NE Ohio MLS?

[jem101]

Just ran across this on Cleveland.com. Has anyone else heard anything about possible plans for an MLS team in Macedonia?

Great win for the Zips tonight. Can't wait till Sunday's match.

[ZachTheZip]

We're back to this rumor again? It pops up every couple of years and then goes away, only to have moved its location by one zipcode or with slightly different numbers.

[zen]

no no, it sounds like this might happen now.

If I remember right, it was the fighting between communities (and maybe certain residents about issues, can't remember for sure) that killed it last time.

[mes102]

So I'm hoping this means it'll be called "Akron (insert name here)" and not "Cleveland (insert name here)" ...i hope so...would that be awesome!!!!!!!

[zen]

So I'm hoping this means it'll be called "Akron (insert name here)" and not "Cleveland (insert name here)" ...i hope so...would that be awesome!!!!!!!

I wouldn't bet money on it.

Firstly, it's wolstein. I didn't look up his history, but I believe he is a cleveland area developer.

Secondly, even though it's summit county, I can attest that the geographical identity up there is somewhat gray. The fact that cleveland media dominates the entire region help shade that gray of N.Summit to the cleveland side.

But who knows...

[GP1]

The could call it White Elephant Stadium.

If Wolstein wants a stadium, let him dip into his billions and build one himself.

[bobbyake]

didn't he die and the plans for an area MLS team die with him? I don't think this is in the plans anymore. He was the main reason why it ever was.

about his death: http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/faci.../4409796-1.html

Another soccer forum mentions it: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=21840610

[zen]

sorry, I forgot that it was the sintax that killed it last time.

wow, my memory sux anymore

[scottditzen]

Man, I know they're favoring the locations access to interstates and proximity between Cleveland and Akron....the Richfield Coliseum effect.

But a project like this should fit into the already existing urban fabric of Akron or Cleveland.

We have so many areas of both cities that really need redevelopment.

Just ran across this on Cleveland.com. Has anyone else heard anything about possible plans for an MLS team in Macedonia?

Great win for the Zips tonight. Can't wait till Sunday's match.

[Wally B]

Wolstien said best before he passed.... We need to build it downtown. This from the guy who ran the Cleveland Force in Richfield. So build it in Downtown Cleveland.... Bild it in Downtown Akron (we will need the space )

They want to build a 20,000 seat retractable stadium for a team that doesn't exist Near an established team that doesn't fill its' own stadium. Am i missing something here or did i just connect the dots??

[Z.I.P.]

Folks, looking in from EL Norte de Nuevo Mexico. I'm afraid you failed to read the note at the top of the page on Cleveland.com: Editor's note: This story first appeared in The Plain Dealer on July 21, 2007

This is not news, it is left over on the web/server from the original posting. The developers went to the legislature to get them to provide half of the funding for the portion that would be paid for by a sales tax increase, I think. Don't think it got out of committee, so the developers dropped the plans entirely. In any case, it is NOT going to happen. MLS has no plans to expand beyond next year, when it goes to 20 teams. That is the max teams that a soccer league can stand without relegation. There is still a possibility of Cleveland getting a franchise in USL when it is reestablished after this year's USSF takeover.

On another front, I saw the Boys from Labatt's Blue, UBuffalo play over the weekend. They have a couple of midfielders who are decent, but they can't compete against top flight teams, being overwhelmed by New Mexico (1-0, outshot about 14-2) and UC-Santa Barbara 4-0.

Adios de Tres Piedras, NM. Sadly, I'll have to miss the Tulsa game as I'll be camped at 10000 ft in Carson NF.

[jem101]

Folks, looking in from EL Norte de Nuevo Mexico. I'm afraid you failed to read the note at the top of the page on Cleveland.com: Editor's note: This story first appeared in The Plain Dealer on July 21, 2007

Hmmm... looks like the mix up over dates was on the PD's side. When I first began this topic and linked to the article there was no mention of this first appearing 3 years ago. I think the PD must have recently added that. In fact the article dates back to September 17, 2010 with an edit on September 20. My only guess that the edit was to ad the editor's note.