Seattle to MLS in 2009

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MLS Seattle 09
Published 9/27/2007 by brucio at du Nord
Ives Galarcep of the North Jersey Herald News is reporting this morning that a deal has been struck for a team in Seattle to join MLS for the 2009 season.

BREAKING: Seattle to be MLS' 15th Franchise
Published 9/27/2007 by MLS Underground at MLS Underground
... Soccer by Ives is reporting that Seattle has been named Major League Soccer's 15 th franchise. It is expected that the current owners of the USL club, the Seattle Sounders, will play a role in ownership of the new franchise. The club, which will be still be called the Sounders, will enter MLS for the 2009 season. The expansion fee is expected to be in the $30 million range. Thoughts on Seattle joining MLS ? Would Portland be a better choice for a franchise? Posted by MLS Underground at ...

The Next MLS Team
Published 9/27/2007 by Allen at Black Panther : A Soccer Blog
... Soccer By Ives ...

A Seattle MLS Team in 2009
Published 9/27/2007 by Bob at The Offside
... | September 27th, 2007 The Seattle Sounders play the Atlanta Silverbacks in the USL First Division final on Saturday and it could very well be their last game in the league. Ives Galarcep is reporting that Seattle will be the next city to receive an MLS expansion team. I have heard a similar story from my admittedly less credible sources. The league will announce that a team will begin play in 2009 in a couple of weeks. The current version of the Sounders have been successful on the pitch in the U.S. lower divisions. They won the league title two years ago and have consistently been among the better teams in the USL. It is expected that the owners will remain involved with the MLS ownership. What kind of MLS city will Seattle be? It is hard to say. If based on current performance it won t be great. If based on potential it could be one of the better cities in the league. The lower division Sounders have n ...

MLS Expansion - Seattle gets a team!
Published 9/27/2007 by Mike H at My Soccer Blog
... Major League Soccer is coming to Seattle starting in 2009! ...

Holy Seattle
Published 9/27/2007 by drew.epperley at WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
... So word on the street is that the MLS is going to add Seattle as their 15th club in 2009. A league announcement is set for two weeks. ...

Major League Soccer Expansion
Published 9/27/2007 by Ole at Springfield MO Soccer
... Lots of news both locally and nationally to get you caught up on. The impetus? Apparently Seattle has been awarded a new franchise ...

Report: Seattle to get MLS team?
Published 9/27/2007 by The Beautiful Game at The Beautiful Game
... Ives over at SBI is reporting that Seattle is getting the next MLS expansion franchise in 2009. ...

Seattle Expansion: SBI Gets the Clothesline
Published 9/28/2007 by SF at The Offside Rules
... Yesterday you may have read some stuff about MLS expansion into Emerald City on Soccer By Ives. Sounders owner Adrian Hanuer tells the Seattle Times " ...

Fresh ingredients for a soccer stew
Published 9/28/2007 by Jay at Soccer Silicon Valley Blog
... , a yellow, rectangular dessert which seems somehow fitting for the one-time recipient of Club Quake's Sponge Bob award, given to Conrad the year he led the team in yellow cards. If you're looking for more traditional news fare, we've got that, too. Ives Galarcep, who writes for New Jersey's Herald News, has a big scoop (no, it's not ice cream) on his blog, where he states that MLS will be expanding to Seattle in 2009 . (The ...