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Earthquakes Revival Fails; MLS Will Not Return To San Jose
Topic Started: Friday Apr 20 2007, 06:59 PM (163 Views)
WeatherManNX01
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The Yanks are coming!

From ESPN:
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"They came to an agreement that the deal just wasn't going to work," said Larry Carr, associate vice president for government and community relations at the university.

Developer Lew Wolff had proposed paying for a new stadium to house a revived Earthquakes Major League Soccer team and college football games on land next to Spartan Stadium. But the deal also would have required use of most of the university's 63-acre south campus for parking for stadium events, including concerts.


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Well, the Earthquakes may still return for 2009, but now MLS will have to look elsewhere for the 2008 expansion team (assuming they want to expand next year, which would even out the conferences at seven teams each).
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