Salt Lake City is MLS expansion team despite shortcomings

[Rover]

Thought this was interesting to go back and read. Robert Wagman wrote this article for Soccer Times on 14 July 2004 (Founder's Day).

Link is here.

Here's a sample of the typical naysaying going on at the time:

"The biggest question mark is whether there is a fan base in smallish Salt Lake -- in 2000, the city population was 181,743 with a metropolitan-area population of 1.33 million) -- which will support professional soccer."

Uh . . . yes, Bob, there is.

[SoccerPrime]

I think it would be fun to look at it as a NYC writer talking about the Metros in 1996.

"The biggest question mark is whether there is a fan base in largish NYC -- in 2000, the city population was 8,000,000 with a metropolitan-area population of 21 million) -- which will support professional soccer."

[Jim Umber]

Originally Posted by SoccerPrime

I think it would be fun to look at it as a NYC writer talking about the Metros in 1996.

"The biggest question mark is whether there is a fan base in largish NYC -- in 2000, the city population was 8,000,000 with a metropolitan-area population of 21 million) -- which will support professional soccer."

VERY good point! And, of course, we've proved OUR case. Any questions?