Look forward to many Sacto Away Days.
Sacramento - MLS - #29!!!
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Kangztillidie
Bench
Its gonna be POPPING down there year round
KingsFanSince85
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Eh, I'm not a Ray-Dahs fan at all, but I'm confident they'll fare just fine in Vegas.
We'd likely have a better shot at landing the A's should their stadium deal fall through.
Or how about the LA Chargers??? I have no idea why the NFL was so hell bent on returning to the LA market judging by the fan turnout at recent Chargers and Rams games.
The weekend before last the Steelers essentially had a home game against the Chargers down in LA. Same thing occurred at the LA Coliseum between the 49ers and Rams. What a joke!
But returning to the subject at hand .......... I'm so happy MLS in SAC finally got done! It's about time! I won't dwell on the past and how long it all took, but instead look forward to a bright entertainment future as well as a much larger downtown!!!
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macadocious
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So I know nothing about soccer. Does the Sac Republic just become an MLS team now? If so how do they compete if they don't have any MLS level players? Is there an expansion draft? Do they get free agents? Does soccer have free agency?
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
They‘ll still be part of the USL the next 2 seasons in 2020 and 2021. They won’t join MLS until 2022.
And there will be an expansion draft leading up to the season they enter the league. They can retain any players they have now and add to it via the draft. Here’s some info on the draft happening this November; which will be similar to 2022: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_MLS_Expansion_Draft
Lastly, I just saw this cool video MLS put together with a ton of celebs congratulating Sactown.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...-michael-strahan-are-all-pumped?autoplay=true
SLAB
Hall of Famer
That won’t happen, but we can take the A’s.
I'm a Giants fan, but I know a lot of A's fans that would be happy about that. And I'd get to see the Giants play here every once in a while.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
In soccer a team's talent is in no way reliant on a stupid draft. Very little talent even comes from the MLS draft.
Some will come from the team's academy. Some from the initial expansion draft although there's little talent there. Most will come from signing players internationally. There's a cap and you can spend within the cap to bring in players from South/Central America and Europe.
Then there's three DP slots where you can pay whatever you like and it doesn't count against the cap. David Beckham is the most famous example of this.
Theoretically Sac could sign Messi and Ronaldo. They won't I'm just saying that to make a point.
So unlike watching Vlade screw up draft picks and hoping for ping pong balls, in MLS there's little excuse for being a bad team if you're willing to spend. You buy players on the global market outside of a draft system.
ATL and LAFC are two recent expansion teams who came into the league and dominated immediately. Good coaches and good purchasing of players internationally. With ambitious ownership a title in the first few years is reasonable. ATL won a championship, had coach of the year and the MLS MVP in its 2nd season. They bought some very good South Americans.
LoungeLizard
Starter
https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-l...ugural-seasons-for-three-expansion-franchises
Sac Republic MLS debut gets pushed back a year. Curious if this will effect timeline for stadium construction.
Sac Republic MLS debut gets pushed back a year. Curious if this will effect timeline for stadium construction.
I will just tell you I am livid with the Timbers right now so delaying the inaugural season is the greatest thing that can happen for y'all.
Hoovtrain
All-Star
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Really bummed about this development but I imagine the league may be in some real trouble with COVID compared to other leagues. I'm sure the TV money is fair but I imagine attendance is more important to their bottom line than any other sport in America. Probably wanted to renegotiate the expansion fee?
Maybe if, you know, they had actually signed the expansion contract and turned it in that wouldn't be a possibility (if that indeed happened)? Hard to make any educated guesses at this point, though.
I don't know but even if I signed a contract I'd probably be trying to get out of a 500m expansion fee right now. Just like the MLS was trying to get out of paying their players. I am 99% sure the league is going to survive this but I think its fundamentally unhealthy right now. Most were saying even pre-COVID that the latest expansion fees were bordering on pyramid scheme to pump up earlier owners' investments. I love watching my team and was super looking forward to having an excuse to go home every summer to watch an away game and the TBB folk have been generous hosts, but MLS is still very much a hybrid between a selling league and a retirement home for euro-stars - ie its hardly essential even for most club football fans in the US.
Hoovtrain
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LPKingsFan
All-Star
agree, especially with the bolded. Plenty of blame for Burkle, covid, etc, but the MLS constantly moving the goalposts by increasing the expansion fees certainly is a significant factor in why there isn’t a team here already. It seemed like every time Sacramento had a bid ready, the league would turn around and increase the fees.
Livinthedream
All-Star
Ha! E40 is captain save a.....Republic?
What is even going on here? When is the big money name gonna drop?
LPKingsFan
All-Star
Is Greta Van Susteren the new Daina Falk?
that list is something
that list is something
I hope there is a flavortown in the park.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
You laugh but Guy Fieri‘s net worth is probably in the mid-nine figure range at this point.