Notes From A Soccer Junkie

Just caught up with The Underground and it seems that the MLS is heading to Vegas. With it’s exploding population that is currently 25% Hispanic and growing, Sin City is a natural choice for an MLS franchise except for one problem: it’s in the middle of the fucking desert!!

The ideal option for a stadium would be that some of the many moneymen in Vegas pony up for a soccer specific stadium with a retractable roof. If that doesn’t occur, and I don’t expect it to, the Vegas side would have to play almost all of its home games from June through August at night. Regardless of what time the Vegas side play it’s games, I expect them to have one of the better home field advantages in MLS for reasons both weather and Vegas Strip related.

Of course, the best thing about the Vegas franchise is coming up with names. There’s a great thread over at MLSU on possible names. My choice for a name is Make It Rain SC but I also like Roll The Bones LV.

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