Milwaukee MLS expansion quest continues...

SoccerPrime · 07-13-2005, 08:56 AM

One of the reports said the team will start playing in 2008.
Wasn't the date of the next expansion 2007?

Rover · 07-13-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SoccerPrime

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jul05/340331.asp
and
http://thefirealarm.matchnight.com/tfadefault.cfm?page=ARTICLE&show=882
Press conference today!
It looks like Milwaukee will be the next MLS team!!!

oh and Peter Wilt of the Fire looks to be the new CEO/GM of the Milwaukee team
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/socc/jul05/340675.asp

Interesting that Peter Wilt is now involved. Should be expect an immediate and natural rivalry with the Fire?

I hope this bid pans out because I'm in the camp that believes MLS needs to expand into smaller markets where a strong fan base and local identification will follow.

clarette · 07-13-2005, 02:56 PM

Do we start calling them the Cheeseheads already or do we have to wait?

Another expansion draft on the way... just when you thought expansion defenses were bad enough.

Mango Jam · 07-13-2005, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Stucki

Or, if Tulsa gets a team will Mango Jam stick with RSL?

Well... That's a good question! I think at this point Tulsa is way more iffy than Milwaukee.
From ussoccerplayers.com

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The 1983 Soccer Bowl was held in Vancouver’s BC Place, an indoor arena that seated over 60,000. At full strength Tulsa ran roughshod over Toronto, with Flutcher claiming a goal in the 2-0 win. A thousand Tulsa supporters greeted the team at the airport with President Reagan sending a congratulatory telegram. The smallest city in the league was also home to the league champions. Then the bottom fell out.

Within a month of their Soccer Bowl victory the Tulsa roughnecks were insolvent. The oilmen who had bankrolled the league’s cheapest side had still managed to lose millions and had decided to abruptly pull the plug. By the first of November, 18 players were out of contract and the office staff payroll was due. The situation was dire, with the irony of victory celebrations spilling into talks of bankruptcy. “You know, it was exactly one month ago today that we had our championship parade through downtown Tulsa,” recalled an astonished Coach Hennessey, “It would be a great tragedy if the Roughnecks folded.”

They really had a tough time back then and I don't know if it's forgiven yet. Right now it's RSL for me!!