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San Jose Has a New Team
Topic Started: Wednesday Jul 18 2007, 04:28 PM (342 Views)
Cougar
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MLS awards an expansion team to San Jose


Associated Press

7/18/2007 4:09:17 PM

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said Wednesday that professional soccer will return to Silicon Valley for the 2008 season with the approval of the San Jose Earthquakes as an expansion team.

The ownership group is led by Lew Wolff and John Fisher, who also own the Oakland Athletics.

The Earthquakes will join the Western Conference, Garber said during his state of the league address in Colorado ahead of Thursday's all-star game.

The Earthquakes still need approval from the San Jose City Council for plans to build a privately financed soccer stadium near Mineta San Jose International Airport. The stadium is scheduled to seat as many as 20,000 and open in 2010.

The Earthquakes won two MLS Cup titles before relocating to Houston in 2005 after plans for financing a new stadium in San Jose fell through. The Houston team, now known as the Houston Dynamo, won the MLS Cup title last year.



The San Jose Earthquakes will be MLS's 14th team and the third in California alongside Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Wolff said the Earthquakes will play home games in temporary stadiums for the first two seasons. Negotiations with the venues are ongoing and the locations will be announced soon, Wolff said in a statement.
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PSUSyr5
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If I remember correctly, the records of the old San Jose team will go with this new team provided it all works out...sorts like the Cleveland Browns.
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The Yanks are coming!

sre141
Jul 20 2007, 09:58 PM
If I remember correctly, the records of the old San Jose team will go with this new team provided it all works out...sorts like the Cleveland Browns.

Yup. Houston is considered an expansion team while San Jose folded and is being revived.

Cool stuff. Had a feeling the Earthquakes would be back. I hope they get a new stadium, though.
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