Sacramento - MLS - #29!!!
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Now that I can watch the Republic games on TV, I need to pay closer attention. Both of my granddaughters play in comp leagues in Sacramento so I have no excuse for not learning more about the game. 
Given the way Garber and company have jerked around Sacramento, I think this primarily means we now have enough money that they'll deign to talk to us. We've had the celebratory press events before -- politicos love to stand in front of cheering crowds. I'll wait to get excited until it looks like there's something to be excited about.
From my take - Sac came in a bit over-eager thinking they could do one amazing season in USL and get a team. So the first time they were passed over, I thought sit tight my dudes, one or two more years of this and you're a lock. Portland was passed over for a solid decade before Seattle basically forced them to take notice (and Seattle USL was no draw).
Then it was your project isn't shovel ready, which it was. Then it was you need more money. Which you got. Now it's "need a billionaire" - which is not a standard that certain other prestige cities were required. But you got one. My fear now is the spectacle that Atlanta set means they will want more NFL co-stadiums and pyrotechnics after goals rather than the euro style supporters section that Sac built following the Portland model. And I'm not one to tell people how to fan, but Sac's got something great and they have a ready-made fan base and it will only multiply as soon as the team reaches the top domestic league where casuals pay attention.
I hope I'm wrong about "MLS 3.0", but if they go St. Louis or some such I will pull my hair out.
Then it was your project isn't shovel ready, which it was. Then it was you need more money. Which you got. Now it's "need a billionaire" - which is not a standard that certain other prestige cities were required. But you got one. My fear now is the spectacle that Atlanta set means they will want more NFL co-stadiums and pyrotechnics after goals rather than the euro style supporters section that Sac built following the Portland model. And I'm not one to tell people how to fan, but Sac's got something great and they have a ready-made fan base and it will only multiply as soon as the team reaches the top domestic league where casuals pay attention.
I hope I'm wrong about "MLS 3.0", but if they go St. Louis or some such I will pull my hair out.
Yeah, I'd grown so tired of the BS that I'd all but given up until hearing the most recent news. I probably shouldn't allow myself to think positively about it again, but I can't help myself.
Admittedly, though, MLS has irritated me to no end with all the posturing and moving of the goalposts (as @pdxKingsFan put it). SAC has been a favorite to land an expansion franchise for years now and something always comes up and excuses are made once another city is selected. Even cities that didn't have as much going for them in terms of fan support and a rock solid promise for a new facility upon announcement of expansion.
I think the part that pissed me off the most is when the expansion fee suddenly inflated to a point that a billionaire was now needed. If they had awarded us with expansion the 1st or 2nd time it looked like SAC was a shoe-in, it wouldn't have been anywhere near $250M to join the club.
And this coming from someone that isn't much of a soccer/fútbol fan. I'm just excited for the stadium to be built in the railyards with even more entertainment amenities for this city. I can't be sure, but I feel confident the stadium would be used for more than just soccer too -- although that would be the primary use.
Admittedly, though, MLS has irritated me to no end with all the posturing and moving of the goalposts (as @pdxKingsFan put it). SAC has been a favorite to land an expansion franchise for years now and something always comes up and excuses are made once another city is selected. Even cities that didn't have as much going for them in terms of fan support and a rock solid promise for a new facility upon announcement of expansion.
I think the part that pissed me off the most is when the expansion fee suddenly inflated to a point that a billionaire was now needed. If they had awarded us with expansion the 1st or 2nd time it looked like SAC was a shoe-in, it wouldn't have been anywhere near $250M to join the club.
And this coming from someone that isn't much of a soccer/fútbol fan. I'm just excited for the stadium to be built in the railyards with even more entertainment amenities for this city. I can't be sure, but I feel confident the stadium would be used for more than just soccer too -- although that would be the primary use.
I hope you're right. I thought the Bee's story a few days ago was a little confusing, because the headline implied we were probably going to get a team, but the story quoted MLS Commissioner Garber as saying that Sacramento and St. Louis are the two leading candidates. So do we or don't we? I hope we do, because I'd definitely go see them.
New Stadium plans look really nice
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...o-republic-release-new-mls-stadium-renderings
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...o-republic-release-new-mls-stadium-renderings
Sacramento is getting the SuperSonics treatment, basically used as a tool to get everyone else to up their offers. Really sucks for you guys as you deserve it. Maybe not in 2014, but 5 years of sustained success in the mess that is USL? If the next team isn't Sac I am going to scream.
But MLS gonna MLS.
But MLS gonna MLS.
https://www.sacbee.com/sports/mls/article234750677.html
It looks like there might finally be an agreement on a framework for MLS expansion in Sacramento. Nothing official yet, but from the sound of this article, things are beginning to get real.
It looks like there might finally be an agreement on a framework for MLS expansion in Sacramento. Nothing official yet, but from the sound of this article, things are beginning to get real.