MLS set to award franchise to Philadelphia
Published 2/27/2008 at FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER
Major League Soccer is set to bring the sport back to Philadelphia, convinced the time and the struggling city of Chester are right for its 16th team.
The league is expected to award the area an expansion franchise that will start play in 2010 at a news conference in Chester on Thursday.
"Having grown up in the soccer community of Philadelphia, I know that there isn't a city more starved for the world's game," said Chris Albright of the New England Revolution and a member of the U.S. team.
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