Longtime readers of MLSR no doubt were not surprised to hear about the plans for a team playing in New York City and owned by the New York Mets. Indeed as far back as July of 2007 we were keeping are ears open to rumors that the Mets might be behind the effort to fulfill a long held MLS dream of another team in the New York City area. Click to continue reading...

Courtesy of this article Bloomberg.com we get a bit of an update on the Fred Wilpon, New York Mets, MLS negotiations. Here is an excerpt:

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Mets are looking into purchasing a Major League Soccer club after completing construction of Citi Field, the new $600 million home the baseball team will move into for the 2009 season, said David Howard, the club's executive vice president for business.

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Hey y'all. SF from The Offside Rules in for Il Bruce as he traverses his way across the midwest. He's on his way back home from last night's US match in Chicago last night so let's start there. Then we'll hit some MLS stuff. Then that's it because frankly I feel too disconnected to the Mexican and Euro leagues right know to even bother; long-distance relationships (no matter how hot she is) kinda suck. Click to continue reading...

We received this enlightening press release from the Borough Boys detailing some behind-the-scenes NYC (or NY2 if you prefer) expansion stuff. We happily pass it on to you and wish them and all New Yorkers the best of luck in getting a team.

For Immediate Release Contact: Nick Laveglia

August 13, 2008 (516) 510-2283





BOROUGH BOYS WILL BRIEF THE PRESS ON

DEVELOPMENTS ON MLS2NYC PROJECT



-- In a few short months, the Borough Boys have rallied City Hall, investors, key local politicians and the league to build a stadium and bring a team to Queens --



Since the inception of the Borough Boys Governing Board in January, we have made great strides to get a Major League Soccer team for New York City.

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EDITORS NOTE: Special thanks to all who wrote in referring us to this article. As luck would have it we were wrapped up in meetings all day so could not get around to posting it until now. Feel free to discuss at length.


According to this article MLS may add as many as 6 new clubs by 2011. Click to continue reading...

Not long ago there were a few guys with a dream of having an MLS club in their city banded together, organized, courted the media, the league and would be investors while their numbers continued to grow and their media footprint increased. This culminated in the awarding of the 16th MLS club to Philadelphia and much rejoicing among the aforementioned group of guys, known simply as the Sons of Ben now number in the thousands. Click to continue reading...

New York, New York? There might already be an MLS team with "New York" in the name, but today we look at the prospects for a new franchise within the five boroughs. Who's behind this bid? Click to continue reading...