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Major League Soccer Coming to PhiladelphiaExpansion team to begin play 2010Professional outdoor soccer will make its return to the Philadelphia area, which has not had a professional soccer team to root for since the 1980s. Major League Soccer announced on February 28th that Philadelphia will be granted the league’s 16th team and will begin play in the 2010 season. Those in attendance at the press conference included MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Governor Ed Rendell, Mayor Michael Nutter, and the Sons of Ben - the Philadelphia soccer supporters group and energetic fan club whose tireless efforts helped grant Philadelphia a Major League Soccer franchise. Through petitions, emails, and gatherings at public events, the Sons of Ben made their presence known since they were founded in January 2007. The $115 million, 18,500 seat stadium will be constructed at the base of the Commodore Barry Bridge on the Chester waterfront in an effort to revitalize the river front city. An additional $500 million will be spent on housing, retail stores, a convention center and riverfront entertainment area. The Philadelphia market is the fourth largest in the nation, and the largest without a Major League Soccer Team. Major League Soccer has wanted to place a team in the Philadelphia area since it was founded in 1996 and with the funding for the stadium in place, the timing is perfect. The team is yet to be named and will be influenced by a naming competition by the passionate fans of Philadelphia’s newest professional sports team. Philadelphia Sports Group congratulates everyone who worked tirelessly to bring Major League Soccer to the Philadelphia region! |
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