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Rip San Antonio Scorps. I loved you and then you died.
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Dec 23, 2015 02:16
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Suqit posted:Rip San Antonio Scorps. I loved you and then you died. quote:United Soccer League franchise coming to San Antonio "Supporters" say that, do they? quote:SA To Get United Soccer League Franchise In 2016 They are really pushing this "USL is the route to MLS" line pretty hard, and ignoring the fact that most of those USL teams were part of the old TOA rebellion against the USL which lead to the creation of the NASL and/or they left USL before the NASL even existed. Only Orlando went straight from USL to MLS. And this one is really a bit premature: quote:San Antonio Spurs’ Owner Lands M.L.S. Lease 
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Dec 23, 2015 09:08
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quote:http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/12/22/nasl-releases-statement-on-san-antonio-scorpions
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Dec 23, 2015 09:28
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quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Stefan Antonijevic To New Contract quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Zac Portillos To New Contract quote:Frankie Sanfilippo Returns To Tampa Bay Rowdies quote:NASL Notes: Armada Turn to Europe, Dalglish Recruits Former Players for Ottawa, more
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Dec 23, 2015 09:59
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Do over Ham posted:"Supporters" say that, do they? Yeah. I hope the tickets are cheap. I didn't mind paying a bunch when the proceeds went to charity. But I guess I should trust the Spurs since they run the best franchise in sports.
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Dec 23, 2015 13:06
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So if I understand this, there was a team and then a faceless sportocorp bought their stadium and because of that they have ceased to exist for ~reasons~ instead of just finding somewhere else to play? And then said corporation is going to parachute their own made up team into the stadium like some kind of demented football cuckoo? And the fans of the old team are expected to support this new team? Why didn't they just buy the old team? Just get promotion and relegation already ffs.
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Dec 23, 2015 13:25
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Blue Star Error posted:So if I understand this, there was a team and then a faceless sportocorp bought their stadium and because of that they have ceased to exist for ~reasons~ instead of just finding somewhere else to play? And then said corporation is going to parachute their own made up team into the stadium like some kind of demented football cuckoo? And the fans of the old team are expected to support this new team? Why didn't they just buy the old team? There's a little more to it then that. The original team was created to support a specific charity. They were never going to MLS. The Spurs are far from a faceless sportocorp. The community knows who the owners are and they are supported and loved here. They bought the stadium with the express intention of getting an MLS team. The scorpions cease to exist because now that the stadium and surrounding fields are sold, that money can go to the charity the team was created for, meaning there is no longer a reason for that team. They didn't buy the old team because of retarded American soccer politics. Which is also the same reason we will never have promotion and relegation.
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Dec 23, 2015 13:33
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Well that sounds a bit more sensible
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Dec 23, 2015 13:43
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Rowdies have launched an NPSL team, Rowdies 2: http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news/2015/12/23/tampa-bay-rowdies-2-joins-the-national-premier-soccer-league
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Dec 23, 2015 15:09
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Welp, I've put down a deposit on 2 tickets to the new team. Seems that insures I keep my seats. Also it looks like tickets are quite a bit cheaper. Mine were like $750 each including parking and now the rumor is they will be $600 per seat including parking. So there's that.
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Dec 23, 2015 18:24
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That's a lot more pricey than cosmos. I think it was 340 for centerline seat. Free parking if paid by in full by a certain date
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Dec 23, 2015 19:52
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Rowdies GA season tickets are $230 and rise to $920 for the midfield reserved seats (where you can potentially sit right next to the bench). Ralph's Mob GA season tickets were only $180 last year.
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Dec 23, 2015 20:12
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I read it wrong, supposedly the seats will be $450 a piece. Considerably less. I didn't mind "overpaying" for Scorps tickets because all the profits went to a charity I support. $450 with parking aint too shabby imo. My seats are behind the visitors bench, 11th row, covered. Good seats.
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Dec 23, 2015 21:38
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I'm 99% sure pro/rel will only happen when MLS gets too large for its own good and they divide themselves in two, which means this is not happening for at least another decade.
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Dec 23, 2015 23:23
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It will never happen since it's a franchise.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:23
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King of False Promises posted:Rowdies have launched an NPSL team, Rowdies 2: http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news/2015/12/23/tampa-bay-rowdies-2-joins-the-national-premier-soccer-league Rowdies keeping up the recent trend of unoriginal reserve team names, I see. Lladre posted:It will never happen since it's a franchise. It could happen because it's not a franchise, it's single entity. It wouldn't be real pro/rel though, just an annual scheduling reshuffle that is branded as "pro/rel".
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Dec 24, 2015 02:16
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quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Midfielder Walter Ramirez quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Forward Danny Mwanga
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Dec 29, 2015 10:39
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quote:NASL Notes: Florida Clubs Stay Active, Indy Adds International Experience, more
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Dec 30, 2015 03:02
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quote:NASL Notes: Strikers, RailHawks Make a Deal, Rowdies Add Another MLS SuperDraft Pick, more
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Dec 31, 2015 20:46
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It is the current year. quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies re-Sign a trio of young talents
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quote:USL Takes Control of the Rhinos after Rob Clark is Ousted as Owner quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies retain midfielder Juan Guerra, agreeing to a restructured deal Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Jan 6, 2016 04:13
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Well our new team doesn't have a name other than USL San Antonio, but apparently we have a coach: Darren Powell, whoever the gently caress that is. I guess I'll go google him.
