Chargers Moving to StubHub Center, While MLS-to-San Diego Heats Up
With many of the movers and shakers in the American soccer world in Los Angeles this week, came bombshell news on a number of fronts in the region. First, the NFL’s Chargers announced they would be moving from San Diego to the Los Angeles area for next season, seemingly completing a saga years in the […]
Demba Ba Says He and Eden Hazard are Involved in San Diego NASL Team
With the news that the NASL was going to retain Division II status from the U.S. Soccer Federation for 2017, came a new surge of reports of expansion, including two rumored expansion bids in Southern California. Last week, more information emerged regarding the NASL expansion bid in San Diego. Demba Ba spoke to Eric Wynalda […]
NWSL Commissioner: “Absolutely” Interested in Los Angeles Expansion
During the 2017 NWSL draft on Thursday in Los Angeles, league commissioner Jeff Plush held a question-and-answer session with assembled reporters. It was a wide-ranging press scrum, but one of the topics brought up was the topic of expansion, in general and two markets in particular, in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Vancouver has recently emerged […]
New NASL, USL Expansion Rumors Emerge for San Diego, Orange County
Big news dropped on Friday, as the U.S. Soccer Federation, after considerable deliberation, granted both the NASL and USL Division II status on a provisional basis for 2017. The news appears to have given NASL a lifeline, with that league planning to forge on after rumors of its demise last month, and it represents a […]
MLS Confirms San Diego Among 10 Interested Expansion Markets
The next round of MLS expansion is about to get serious, as the league publicly rolled out a process and timeline for the next phase, beyond LAFC’s entry in the league in 2018. According to the league, there are currently 10 markets around the United States interested in joining MLS, and that number could possibly […]
Jake Edwards Talks Expansion, Attendance and California’s Role in USL
On Sunday, New York Red Bulls II will face Swope Park Rangers in the USL Cup Final (5 pm PT, ESPNU). With the end of the 2016 season drawing near, SoccerNation spoke exclusively to USL President Jake Edwards about the state of the league, the role of California (including the all-important expansion question), player development […]
USL Has Its Eyes Set On San Diego
By this time next year, soccer fans in San Diego may have a professional soccer team to cheer for. A report from NBC San Diego says that the United Soccer Leagues (USL) is in negotiation to put an expansion franchise in the city with the chance that it could play in next year’s USL season. The […]
San Diego Will Be a Lot Less Flashy in 2016
The San Diego Flash Soccer Club will not be taking the field in the National Premier Soccer League for the 2016 season. In recent weeks, word of a total rebrand has been floated and soccer supporting citizens of San Diego have been eagerly anticipating the announcement of Warren Barton’s new-look team. However, in a surprising […]
Two Groups Have Eyes Set On Major League Soccer In San Diego
Major League Soccer hasn’t been shy about it’s ambition to add more teams. The league is currently at 20 teams and is set to expand to 24 by the end of the decade. Earlier this month, Major League Soccer announces itss support for a future expansion to 28 teams. That now gives four more cities […]
Debating whether San Diego could be an MLS expansion city
“…And there are markets now that seem to come up that weren’t even part of our thinking a year or two ago. I just had a great visit in Detroit, and we’ve been spending some time looking at that market. We’ve been having discussions with people in San Diego, discussions with people in St. Louis, […]
Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City Awarded USL’s 30th franchise
The United Soccer League announced Thursday that Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer has been awarded the league’s 30th franchise, which will begin play in 2016 as the Swope Park Rangers KC. The Rangers are the USL’s 11th MLS-owned and operated club and will play at Swope Soccer Village in the heart of Kansas […]
LAFC Release New Stadium Renderings
LAFC might be more than two years from opening their first MLS season, but the franchise is wasting no time getting ready. Saturday, the club hosted the first in a series of meetings with supporters and season-ticket (deposit) holders at the downtown Los Angeles offices of Gensler, their stadium architects. The lead topic? Stadium design, […]