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by Editor on December 19, 2005

Houston will likely embrace the new team wholeheartedly, and the move is in line with MLS strategy to market to Hispanic soccer fans in the US as its new base of fans. While this is a perfectly legitimate strategy, the Earthquakes move is really the first of it that concretely disadvantages existing fans, which arguably choosing Salt Lake City and Los Angeles as the previous two expansion cities. Like ice hockey, the sport seems to be moving south and west with the US population.
San Jose has, belatedly in the eyes of many fans, stepped up to get a replacement team and finally find ways to fund the dedicated stadium that was lacking.
Du Nord has tracked the whole saga in detail, and has great links for those wishing to delve further into the muck.
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Response from:
anne
(12/22/05 12:05am)
Not bad at all. I still love the team. Go SJ Earthquakes!
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