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At ECNL Showcase in Sanford and heard some buzz about this from OCYS folks that they heard that TBU / Rowdies talks are advancing quickly to meet the application deadline of January 31st deadline. -
Edwards group hates TBU officers. This won't happen. They just finished affiliating with USL and renewed chargers. This thread is troll bait.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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it will never happen like TBU has U-12 DA...ooops...they have it now...Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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And Darden Rice is ready to help. The St. Petersburg City Council chairwoman has scheduled a Jan. 5 meeting to discuss scheduling a spring referendum that would authorize the city to negotiate a 20-year or more lease agreement with Rowdies owner Bill Edwards for the waterfront Al Lang Stadium. Edwards current lease for Al Lang expires in 2018. The proposed new lease would be contingent on the Rowdies being selected as an MLS expansion team. If council agrees, the referendum would take place in late April or early May. Edwards will reimburse the city for the estimated $250,000 cost of administering the special election, Rice said.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
You're confusing the Rowdies with a new MLS team. Two completely different things. Why would he spend $250K of his own money if he wasn't serious about getting an MLS team. City meeting on Thursday to go the next step for Jan. 31st application deadline.Comment
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Please do some research so you don't sound dumb. Edwards and the rowdies dropped there chargers affiliation over a year ago, he can't stand the chargers as they went behind his back and signed a deal w as Roma. Nice try thoughOriginally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Super troll. So wrong. No such signed deal with Roma. Try logging on to rowdies website. And chargers site. Wonder why they affiliate still? Get a job!Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Bill Edwards doesn't mess around. This guy is making all the right moves. What's in this article is what some OCYS parents were talking about at the Sanford ECNL showcase last week.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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You are so easily misled by the pitch and hype. Edwards and Rowdies are more then satisfied with the USL. The 3pm meeting tomorrow before city council is not a actual referendum and there is no mention whatsoever of MLS in the proposal. It is simply a discussion on the lease extension with a contingency for expansion. Please stop with the hyperbole about MLS. Rowdies are more then happy to be a part of the USL and continue its relationship with Chargers and all local soccer clubs.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Hyperbole...?Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Rowdies Contacted David Beckham About Possibly Partnering in Tampa Bay
http://www.empireofsoccer.com/rowdie...mpa-bay-56741/
The Rowdies might be more then happy to be a part of the USL but Edwards wants an MLS team.Comment
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Looked at both web sites:Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Rowdies - there is no mention (anywhere) on the Rowdies site about the Clearwater Chargers.
Clearwater Chargers - there is a link that takes you to the site to buy tickets to Rowdies games.
If there is an "affiliation" between these two organizations it is the best kept secret in the world.Comment
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You're an idiot go look at the chargers website and DA page it's got AS Roma all over it moronOriginally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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"There's a reason some industry insiders refer to the Tampa Bay Rowdies as the "silent assassins" of the race for Major League Soccer expansion. The Rowdies are a relative newcomer to the mainstream MLS expansion conversation after formally announcing their intent in December, but don't misinterpret that for a hurried and premature MLS pitch."Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Hard to criticize this as "Bill Edwards pitch" when it was written by a group from Cincinnati.Comment
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They call out the need for "Youth programming, training facilities and committed ownership are necessary considerations for the 10 clubs applying for MLS."Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
TBU would be a great fit for the "youth programming." They have a large and growing footprint on both sides of the bridge in the Tampa Bay area and a lot of good momentum.Comment
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