Esta noticia anda dando vueltas en varios sitios de fútbol gringo y solamente la publico aquí en el blog porque St. Louis es una ciudad que está muy cerca de donde vivo (1 hora y media) y estaría bueno tener un equipo que no juegue tan lejos (Chicago me queda a más de tres horas! Click to continue reading...

The St. Louis MLS expansion bid is set to receive a boost that could be the first step to putting the midwestern City over the top in its quest for an MLS franchise.

St. Louis Cardinals star and recently-named National League MVP Albert Pujols is set to join the St. Louis MLS expansion bid, a high-ranking official in the St.

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Thierry Henry es uno de los más grandes anhelos de la Major League Soccer (junto con Del Piero).

El delantero francés ha dicho públicamente que no le molestaría continuar su carrera en un lugar donde se sienta más tranquilo y pueda disfrutar no solo del fútbol sino que también de su familia sin tanto acoso de la prensa. Click to continue reading...

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I know this is officially old news now, but it's worth repeating. Arthur Blank and co, did submit their bid for an MLS franchise in Atlanta along with six other cities. Here is the breakdown of cities and who is backing the bids:

Three Canadian cities -

Montreal: bid submitted by the family of Liverpool co-owner George Gillett, who also owns the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and the Saputo family, who control the dairy processor Saputo Inc. Click to continue reading...

Los dirigentes del Barcelona FC y la prensa española no han parado de hablar de la reciente postulación del equipo catalán para obtener una franquicia en la Major League Soccer el año 2010. Los dirigentes del Barca creen que para la MLS esta oportunidad es un "chollo" (una ganga). Click to continue reading...

Los dirigentes del Barcelona FC y la prensa española no han parado de hablar de la reciente postulación del equipo catalán para obtener una franquicia en la Major League Soccer el año 2010. Los dirigentes del Barca creen que para la MLS esta oportunidad es un "chollo" (una ganga). Click to continue reading...

Good evening folks. Apologies for the heavy coverage of the Red Bulls perfomance-enhancing drug suspension, but sometimes a story can take over a day.

For those of you a bit tired of that story, you can read my ESPN.com story on the seven teams preparing to battle for the two MLS expansion slots.

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With the seven candidates for MLS expansion by 2011 now set, we should find out plenty about all seven bids as the weeks and months go by and we move closer to an announcement on the 17th and 18th MLS franchises.

As you may know, I ran a poll on what expansion cities SBI readers preferred.

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In the past I've blogged about the expanding pool of players in MLS as expansion teams are brought into the fold. Well folks, here we go again.

NEW YORK (Wednesday, October 15, 2008) – Seven prospective ownership groups from markets throughout the United States and Canada have submitted an application for a future Major League Soccer expansion team, MLS President Mark Abbott announced today on the League's official web site, www.

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Seven cities that have applied for Major League Soccer expansion teams were revealed on Monday afternoon. Here they are:

• Atlanta
• Miami
• Montreal
• Ottawa
• Portland
• St. Louis
• Vancouver

That's the same seven cities identified this morning by a variety of reports.

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Today is the deal Major League Soccer announces the list of candidates to be among the two cities to receive MLS expansion teams by 2011 and Tuesday say several of the candidates revealed.

Here are cities whose bids have been revealed or reported as having been submitted already:

• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Ottawa
• Miami
• Atlanta
• Portland
• St.

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The long-rumored marriage between Spanish power FC Barcelona and the city of Miami is set to move one step closer to becoming reality.

The Miami Herald is reporting that Barcelona will formally apply for an MLS expansion team in Miami. The news comes the day before the MLS deadline for prospective ownership groups to apply for one of the two expansion slots to be filled by 2011.

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Trying not to be outdone by their rivals to the south, the supporters of the USL-1 Vancouver Whitecaps have issued a press release this morning in regards to a promotion they are going to be putting on at an upcoming game. They want their fans to come out in full support and will be issuing "MLS [... Click to continue reading...

While Portland may have not finished in the top two of the WVH Poll for expansion (that nod went to St. Louis and Montreal), they have put out their plan today for MLS expansion, including what they plan to do with current Timbers venue PGE Park. According to MLStoPortland.com, the plan to renovate PGE Park includes: Modification [. Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer to the city of Portland is starting to get a heavier push by Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson. The expansion bid into the major league is set to go in full swing here as the MLS expansion deadline is coming to a close in the next month. The city is behind it and [...] Click to continue reading...

A new poll has opened up here on WVH, this time around we are talking about MLS expansion. You get to pick two cities from the list there on the right. If you pick "other" comment here to let us know which city that is and why! The cities to pick from are Portland, St. Louis, [...] Click to continue reading...

Some good news for those in St. Louis who are wanting a MLS club in their city. Jeff Cooper, the man leading the charge for the St. Louis expansion, appears to have gotten the financial backing that he has been looking for. As we all know Cooper and St. Louis have a stadium deal in [...] Click to continue reading...

