New MLS Team - New York City FC

[The Spanish]

I would have thought Miami would be 1st choice, very soccer friendly. Albeit the rolling around crying latin variety.

 

[So.CalGull]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Florida get a team soon - probably the relocation of Chivas USA which has proved a disastrous experiment.

Out of interest, why has it been a disastrous experiment?

Scrap the question, just read a recent LA Times report. Nuff said. Good call.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

As a season ticket holder for 2 years now I will stay loyal to the Red Bulls. They delivered what they say they would and their customer service is second to none, as well as being very good value.

NYC FC have clearly done their homework – Queens has good transport links as it is already home to the US Open and the Mets and they obviously have two very powerful backers – but the fact that the Evil Empire (aka the Yankees) are one of those backers make them a No-No for me

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

but they have 20 teams, another 1 could screw things up numerically could it not? never said they 'stole' it from Miami/Florida, I just want to see a team there

they've had 'odd' numbers of teams before, in fact they have it now....the league will almost definitely expand beyond 20 teams...probably 24

florida did have two teams (miami and tampa bay) but both were taken away when the league was less successful. You'd think that with the large hispanic population in miami that it'd be a no-brainer

 

[HastingsSeagull]

24 would make sense to me, 2 florida, vegas, california (maybe relocate chivas though) so 4th could be canadian

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

24 would make sense to me, 2 florida, vegas, california (maybe relocate chivas though) so 4th could be canadian

would prefer either minneapolis or detroit to vegas to be honest

another canadian would be good, their current sides are all well supported

 

[brightn'ove]

to be fair there are what? a million clubs in london? two teams in a city of 8 million people will be OK i think....

 

[middletoenail]

The MLS is a joke. Franchising football is a big NO for me.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

to be fair there are what? a million clubs in london? two teams in a city of 8 million people will be OK i think....

london is unique though, hardly any city has anywhere near as many teams as london

football is still an emerging sport in the US...two teams in a city (or rather, area, as NYRB play in new jersey) is still a gamble...it hasn't really worked in LA

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

The MLS is a joke. Franchising football is a big NO for me.

it's just a different system...it fits in with how americans do things sports wise

it's probably the fastest growing league in the world support wise and rapidly improving ability wise, so hardly a 'joke'

 

[withdeanwombat]

Here's one.

Football is an international sport.

Why don't the Albion join the MLS ? We could do brilliant "road trips" and have some ground filling opponents at home.

Go American Express Albionistas !

 

[willyfantastic]

Wasnt referring to you saying about Miami/Florida !! And im sure the Americans would sort it out somehow, they might even add another team on top of Miami/Florida.

Is there anywhere else that has a gap for an MLS team ?

apologies for the confusion - the other options i guess would be looking at where the big universities play soccer, as you could assume thats where some interest is, which you could argue includes north carolina, indiana and maybe just because it is a popular area for sports, michigan

id like to see chivas moved to san diego, keeping another californian team (soccer v. popular there) and close to the mexican border so potentially more mexican fans, but without the stupid chivas name

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

apologies for the confusion - the other options i guess would be looking at where the big universities play soccer, as you could assume thats where some interest is, which you could argue includes north carolina, indiana and maybe just because it is a popular area for sports, michigan

id like to see chivas moved to san diego, keeping another californian team (soccer v. popular there) and close to the mexican border so potentially more mexican fans, but without the stupid chivas name

Agree with moving Chivas, rename them too (San Diego Thunder or some other big American name).

Michigan isn't a bad shout really. Was also thinking about Boston, though that's covered by New England.

 

[Simster]

apologies for the confusion - the other options i guess would be looking at where the big universities play soccer, as you could assume thats where some interest is, which you could argue includes north carolina, indiana and maybe just because it is a popular area for sports, michigan

id like to see chivas moved to san diego, keeping another californian team (soccer v. popular there) and close to the mexican border so potentially more mexican fans, but without the stupid chivas name

Chivas is Spanish for "The Goats", which is the nickname of their parent club (Club Deportivo Guadalajara, second biggest club in Mexico).

And therein lies the first of many many cock ups. If you lived in the USA, would you support a new franchise named "Manchester United Red Devils USA" as a feeble attempt to appeal to "the Limeys" wanting their soccer fix?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As a season ticket holder for 2 years now I will stay loyal to the Red Bulls. They delivered what they say they would and their customer service is second to none, as well as being very good value.

NYC FC have clearly done their homework – Queens has good transport links as it is already home to the US Open and the Mets and they obviously have two very powerful backers – but the fact that the Evil Empire (aka the Yankees) are one of those backers make them a No-No for me

Out of interest which areas does their customer focus excel in? Anything the Albion could learn from?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The MLS is a joke. Franchising football is a big NO for me.

The US is very different though. Culturely a no no in the UK, but it's how they do things in the US and it suits them.

 

[willyfantastic]

Chivas is Spanish for "The Goats", which is the nickname of their parent club (Club Deportivo Guadalajara, second biggest club in Mexico).

And therein lies the first of many many cock ups. If you lived in the USA, would you support a new franchise named "Manchester United Red Devils USA" as a feeble attempt to appeal to "the Limeys" wanting their soccer fix?

Chivas should have never been awarded a franchise in the US to begin with, I'd like the name to be change so people don't associate them with the mexican team, although now i know it means goats, that makes me chuckle

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Will be even easier to hate Man City now. Yankees suck.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Out of interest which areas does their customer focus excel in? Anything the Albion could learn from?

To be quite honest I don’t think there is too much the Albion need to learn about customer service – they are definitely one of the better clubs.

But there were a few things Red Bulls did which really impressed me. I went to the first game of the season two years ago and the food and drink concessions were a complete shambles. On the Monday the CEO sent every season ticket holder an e mail saying this was completely unacceptable and all our charge cards were credited with $10 as compensation. What I liked was the club put its hands up and admitted they screwed up – that gesture probably cost them something like $20,000 but it bought a lot of goodwill. They also published their matchnotes / programme online so you could download it for free before the game.