Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber is in Portland this morning to announce the 18th franchise in MLS and Portland has been selected as the lucky city.
Just a day after Seattle made an amazing debut in MLS, Portland will join Vancouver as one of the two cities chosen to be awarded teams set to begin play in 2011.
The decision puts an end to a lengthy expansion process that saw several markets in the United States and Canada make pitches to join MLS. St. Louis and Ottawa ended up as the runner-ups in a race that has resulted in the creation of a cluster of teams in the Pacfic Northwest that should provide MLS with some amazing rivalries.
The announcement of Portland as Major League Soccer newest franchise will take place at 1pm. You can follow the ceremony on the MLS website.
What do you think of Portland being chosen? Wish it had been St. Louis? Loving the Portland-Seattle-Vancouver inclusion in MLS? Ready to start planning some trips to the Pacific Northwest?
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