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Jan 7, 2016 21:32
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Suqit posted:Well our new team doesn't have a name other than USL San Antonio, but apparently we have a coach: Darren Powell, whoever the gently caress that is. I guess I'll go google him. That is still a better name than FC Cincinnati
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Jan 8, 2016 15:30
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Or Real San Antonio. Which seems borderline sacrilegious.
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Jan 8, 2016 19:33
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Suqit posted:Well our new team doesn't have a name other than USL San Antonio, but apparently we have a coach: Darren Powell, whoever the gently caress that is. I guess I'll go google him. Is there any reason why the new owners can't simply buy the Scorpions name, since they bought everything else? It seems such a waste to throw that legacy in the dumpster and start from scratch.
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Jan 9, 2016 23:01
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I think the reason is it was an NASL team, so they don't want to legitimize that league. Soccer politics in the US seem pretty hell bent on never getting a decent system in place.
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Jan 10, 2016 06:08
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Lladre posted:I think the reason is it was an NASL team, so they don't want to legitimize that league. Soccer politics in the US seem pretty hell bent on never getting a decent system in place. Ugh. Yeah, sounds right. So....here's to the San Antonio Hotspur maybe. I mean why not since the new owners are the San Antonio Spurs. 
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Jan 11, 2016 04:13
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NASL has booted Atlanta from the league for 2016, that's probably the end of the line for the Silverbacks.
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Jan 12, 2016 03:05
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trem_two posted:NASL has booted Atlanta from the league for 2016, that's probably the end of the line for the Silverbacks. Rest In Peace old friend. Your role as the source of really crappy, violent supporter groups in the Southeast has been filled by Orlando.  quote:Rowdies add MLS midfielder Michael Nanchoff to 2016 roster
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Jan 12, 2016 03:22
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Peter Wilt is out as Indy Eleven president. New guy is former CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is kind of a big deal. Wilt is sticking around as GM for the spring season, then joining the Chicago Sting ownership group to get that team going. One of their stated goals is to have stadium in the Chicago city limits, and be accessible by public transit. Exciting times!!
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Jan 12, 2016 20:25
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camoseven posted:Peter Wilt is out as Indy Eleven president. New guy is former CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is kind of a big deal. Yup. If they can accomplish that that would be impressive; not holding my breath though as we see with lack of such urban SSS so far in Boston, New York, Miami, etc.... quote:Peter Wilt Joins CLUB 9 SPORTS Good to see someone trying to revive the Chicago Sting brand. They will have a fairly impressive trophy case if the old Sting owner hands over the silverware.
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Jan 13, 2016 03:45
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quote:Player Development Primary Reason for Founding of Rowdies 2
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Jan 13, 2016 09:18
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NASL schedule is out! No Scorpions, and Puerto Rico doesn't start till the fall.
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Stop me if you have heard this one before...quote:NASL to announce West Coast expansion within 1-2 months; multiple cities possible quote:Rumors persist of NASL coming to Southern California quote:Miami FC inks ambitious New York duo quote:Atlanta Silverbacks could live on in USL or NPSL quote:Carmelo Anthony's Puerto Rico FC to make NASL debut on July 2
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Jan 25, 2016 03:46
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USL schedule out! Now if only I had dates to circle 
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Jan 26, 2016 22:13
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quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies host leading MLS clubs in preseason Suncoast Invitational
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Interesting: "Rowdies' owner wants to expand Al Lang stadium". Link includes (currently at least) a video from Fox 13 News discussing not the stadium, but the pre-season MLS training camps and pre-season tournament that has been announced (see previous post). Lots of local Pinellas County and St. Pete and Clearwater officials in the video talking about this, so clearly these local government types see marketing and tourism advantages in MLS preseason training camps which might translate into some funding for expansion of Al Lang (my inference here; they are not quoted in the video referencing Al Lang expansion). I still think the Rowdies need to ultimately have a SSS in downtown Tampa, as it is much more centrally located for the Tampa Bay area population. And I do think they need to be in MLS, even though the crazies on Facebook want to talk about NASL competing with MLS and having promotion/relegation, yada yada yada. But in any case an expanded Al Lang could work for now, and will definitely help. It will be an odd stadium though, as there is only room to expand on one side; the other side would remain open facing the harbor. Definitely does not sound like they want to tear the old stadium down and start fresh, which would be better because the current alignment of the pitch makes it impossible to expand seating much along the harbor side or on the end facing the Dali Museum. So it sounds like they will expand the seating all in one go during the off season, and leave the old Al Lang baseball portion of the stadium as is. quote:Rowdies' owner wants to expand Al Lang stadium quote:Rowdies will compete against Montreal and Philadelphia. NYC FC, D.C. United, NY Red Bulls involved quote:Freddy Adu takes full responsibility for disappointing career, but he’s not done yet Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 17:12
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quote:Don’t miss your chance to see Andrea Pirlo, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, David Villa, Sebastian Giovinco, Bobby Boswell,
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Azerban posted:Don’t miss your chance to see Andrea Pirlo, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, David Villa, Sebastian Giovinco, Bobby Boswell, I was wondering when someone was going to notice that. quote:Rowdies’ owner Bill Edwards envisions bigger home for team
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