That would make sense. Weird though as the open cup isn't mentioned on the homepage yet.

I was trying to pull up a lower division team list from 10 years ago. I consider ourselves lucky that we even have a team. Looks like the mid-west has struggled the most with Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Indiana all being gone now.

Rochester Raging Rhinos
Montreal Impact
Toronto Lynx
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Charleston Battery
Richmond Kickers
Atlanta Silverbacks
Charlotte Eagles
Hampton Roads Mariners
Milwaukee Rampage
Minnesota Thunder
Cincinnati Riverhawks
Indiana Blast
Seattle Sounders
Portland Timbers
El Paso Patriots
Vancouver Whitecaps
Calgary Storm

So Pam Wolf doesn't think the Vikings should have the MLS clause in the bill. But also thinks that it would be great if Minnesota had their own pro soccer league that was played in the new stadium. Haven't been listening to the debate but thats what I got out of the posts on the messageboard over at KFAN.

Who the [censored] is going to come up with the money then? This incentive is I think quite fair to both the Wilfs and State.

I used to live in Pam Wolf's district. She is not smart.

http://www.senate.mn/media/flashvideo.php

Senator Warren Limmer (R) from Maple Grove is also now trying to kill the Vikings ability to have the 5 year exclusive right for a MLS team.

Maple Grove reps and senators have been the main group trying to kill the Vikings stadium bill.

http://maplegrove.patch.com/articles/map...gs-stadium-bill

Yes, she's the one who was totally clueless about the Stars even though she is from Blaine and stated that perhaps the owner of the "semi-pro" team in Blaine would be interested in bringing MLS here.

Link as they are talking about MLS portion now.

http://www.startribune.com/video/134611338.html

She is a hell of a lot smarter than the clod who used to represent that area!

Would someone tell Sen. Baak to shut up. He is really pissing people off by making this a partisan issue. #WhatDoesDFLReallyStandFor

PS to Sen. Baak: Justice Page is an asshole!

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