From Voice of San Diego today --
San Diego Is Closer Than It’s Ever Been to Getting an MLS Team
A new ownership group is close to finalizing a deal that would deliver San Diego a team in Major League Soccer, the Union-Tribune reported Thursday, based on accounts of multiple unnamed sources.
The group, led by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and Mohamed Mansour, an Egyption billionaire, plans to submit its expansion bid to the league’s Board of Governors next month. If it’s successful, it would conclude a years long off-again-on-again flirtation between San Diego and the country’s top soccer league, including the unsuccessful attempt by a previous ownership group to build a stadium for a team in Mission Valley, where San Diego State instead won voter approval for its own stadium and adjacent development.
The MLS team would still need to strike an agreement with SDSU to play at Snapdragon Stadium, and the Union-Tribune reported the stadium requires upgrades to house an MLS team, but there’s a logical connection between the new ownership group and the university. Adam Day is the chief administrative officer of Sycuan; he’s also a member of the Cal State University board of trustees, and was the chairman of the board from 2018 through 2020.
The San Diego Wave already play in the stadium, where they’ve been setting National Women’s Soccer League attendance records
San Diego Is Closer Than It’s Ever Been to Getting an MLS Team
A new ownership group is close to finalizing a deal that would deliver San Diego a team in Major League Soccer, the Union-Tribune reported Thursday, based on accounts of multiple unnamed sources.
The group, led by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and Mohamed Mansour, an Egyption billionaire, plans to submit its expansion bid to the league’s Board of Governors next month. If it’s successful, it would conclude a years long off-again-on-again flirtation between San Diego and the country’s top soccer league, including the unsuccessful attempt by a previous ownership group to build a stadium for a team in Mission Valley, where San Diego State instead won voter approval for its own stadium and adjacent development.
The MLS team would still need to strike an agreement with SDSU to play at Snapdragon Stadium, and the Union-Tribune reported the stadium requires upgrades to house an MLS team, but there’s a logical connection between the new ownership group and the university. Adam Day is the chief administrative officer of Sycuan; he’s also a member of the Cal State University board of trustees, and was the chairman of the board from 2018 through 2020.
The San Diego Wave already play in the stadium, where they’ve been setting National Women’s Soccer League attendance records