- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was keep per WP:SNOW. By the way, I went to see the New England Revolution beat the Chicago Fire to win the Eastern Conference championship on Thursday night. Yes, MLS teams are notable. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 02:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Uncited, fails WP:NOT#CRYSTAL and WP:SOAPBOX ViperSnake151 03:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - MLS has announced that Seattle is the ___location of the next expansion franchise, possibly playing in the 2009 season. I'll add a citation to the article. --D. Monack | talk 03:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - The article will grow as the talk about the expansion grows. There isn't much to talk about yet but it is just a start for the article. Gordomono 04:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep: Officially announced. One reliable source present, which seems appropriate for the little context currently in the article. - Rjd0060 04:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep at this point, it is almost certain to happen... thus not CrystalBalloonman 05:33, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep\Expand even if it fails to be included in the expansion, an expanded article on the history of this bid for the expansion would be a notable article. Macktheknifeau 05:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Reasons for deletion don't seem to apply at present. Maxamegalon2000 07:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Barring the utter collapse of MLS, this looks as certain as anything can be. Speculation may enter the article but only if sourced. But the article itself is not speculative. --Dhartung | Talk 08:52, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Plenty of sources have confirmed Seattle getting a MLS franchise in 2009 Soccernet, [SI, Yahoo, etc. Patken4 13:11, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep — The Seattle Sounders are a notable franchise in the USL First Division, and so is this announcement. — RJH (talk) 16:33, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep, the afd was added before the article got it's legs. No brainer, keep. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oh Snap (talk • contribs) 17:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep plenty of citations can be added to support this article. Gateman1997 19:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Yeah, no brainer. It'll only get bigger and better from here. --Siradia 20:11, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.