Thierry Henry
It has never made much sense that Miami doesn’t have a team in Major League Soccer, what with its large Central and South American population and all, so it’s little surprise that the Magic City is a leading candidate for an expansion franchise beginning in 2010. We’ll know in the next six to eight weeks whether the MLS chooses Miami from a field of seven cities, which include Atlanta and Montreal.
In the meantime there’s a website where fans can register to buy season
A fair number of locals were excited that a Major League Soccer team might be coming back to Miami, especially under the guidance of FC Barcelona, but here comes The New York Times soccer blog with their vicious theories and reporting to rain on our parade. While they still say that the odds that one of MLS's two new planned franchises will end up in Miami are better than even, they have some bad news too.
via Wikimedia CommonsThe only elongated yelp wannabe soccer announcers in Miami will be proclaiming anytime soon is, "Nooooooooooooooooooo!" As in no "gooooooooool!"
Major League Soccer, FC Barcelona, and Marcelo Claure jointly announced today that a plan to bring an expansion team to Miami has ended "due to adverse market conditions." In the press release Claure leaves the possibility open for another try in the hopefully non-depressed future, ""I remain a believer in MLS and the future
