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eh, I'd actually hope for St. Louis. They have a huge soccer fanbase there, and it's a head-scratcher that nobody's stepped forward as an interested owner there yet.
St. Louis doesn't have a lot of big money locals and there's very little hope of a stadium there ever.
San Diego is an awful sports market and "but Mexicans!" is a proven failure of a business strategy.
Isn't it the San Diego-an crowds that have propelled Club Tijuana from the botton level to 1st division champs in like 5 years?
San Diego is an awful sports market and "but Mexicans!" is a proven failure of a business strategy.
Is there not a FIFA rules that states a first/premier division cannot have more than 24 clubs? Or is MLS exempt from that since there's no promotion/relegation?
MLS will probably break this rule & won't care since they have teams in 2 countries(48 team limit??) instead of just one when they eventually move to 28 teams.
Is there not a FIFA rules that states a first/premier division cannot have more than 24 clubs? Or is MLS exempt from that since there's no promotion/relegation?
there is not such law.
Expanding beyond 20 teams would be precedent-setting in the world of soccer. FIFA guidelines recommend that top-flight leagues limit their size to 20 teams to protect players from playing too many games. As a result, most MLS observers expected the league to replicate the 20-team structure established by elite international leagues like Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A and England’s Barclays Premier League. Instead, MLS executives appear intent on following an American sports league model and charting a course similar to the NBA, NHL and NFL.
FIFA Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer said MLS could expand beyond 20 teams while still upholding the goal of FIFA’s guidelines.
FIFA guidelines recommend that top-flight leagues limit their size to 20 teams to protect players from playing too many games