As Major League Soccer’s expansion plans officially sink in, leading contender Sacramento Republic FC were preparing to meet another contender on April 27, Phoenix Rising FC.
But Phoenix Rising FC, at best, is the third contender in line. Sandwiched in between Phoenix and Sacramento is an MLS expansion contender that really is a phoenix bird rising from the ashes.
MLS expansion: Sacramento and St Louis favorites to become next franchises https://t.co/jVpwHKK4k2 pic.twitter.com/bDklbEicoG
— SN Canada Soccer (@SN_CA_Soccer) April 25, 2019
It’s St. Louis. That’s the area that a couple of years ago that staged a confusing battery of pro-MLS-expansion votes.