It's a name with a contemporary American twist.
FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamos are no San Antonio Spurs. The two big cities nearly occupy every major league and the only other Texas market that even has one outside of the big metros is San Antone. And Austin is only about 80 miles from there. San Marcos is seated between the two towns.
The El Paso area is less than 600 miles from the heart of Texas. It is approaching a population of 700,000 people with over a million in the area. There's a strong Latin American presence.
Two soccer parks, one each in those two Texas locations would be great.
Western United? Imagine placement of that team in San Antonio and Phoenix. A showing or two in Boise. OKC. Albuquerque. MLS should capitalize on the presence of Latin America's appreciation of soccer.
http://elpaso411.com/2014/04/five-attractions-that-could-replace-cohen-stadium-el-paso/
http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/austin-and-el-paso-would-both-have-major-league-soccer-teams
http://prosportsexpansion.blogspot.com/2014/03/mls-will-major-leagues-land-in-austin.html
 |
| http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_25975739/mountainstar-sports-wants-bring-major-league-soccer-el |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Soccer
See more expansion, co-location and relocation talk for football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer on my blog (starting in Feb 2014, see table of contents/archive): Major League/Pro Expansion <CLICK> http://prosportsexpansion.blogspot.com/
And please feel free to contribute your two cents with mine.
No comments:
Post a Comment