Comments on: Loudoun County Virginia will be Next NASL Team Announced

By: gartoz

gartoz — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:53:39 +0000

If this new team is going to have trouble with the community building the stadium, they should ask the Tampa Bay Rowdies what not to do. Back in 2009 the Rowdies were faced with the same situation and failed miserably. Otherwise, the Rowdies would have owned their own SSS in a decent location

By: yankiboy

yankiboy — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:37:38 +0000

^@ New Neighbor: Thanks for sharing that particular piece of info.

I’m sure the folks you mentioned are really angry and frustrated. I would be too if I forked out a lot of ca$h to buy into a quiet neighborhood only to be told a year later that I was going to have to deal with 60+ nights per year of noise and bad traffic.

Having said that, usually homeowners lose this sort of battle when a municipality decides that they are willing to upset some of their residents in exchange for the revenue that could potentially be generated by approving the proposed venue plans.

By: New Neighbor

New Neighbor — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:37:10 +0000

The deal isn’t done, they are trying to drop the stadium in the backyard of a Del Webb 55 and older community less than 1/2 mile away and the people that just bought homes in One Loudon are pissed.

By: Brian Quarstad

Brian Quarstad — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:03:58 +0000

Thanks for that @Kejsare. That’s the first time I’d ever heard that and will tuck it away for the future.

By: Kejsare

Kejsare — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:24:55 +0000

@gartoz: Portland’s stadium was never built for baseball. The configuration for baseball sucked. The first base line seats all faced straight and not to the plate. Nor do the seats in the north end face the plate. The stadium was built in 1926 and the first tenant was dog racing. An oval track. Baseball was shoehorned in 30 years later. It is a stadium built for oval, rectangle fields and not baseball.

I try not to scream how many times Civic Stadium was never built for baseball. But this warrants a clarification.

By: Fotbalist

Fotbalist — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:34:55 +0000

@ Jennifer
Thank you. I always appreciate a local’s perspective. I’m very glad to see your excitement; I believe this is going to benefit both Loudoun County FC and DC United. These two teams could create a fantastic Capital Derby!

@ doug
As much as I’d love to see your prediction about Pro/Rel come true…eventually…it seems that we are dreaming for now. Remember, I’m the ‘ultimate optimist’ and I’d love to see it happen, but I just don’t think Gulati & Co has that much power of Garber & Co. There are only two possible options for this to come to fruition: (1) For FIFA to mandate it, or (2) for the fans to create some type of revolution which brings about Pro/Rel. Thus, the probability is …….

@ yankiboy
I love the fact that you posed that question about choosing the NASL option over USLPro. I am inclined to believe that NASL is more attractive for investors precisely because of those increased standards that USSF has produced. It sets the NASL apart, ensuring a certain level of professionalism & play which (outside of MLS) is not available with any other option in the US. Bart was right, I believe.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:46:17 +0000

I can’t wait! I make the trip to see DC United quite often. It isn’t a big deal but I’m looking forward to seeing play that is also close to home. Soccer is quite popular in Loudoun and I think it will do well. It is certainly more exciting than baseball and faster-paced. It should be cost efficient as well and allow me to take my kids who love to watch DC United. I also hope it will bring better-quality soccer programs to Loudoun which are missing big time. Ashburn Soccer and Loudoun Soccer just aren’t getting the job done!

By: Daniel Blodgett

Daniel Blodgett — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:11:59 +0000

Mike,

Where is Edmonton teetering? Do you have a link? Did you make this up, because of attendance numbers? Please enlighten me.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:31:13 +0000

Eventually = never. Never ever. Fugetaboutit!

Ottawa and Virginia don’t necessarily make 11 either. That’s IF all of the current teams make it to 2014. Edmonton and Puerto Rico are teetering a bit, and then of course there’s that Traffic thing. That’s also assuming the Stars are sold, which hasn’t officially happened yet. Standard rule in minor league Soccer: Walk first without falling over, and don’t even think about attempting to run. The old NASL tried that, and ran itself into the ground.

By: yankiboy

yankiboy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:54:08 +0000

@Danwolf: If I recall correctly, I don’t think that Doug isn’t off the mark with the “2016″. The Commish raised the bar by pushing the time table up on the guy(s) following his wake. I think the new target date was dropped by D2 in an IMS audio interview while he was discussing his decision to leave the NASL with my favorite media type who covers the league, one Mr. Brian Quarstad. It was about a month or so ago and you can find it in the podcast archives.