Why are we talking about this? There are already cold weather outdoor franchises and its nbd
The relevance is only if they flip the schedule, they can't/shouldn't. We already have 9 franchises (RSL, COL, Crew, PHL, NY x2, NE, MTL, and TOR) where the hard winter could legitimately. Europe doesn't have to deal with that, the Scandinavian nations, that have climates similar to that of the northern NA cities play the same schedule as the MLS.
Chicago
Hahaha talk about an insignificant afterthought, Chicago
Also s_c I think 'sclams is trolling you a bit but a couple things on New England:
1. Their attendance numbers are fudged, I lived there and went to matches, its bad. It seems most of their attendance is group sales from soccer clubs in the area.
2. They absolutely have to build a soccer only stadium in what is called Metro West in the Boston area. I don't even think Boston proper would work unless they find a place in Brookline. Preferrably the stadium needs to be in Newton, Needham, or Natick, possibly Waltham
They are talking about a soccer only stadium, have been for years but the places they have talked about are terrible; Chelsea, Somerville, Revere
these places have high percentages of immigrants but that can't be their market, Portuguese immigrants will never care about the MLS.
3. Not only is the team an afterthought in the media in Boston but they are used as a punching bag, only mocked. The Boston media is very old and have no time for soccer. Obviously MLS wants and needs to stay in that media market but that market is doing nothing for the Revs or the MLS. They have a Revs section on the Boston Globe's online site but they do a lot of stories directly from the revs website.
The bottom line is that the Krafts need to be forced to sell. Their situation is similar to that of the Wizards but their stadium is nearly an hour from Boston and their media support is even worse than it was for the Wiz. The issue is the Kraft money is the only thing that has kept that thing afloat, but the league needs to find an owner and do it quickly.