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RandySF

(71,149 posts) Sat May 20, 2023, 08:35 PM May 2023

Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego

Major League Soccer is coming to San Diego.

The Southern California city has been awarded the league's 30th team, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced Thursday. San Diego will begin competing as an expansion club in 2025 at Snapdragon Stadium – the 35,000-seat venue that's already home to the NWSL's San Diego Wave FC and is a host venue for the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup – while their name and crest will be announced in the buildup to their debut season.

The club is owned by Mohamed Mansour – a distinguished entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist with deep, global ties in the soccer world – and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. The Sycuan Tribe becomes the first Native American tribe to have an ownership stake in professional soccer in the United States. Also joining the investor group is six-time Major League Baseball All-Star and San Diego Padres infielder Manny Machado.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/major-league-soccer-awards-expansion-team-to-san-diego-x9222

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Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego (Original Post) RandySF May 2023 OP

still no Regulation though. Nothing to play for here. ZonkerHarris May 2023 #1

Relegation? RandySF May 2023 #2

Damn dictation app ZonkerHarris May 2023 #3

Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego tdawnnews May 2023 #4

ZonkerHarris

(25,421 posts)

1. still no Regulation though. Nothing to play for here.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun May 21, 2023, 02:40 AM

May 2023

RandySF

(71,149 posts)

2. Relegation?

Reply to ZonkerHarris (Reply #1)

Sun May 21, 2023, 02:48 AM

May 2023

MLS doesn’t want to scare club owners away. Mexico, Korea and Japan also do not promote/demote teams.

ZonkerHarris

(25,421 posts)

3. Damn dictation app

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Sun May 21, 2023, 10:50 AM

May 2023

tdawnnews

(18 posts)

4. Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2023, 04:30 PM

May 2023

Action is starting to pick up in Major League Soccer as we quickly approach the halfway point of the season. It might seem like struggling teams have a lot of time to make up ground, but points and certain games are starting to become a bit more important. Here’s a look at what went down in Week 15.

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