's antics and petty posturing.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 1:38 pm to thesoccerfanjax
Don't you also have a team called Jacksonville United? That team beat the Jesters in a friendly a few weeks back.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 1:42 pm to cwil177
Yea. It's NPSL, though.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 1:44 pm to thesoccerfanjax
So are the Jesters but their games are still fun.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 1:46 pm to cwil177
I'm sure. I just know a ton of people who go to Armada games. Never known anyone to go to a JUFC game.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 2:11 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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This post was edited on 5/4/23 at 9:13 am
Posted on 5/21/15 at 2:55 pm to TheIrishFro
I agree it's an OK league and clearly above USL PRO. But NASL will never settle for second tier. That's their problem. They don't see themselves as second tier now, even though everyone else does. They have a massive chip on their shoulder about MLS and so do some of the die hard fans of NASL teams. They will be seen as equals to MLS or die trying. Read up on the Big Soccer forums when you have time to get the gist of what I'm talking about.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 3:01 pm to cwil177
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His group is called Beckham Miami United or some nonsense like that.
That's the ownership group's name, yes, but I agree that it's odd they didn't file for trademarks on potential team names.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 3:37 pm to GeauxColonels
This is a great article I recommend everyone reads:
Can the Cosmos really manage to destroy the NASL twice?
Can the Cosmos really manage to destroy the NASL twice?
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The Cosmos are the gift that kept on giving. There have been plenty of failed sports leagues, but only one is so closely identified in the public perception with one team that it's necessary to exorcize the name itself just to get some rich guy to give you ten minutes of his time.
So MLS, structured and marketed as the Anti-Cosmos, finally got off the ground and, now entering their 20th year and having finally escaped the ghost of Pele, Der Kaiser and of course Giorgio, seem to be a sure-thing permanent addition to North American sport.
Still it always strikes me as ironic when, in their shiny new configuration, the NeoNASL and the NeoCosmos demand our respect based on the fact that they have "history" and a "legacy" and "deep roots in American soccer".
I mean, yes, it's true, but considering what that history is, their legacy was and their roots represent, I'm just a little surprised they wouldn't rather we forgot all about it. "Hey, remember when we stupidly drove professional soccer completely out of the US for a decade? Well, we're back" has never struck me as the best of sales pitches.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 4:15 pm to cwil177
Very interesting. I think that the Cosmos really believe that the MLS will, at some point, be begging them to join the league. But, to be honest, I don't think that the name recognition is what it once was for the franchise. Sure, among soccer enthusiasts they probably have a bit of rep, but I'd be willing to bet that the average American sports fan knows more names from European leagues than they do the Cosmos.
Posted on 5/21/15 at 4:31 pm to GeauxColonels
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