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To: Will88

Actually, most MLS stadiums are in the 20-30 thousand capacity. And, most were built expressly for soccer, using private money, unlike NFL where taxpayers get soaked for stadiums, and owners hold the city hostage, threatening to move.

And, MLS has had 3 really good expansions lately, Toronto, Seattle and Philly, and next year, Portland and Vancouver. Its working, there are great fan bases and its an exciting game, get over it.


91 posted on 06/27/2010 9:20:51 PM PDT by Sto Zvirat
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To: Sto Zvirat
And, MLS has had 3 really good expansions lately, Toronto, Seattle and Philly, and next year, Portland and Vancouver. Its working, there are great fan bases and its an exciting game, get over it.

You get over it, clown. Like all to many, you don't even know what your are responding to. You just see something that's part of a long discussion, then start shooting from the hip.

And here are attendance figures posted earlier which are one the better indicators, attendance on par with medium to big school, high school football in South and Southwest:

MLS Attendance

And, my description of the stadium sizes was much more accurate than yours. And the two big ones appear to be NFL stadiums, also.

This discussion is about whether soccer in the USA will become as popular as the three major team sports. It's far, far from that now, and from the attendance figures, and stadium sizes, the owners don't expect it to compete with the major sports in the foreseeable future. - The discussion has not been about whether soccer is a good game, or has fans in the USA, or whether the MLS is successful.

93 posted on 06/27/2010 9:47:00 PM PDT by Will88
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