MLS exclude San Antonio's bid

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Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber issued a statement announcing that the body no longer considers the San Antonio as a candidate for MLS team in 2006.

The statement follows San Antonio’s City Council recent changes in the draft agreements for the final lease on the Alamodome arena. The draft was about to reflect the business terms of the Memorandum of Understanding that was already signed and approved by the City Council on April. According to the MLS, in such terms as were now presented by the City Council, it would be impossible for any sports team to succeed in the city.

Garber’s statement said: "After review of these drafts, and given the fact that the terms of the previously negotiated agreement are no longer being honored, MLS and its owners will no longer consider San Antonio as a candidate for an MLS team in 2006. The League will instead concentrate on the list of other cities in the running for upcoming rounds of expansion including: Toronto, Houston, Seattle, St. Louis, Rochester, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia. While MLS will not rule out future opportunities that may emerge in San Antonio, the League will focus on this list of expansion cities moving forward."