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Originally Posted by Addick
The PDL has worked here while the NASL/A-League has failed every single time. It seems like every time the sport gets some momentum in this city it is rushed to the next level where it falls flat on its face.
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actually it hasn't... I was on the Storm youth dev team.
PDL and NASL-A has never worked here because sheisty owners with personal motives were running the teams. Look at who was one of the coaches for the Storm one mr T. Wheeldon Sr. (now i can't confirm or deny that wheeldon sr was in on the take with the whole Storm shenanigans but if he wasn't i'd be very surprised by that) guess whose running the Foothills program? one T. Wheeldon Jr. hmm... yah. I'm sorry but good luck to Foothills and TWJ but they won't have my support. Son is cut from the same cloth as his father.
I think a number of factors effect soccer in Calgary. Weather is a big one. A proper indoor stadium rather than what's available at foothills Atheltic park right now would be a huge bonus. I would goto MLS games inside here and become a huge MLS fan if we had a mls team. I do think Calgary has the market to support it and I think at 10-15$ a ticket it's affordable for Calgarians. Even at 300-400 for seasons tickets that's decent. The roughnecks do really well. No reason a Calgary MLS team with the right ownership couldn't survive here.