[nas] Frisco and the future of US soccer

Combining a few things, I have a question.

1)  From Dustin's inteview with Andy on 3rd Degree 
(details, see below), "The stadium, from early 
designs, will be a first-class facility that will have 
really no equal in the US, in terms of the facility, 
the complex, where it's located in relation to things 
that surround it in the community. And for that, it's 
really very exciting. It's not an exaggeration to say 
that it'll be the first of its kind in the US, in the 
synergy that'll be created between youth soccer and 
the professional team."

2) Nike, the USSF and Bradenton just expanded the U-17 
internship program in Florida from 30 to 40 kids.

Question - with the new stadium having such a unique 
relationship with lots of fields, etc., any chance it 
could be the site of a Second Bradenton?

I wonder if Atletica (probably not) or Puma (a little 
more likely, but still unlikely) or one of the bigger 
soccer manufacturers (adidas?) might not try to get in 
on this US soccer development thing....

So asks Drum'r Boy
http://flashpages.prodigy.net/klindstr/home.html


Details on Dustin's interview with Andy - Dustin 
Christmann, founder and former president of The 
Inferno, interviewed outgoing Burn GM Andy Swift for 
3rd Degree <<http://www.3rddegree.net/index.htm>>.  
The $65 million Frisco stadium complex is financed 
mostly through money from the Frisco city and school 
district organizations and will have a series of 
fields in addition to the pro stadium, and is 
currently scheduled to be the site of MLS Spring 
Training for seasons 2005-2007.


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