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Expansion News St. Louis

Major League Soccer to announce St. Louis expansion on Tuesday

MLS commissioner Don Garber will make a “special announcement” at 12:30 p.m. ET at Palladium Saint Louis.

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Austin Expansion News

Austin FC Experience Center opens, provides virtual reality preview of new stadium

Austin FC is inviting select fans to its “Experience Center” which will offer a virtual reality preview of what its 20,500-seat stadium stadium will look like.

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Austin Expansion Miami MLS All-Star Game Nashville News St. Louis

MLS expansion candidates attend all-star game, lobby for bids

ORLANDO, Fla. — Major League Soccer’s 28th, 29th and 30th franchises have yet to be determined, and MLS commissioner Don Garber is willing to take his time examining potential markets.  Garber provided an update on the expansion process Wednesday in Orlando after the Board of Governors meeting that preceded the MLS All-Star Game at Exploria […]

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Expansion News North Carolina Courage USL

Proposal for $2 billion soccer stadium, entertainment complex in Raleigh unveiled

Steve Malik, the owner of NCFC and the North Carolina Courage, unveiled plans with developer John Kane on Tuesday for a stadium and entertainment complex in southeast downtown Raleigh.

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Minnesota United FC News

Minnesota United FC opens Allianz Field with scarf-raising ceremony

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Expansion Miami News

Inter Miami eyes Fort Lauderdale stadium for training facility

Major League Soccer hasn’t been in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., since 2001. That’s the last year the Miami Fusion played before the club folded. But MLS could come back to the South Florida city by hosting a training facility for Inter Miami CF, a 2020 expansion club led by David Beckham. Club leaders have proposed a […]

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Expansion News Sacramento

Decades later, is downtown Sacramento’s railyard finally ready for its big moment?

Sitting idle, forgotten and forlorn for decades, downtown Sacramento’s massive railyard chugged back into relevance last week. Kaiser Permanente announced it purchased the equivalent of eight city blocks in the railyard’s northwest corner for a major medical center. And Beverly Hills billionaire Ron Burkle signed a land deal to build a Major League Soccer stadium […]

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Austin Expansion News

Austin FC hints further on Tuesday’s announcement

Following up on Tuesday’s announcement to select fans about an apparent launch event for Austin FC on Jan. 15, the prospective MLS club sent out a press release through its Austin-based PR firm confirming the event.  Though the release didn’t explicitly say it would be the launch event for the team, it touted Tuesday’s event […]

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Nashville USL

Nashville signs leading USL scorer Cameron Lancaster to MLS deal

Major League Soccer won’t be played in Nashville until at least 2020, but the expansion side is beginning to add players to its roster. Nashville’s MLS team announced Thursday it signed Cameron Lancaster to a contract. The terms of the deal were not revealed, but it is an MLS contract. Lancaster will be loaned to […]

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Expansion

Austin, Precourt reach deal for $225M stadium, MLS could come by 2020

The city of Austin, Texas, took a step forward Wednesday toward landing a Major League Soccer team. The city and Precourt Sports Ventures — whose CEO, Anthony Precourt, is the investor-operator of the Columbus Crew — finalized an agreement to build a soccer stadium on city-owned land. Spencer Cronk, the city manager, signed a lease […]