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Well we do know so far that Reno, Saint Louis, Portland, and Philadelphia wont be back in the championship and Orlando is out in League One. The only confirmed team to join is the Oakland Roots in Championship

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17 hours ago, Dilbert said:

Well we do know so far that Reno, Saint Louis, Portland, and Philadelphia wont be back in the championship and Orlando is out in League One. The only confirmed team to join is the Oakland Roots in Championship

 

Do you think there will be more?  I find it hard to believe that the Austin Bold will return.  

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2 hours ago, GDAWG said:

 

Do you think there will be more?  I find it hard to believe that the Austin Bold will return.  

Hard to say. With Covid ever changing, we may see some go dark for a season.

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Louisville hypes up Racing Louisville in NWSL as their first major pro sports team since 1976:

 

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/2020/11/11/nwsl-expansion-draft-racing-louisville-fc-readies-for-first-offseason/6060067002/

 

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It’s been so long since Louisville had major league baseball that few residents are aware that six — yes, six — Major League Hall of Famers played for the National League’s Louisville Colonels in the 1890s (or that one of the team’s staples for years was a local named Chicken Wolf).

 

The city had NFL football in the 1920s, and from 1967 to 1976, Louisville was home to a major pro basketball team. But even the Kentucky Colonels’ 1975 ABA championship banner, which was once hung in Freedom Hall, no longer dons the rafters anywhere in the city.

 

However, Louisville — the 29th biggest city in the country and with a television market bigger than the likes of New Orleans, Memphis and Buffalo — will now field a team that competes at the highest level in the country in its sport.

 

“It’s been a long time coming, right?” said Karl Schmitt, a Louisville native and the President/CEO of the Louisville Sports Commission. “45-plus years from the days of the Kentucky Colonels in the ABA. It’s fabulous for the community.”

 

“I think it’s great, I really do,” said legendary Louisville sports writer Billy Reed.

 

And while the NWSL is not nearly as popular as more established sports leagues like the NFL and the NBA, it’s shown promise. Women’s soccer has gained attention from the U.S.’s success on the international stage — more Americans watched the 2019 Women’s World Cup final than the average NBA Finals game that year — and the league saw booming attention this summer: 653,000 tuned in for the league’s championship.

 

In 2019, its 7th year of existence, the NWSL averaged 7,337 fans per game and seven of the nine teams set record-highs for attendance.

 

Plus, the top women’s soccer players in the world — including American stars like Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan — will visit the Derby City, drawing the eyes of soccer fans across the country and world.

 

Steve Higdon, the Chair of the Board of Directors for NBA2LOU, idolized the ABA’s Kentucky Colonels as a kid back when the world’s top basketball talent often played in Louisville. That will happen once more, but this time, with women’s soccer.

“To have major league professional sports return to Kentucky,” he said, “is a very big deal for the state.”

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Digby said:

All the new MLS stadiums kind of look the same, but it's a very cool look.

 

CenturyLink is super cool when it's full, but that's like 4 times a year. I'm jealous of the new soccer-specific stadiums. They're really beautiful.

1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said:

and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags

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The thing that will set FC Cincinnati’s stadium apart is it’ll be in the urban core (unlike Austin’s!) and will have fantastic pre and post match activities for both FCC and visiting fans. People will be able to book a hotel room downtown, park their car and not need to get in it again until they leave, get food and drinks in OTR and walk to the match, then go back out after the game. It’ll be closer to the experience of European leagues than a lot of what MLS has to offer. I predict it’ll become a premier destination for visiting fans. Once we’re allowed to do things again, of course. 
 

I should say Columbus’ new stadium will have a similar appeal too. I can’t wait for both. 

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23 minutes ago, Sport said:

The thing that will set FC Cincinnati’s stadium apart is it’ll be in the urban core (unlike Austin’s!) and will have fantastic pre and post match activities for both FCC and visiting fans. People will be able to book a hotel room downtown, park their car and not need to get in it again until they leave, get food and drinks in OTR and walk to the match, then go back out after the game. It’ll be closer to the experience of European leagues than a lot of what MLS has to offer. I predict it’ll become a premier destination for visiting fans. Once we’re allowed to do things again, of course. 
 

I should say Columbus’ new stadium will have a similar appeal too. I can’t wait for both. 

People have been debating who Columbus should host in the first game at the new stadium. I'm hoping it's FC Cincinnati. Others want to sacrifice Plastic Tree FC as the first win in the new stadium. 

 

Speaking of, MLS has said the 10 teams that had players taken by Inter Miami will not have to put up players for Queso squad's player draft.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/11/12/austin-fc-set-participate-2020-mls-expansion-draft-dec-15

 

Also, Racing Louisville drafted their first 14 players yesterday. A lot of USWNT talent on the squad:

https://www.allforxi.com/2020/11/12/21563226/2020-nwsl-expansion-draft-all-of-racing-louisville-picks

 

Heath, Press and Kennedy won't be back in the league until after the Olympics so they may never even put on the shirt. Foord as well. Angel City and Sacramento Republic enter the league in 2022 so these picks could be made with that in mind, per the article. 

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13 hours ago, Dilbert said:

Well they cant all look like Yankee Stadium.

 

No joke, this is the beauty of Portland's stadium, that they actually were able to renovate an charming old historic stadium to their needs. Easily my favorite soccer stadium, though it's a short list. (Montreal very much feels like a slightly-upgraded minor league stadium as it is, and New England, well...) Come to think of it I haven't been to any actual purpose-built, from the ground up MLS grounds.

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On 11/12/2020 at 9:09 PM, Digby said:

All the new MLS stadiums kind of look the same, but it's a very cool look.

Do the other new stadiums have one of these eyesores built in too?

 

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On 11/14/2020 at 5:24 AM, 4_tattoos said:

Do the other new stadiums have one of these eyesores built in too?

 

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Legitimately not sure if you’re talking about the rooftop bar or the Capitol building. 

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34 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:


Legitimately not sure if you’re talking about the rooftop bar or the Capitol building. 

 

And FWIW, I think they're both great.

1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said:

and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags

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On 11/14/2020 at 7:24 AM, 4_tattoos said:

Do the other new stadiums have one of these eyesores built in too?

 

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I think anything that makes a stadium stand out isn't necessarily a bad thing. It probably should be on the sideline or centered in the backline though. 

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