Philly Baby!

They did it!! Those Sons of Ben, the premature fanclub of a potential MLS expansion club in Philadelphia, brought so much attention to soccer in Philly that the government rallied its crew together to bring a $500 million dollar development to the Philly suburb of Chester, PA.

Let TheSacUnitedSoccerBlog be the first to say, Congratulations You SoB's!! That's awesome. The rally was great, the singing was awesome, and the plan is brilliant. You may have noticed, we here at TheSacUnitedSoccerBlog have the same idea, let's bring MLS to Sacramento. Check out the Press Conference Video, and look at this stadium plan, pretty sweet. Side note about that press conference, the Mayor of Chester was in tears of joy for what this development means to his community. That's pretty cool.

Also noted this week with San Jose returning in 2008, Seattle's team joining in 2009, and Philly in 2010, MLS is planning on adding to as many as 18 teams by 2011. St. Louis is a clear contender for the 17th spot, but who will join them as the 18th team? Portland? Vancouver? Montreal?

What do you think people? Could Sacramento raise the bar and become a contender? Is there a potential ownership group that could make this happen? What about one of the other local sports groups? SF Giants? 49ers? The Oakland Raiders? Could you see Al Davis and crew bringing the Raider Image to MLS?

Who knows? But we want soccer here, and can't wait. Would you support the team? Vote now! Questions, Comments, Bitching, to SacUnitedSoccerBlog@yahoo.com