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Originally Posted by shermanator
Didn't see it mentioned yet in this thread, but Edmonton was granted a NASL team to begin play in 2011 (assuming the NASL is sanctioned). They will play at Foote Field in Edmonton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Edmonton
Having Calgary be granted a similar franchise as Edmonton is the proper start to building a fan base IMO. I think that no Calgary based soccer team will survive without the building of a new soccer specific stadium. McMahon is just way too big and cavernous for the amount of people that would come, and no other stadiums in this city are even remotely equipped to handle professional soccer.
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The problem with this is that the Edmonton team took 3-4 of our top local players with them. Alberta doesn't have the talent right now to support 2 of these teams. In fact I doubt you see much interest in the Edmonton team. I play amsl and we have less than 20 fans a game haha. Even the Calgary united team referenced earlier drew at most 300 fans.