Sure, but the article quoted says that USSF are considering building a facility "like Clairefontaine", and the FFF definitely run Clairefontaine as an academy in and of itself. In fairness, the article also cites Coverciano, which I thought was another national academy but apparently is just the Italian training base, so perhaps I am wrong after all, but the mentioning of Clairefontaine gave me the impression that the USSF had bigger ideas.
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Sure, but the article quoted says that USSF are considering building a facility "like Clairefontaine", and the FFF definitely run Clairefontaine as an academy in and of itself. In fairness, the article also cites Coverciano, which I thought was another national academy but apparently is just the Italian training base, so perhaps I am wrong after all, but the mentioning of Clairefontaine gave me the impression that the USSF had bigger ideas.
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Just read Mount Vernon want to lure NYCFC to Memorial Field.
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/loc...emorial-field-plan-mount-vernon-ny/101304672/
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/loc...emorial-field-plan-mount-vernon-ny/101304672/
15,000 seats? Way too small. Need at least 10k more to be viable. Not to mention the pushback of locating in Westchester.
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Im not from westchester, do you know what 2 Subway lines go thereor are nearby?
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Can anyone from westchester or mount vernon put some input into this? How far is this from subway stations?
The club would be insane to move outside the boroughs. Subways or not, they would lose a considerable amount of support because the team's identity is centered around being a NYC team located in the boroughs.
Remove that, and NYCFC is nothing more than another RBNY with a different badge.
Remove that, and NYCFC is nothing more than another RBNY with a different badge.
I am in Bronxville, which borders Mt. Vernon to the north. Let me look more closely. There are no subway stops in Mt. Vernon, but 3 Metro North stops. Mt. Vernon borders the Bronx, so depending on location, subway might work too.
Half hour walk to the 5 is the closest. I can't take the proposal seriously. Not because the team won't move to Mt. Vernon - the mayor of that city has a right to try and good for him on that account. But they have to know that 15k is absolutely inadequate. I say the mayor wants to do this for completely unrelated reasons and NYCFC is a convenient talking point.
I am glad someone is starting to try an "lure" us, maybe it gets the competition rolling, but like spock said, fuck no. A stadium in mt. vernon and I am done.
But on a brighter note, my brother has a house in pelham on the mt. vernon border that's a 10 min bike ride / 25 min walk from there. And yet I still say fuck no.
Yes, this. Thats why i put quotes on lure. He's just drumming up a conversation on this crumbling field. nothing more.
That part of Mt. Vernon isn't very close to the MTA stations or the subway stations. It's over by Pelham. It's an 18 minute walk from the Pelham Metro North stop and a 30 minute walk from the Eastchester/Dyre Ave subway stop.
It's nice to be wanted, but I don't see this as a real solution.
Also, I think this site was mentioned earlier. I remembered that when I read that this is where the Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial was filmed.
It's nice to be wanted, but I don't see this as a real solution.
Also, I think this site was mentioned earlier. I remembered that when I read that this is where the Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial was filmed.
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I was asking since that green info graphic in the article says 2 subways stop. I think that site woulf be great if soccer was more popular a second division team could end up there, and fight for promotion.
Maybe USL team can play there instead
Was just going to post this. Westchester City FC (USL) works. It's between the current stadium and the training grounds too.
Fair enough. The Green Graphic is BS. There are places in Mt. Vernon that are close to subway lines, but that's not one of them.
Maybe a stadium for the Cosmos? Right size, for sure.
I read the article. They think 15k is enough because Barclays has 18k. They don't have a clue.
Everyone stop talking about the Mount Vernon site. It's fake news for NYCFC.
There are worse places for a training ground or USL squad.
It's a relatively famous location here in Westchester.
I am OK moving to something that borders the Bronx. I've been a proponent of working with Yonkers to build it on the Yonkers/Bronx border.
It's a relatively famous location here in Westchester.
I am OK moving to something that borders the Bronx. I've been a proponent of working with Yonkers to build it on the Yonkers/Bronx border.
