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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Why is it cute? It may eventually happen. Calgary Foothills has been approved for a PDL Team in 2015, which is a good pre-cursor to a major pro team.
Please explain your assertion.
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We might get a Major League Baseball team one day too, but I'm not betting on that either.
First and foremost, how much larger do you think MLS can go? There are 19 active teams and three more on the way (give or take Miami's stadium situation). That's already pretty close to being as large as any other top flight soccer league. Being that we do things a little differently in North America, they could probably go up to 30-32, I suppose.
Second, we have almost no positive history in soccer. I don't think MLS is going to expand to a market that can't even sustain PDL. The new team is a start. It would be better if we had an NASL team that could at least match up with Edmonton.
Third, market. Calgary simply does not sell to places like Kansas City and Houston and San Jose. Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver are all viewed as world class cities and/or have world class histories with soccer. Calgary would not be a draw for fans, nor would it be a draw for TV.
Like it or not, putting MLS in Calgary now is little different than putting the NHL in Vegas. Sure, it might happen, but people are going to WTF about it, and people are going to expect it to fail. And there is little to suggest at this point that those people would be wrong to do so.