Today looks to be a day of expansion talk. First up is some news out of New York, or Queens rather. This release came into the Hooligan inbox earlier this morning. Now this movement sounds A LOT like what Sons of Ben did in Philadelphia not to long ago. It's still a bit early I think [...] Click to continue reading...

According to Martin Rogers' latest MLS expansion update from Yahoo! sports, Montreal and Vancouver seem to be two of the frontrunner's for 2011 MLS expansion, with a lot of focus on the City of Saints.

According to the piece, "Joey Saputo, owner of United Soccer League side Montreal Impact, is determined to secure an MLS license and already has some infrastructure in place. Click to continue reading...

Hot off the email presses today, this just dropped in my inbox a moment ago from the folks up in Portland. After today's announcement of the league's expansion deadlines and what not, Portland wasted no time to get their bid into the league. They have made their bid official with the league and have issued a [. Click to continue reading...

A press release that is hot off the presses from MLS Headquarters. The league announced deadlines for expansion hopefuls from around the US and Canada. From the look of things we won't know who these two sites will be until after MLS Cup. So take MLS Cup and add the popular '60-90 days' and we should [. Click to continue reading...

Start digging for loose change, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced the timeline and application process for the League's next two expansion teams.

Garber confirmed that the league intends to add two clubs by 2011, bringing the total to a respectable 18 teams.

As we know, the league is looking for prospects in both the US and Canada. Click to continue reading...

It was recently announced that MLS hopes to bring two more new teams to the league in 2011. Seattle is coming on next season and Philadelphia the following year. Now all the talk of expansion teams is in Canada. I do still think that St. Louis will probably get one and likely Vancouver could get the other.

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Cobb Snobs. Gwinnett Traffic Jammers. Atlanta Flamers...ahem...these are few of the names (obviously tongue in cheek) that I've seen bouncing around several message boards of late as MLS expansion continues to be a hot topic.

I know I'm being unrealistically optimistic, but let's spend a few moments talking about team names. Click to continue reading...

I feel as though the day after the MLS All-Star game I need to start announcing clean ups in aisle nine or something. So many stories from the game and the surrounding festivities this week. I kind of think we all underestimated just how big of an event this really truly was this year. First off, [.. Click to continue reading...

Just a day after the MLS Board approved for two expansion clubs in year 2011, one Canadian city is already on board by announcing this morning that they will be formally applying for an expansion club with the league. That Canadian city is not Montreal or Ottawa, but is Vancouver. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are expected to announce [. Click to continue reading...

Yup, just when we thought they were taking it slow. The league issued this press release today about expansion to two more cities in the next few years. TORONTO Major League Soccer Board of Governors approved expanding by two teams by 2011, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced following Thursday's Board of Governors meeting in Toronto. Click to continue reading...

The biggest discussion this week without a doubt has been on MLS expansion, and even further MLS expansion in Canada. I think had the All-Star game not been in Toronto this year we wouldn't be discussing this as much in length but here we are, the possibilities seem to be there for more Canadian teams [. Click to continue reading...

Below is the press release sent to me earlier this morning...okay pretty much late into the night (3am) about Portland's grassroots effort getting kick started with an official launch of their website. PORTLAND, July 24th 2008 – On the eve of the 2008 Major League Soccer Allstar Game, a loosely assembled group of Portland residents, writers [. Click to continue reading...

Some reports out of Canada today are suggesting that MLS Commissioner Don Garber is raising the expansion ceiling a bit. Yeah, a good bit if you buy into these TSN reports. I know the league wants another Canadian team in a few years but seeing these kind of expansion numbers just don't add up right [. Click to continue reading...

Yup, while some sites believe that MLS Commissioner Don Garber is going to announce something today about possible expansion to another city in Canada, I have received word that in his press conference he said nothing has changed in the league's expansion plans. "We're in no rush to expand at this time," said Garber. Click to continue reading...

Why does Major League Soccer feel the need to copy the other major American sports? I suppose it gets to the old debate – do they try to lure non-soccer fans to the sport by feeding them familiarity, or do they try to grow the league by attracting purists (such as myself) who spend hours watching the Premiership every Saturday and Sunday morning from August to May. Click to continue reading...

FxB of So Many Balls and I have sparked up a well reasoned debate on the subject of MLS expansion and something I'll call, fan commitment. Because well reasoned debates are so rare on the internet, I'd like to keep it on the front pages rather than the comments for now...and of course encourage others to weigh in. Click to continue reading...

Can Atlanta support an MLS franchise? That's the question that Arthur Blank has asked Dick Sullivan, a former Home Depot executive who previously had been the Falcons' Executive Vice President of Marketing.

Mr. Sullivan is on leave from that post to help Mr. Blank with some of his other special projects. Click to continue reading...