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WEBVTT T WHETHER THEY'RE IN OROUSPECULATION SWIRLED AT THE SPEEDOF GOAL KICKS TODAY AS MAJORLEAGUE SOCCER'S BOARD OFGOVERNORS MET IN NEW YORK.TODAY, SOCCER ENTHUISIAST KEVINWALLACE HAS BEEN LISTENING TOONE OF HIS FAVORITES CALLEDANXIOUS AND WORRYING BY THE PUNKGROUP DEFIANCE, OHIO.HERE IS HOW HE READ THE WAYPOST-PRESENTATION WENT A WEEKAGO IN THE BIG APPLE.JEFF BERDING, CONFIDENT.SACRAMENTO, NOT SO MUCH.>> THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEYHAD HOMEWORK THEY HAD TO DO.BERDING CAME OUT AND SAID HE WASREADY FOR A DRINK.HE WAS IN HIGH SPIRITS.IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BODYLANGUAGE, CINCINNATI LOOKEDPRETTY GOOD.SACRAMENTO LOOKED A LOT WEAKERTHAN ANYBODY WOULD HAVEEXPECTED.MOST PEOPLE HAVE THEM TIPPED TOBE THE FRONTRUNNER.JOHN: IN THEORY, THE EXPANSIONCOMMITTEE PROVIDES ITSRECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OFGOVERNORS, ALSO KNOWN AS TEAMOWNERS.WE'RE TOLD IT'S LIKELY THE BOARDWOULD RUBBER STAMP THESELECTIONS.MLS WOULD HOLD ANNOUNCEMENTEVENTS IN THE CITIES SELECTEDFOR EXPANSION.>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HEARANYTHING TODAY.JOHN: FC CINCINNATI PRESIDENTAND GENERAL MANAGER JEFFBERDING, ON THE VERY THING HLEAST LIKES TO DO, PUTTING CARTBEFORE HORSE.>> IF WE'RE SELECTED, WHEN WILLWE KNOW?WHERE WILL WE BE TOLD?WILL IT BE ON THE PHONE?WILL WE COME TO NEW YORK?WE HAVEN'T ASKED ANY OF THOSEQUESTIONS.WE'VE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARDTO BE CHOSEN.I WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT I CANCONTROL AND I CAN'T CONTROWHAT IS GOING ON IN THE ROOM.I REST EASY KNOWING THAT WECHECKED EVERY BOX.JOHN: KEVIN WALLACE CONTINUES TOWORK HIS DAY JOB, MINE TWITTERAND PONDER THAT SONG WHICH HAS ALYRIC THAT GOES "AND I SURE HOPEWE ARE NOT JUST SPINNING OURWHEELS."THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGEXPECTS TO WRAP UP ABOUT AN HOURFROM NOW.ALONG WITH CINCINNATI,

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No sweat from FC Cincinnati president Jeff Berding on Thursday. As the MLS Board of Governors met to discuss expansion for two cities, Berding was conducting normal business. He got the 2018 budget approved, was on the phone with coaches, did performance staff reviews and shared this nugget late this afternoon. "We are working on a big player signing," stated Berding. "We are maybe looking to get our supporters back together before Christmas regardless of an MLS outcome because I know our supporters enjoy being with one another." Kevin Wallace is among them. He's all about soccer and while managing the American Sign Museum Thursday, he also tracked his team's expansion chances. Wallace was listening to one of his favorite songs called "Anxious and Worrying" by the punk group Defiance, Ohio. Here is how he read the way post-presentation went a week ago in the Big Apple: Jeff Berding, confident. Sacramento? Not so much. "See it in their body language. They talked about how they had homework they had to do. Berding came out and said he was ready for a drink. He was in high spirits. So, I feel looking at the body language and how things went Cincinnati looked pretty good. Sacramento looked a lot weaker than anybody would have expected. Most people have them tipped to be the front-runner," Wallace said. The expansion committee provided its recommendations to the Board of Governors on Thursday. We're told it's likely the board would rubber stamp the selections and that MLS would hold announcement events in the cities selected for expansion. In a statement late today, Dan Cortamanche said the Board of Governors "had a productive discussion." He did not indicate when a decision would be announced. "League officials and the MLS expansion committee will continue to work with the four finalists and plan to have more details shortly." Berding has been careful to put no cart before the horse. "If we're selected, when will we know? Where will we be told? Will it be on the phone? Will we come to New York? We haven't asked any of those questions. We've put our best foot forward to be chosen...I worry about things that I can control and I can't control what's going on in the room and again I rest easy knowing that we checked every box." Wallace continues to work his day job, mine Twitter and ponder that song which has a lyric that goes "... and I sure hope we aren't just spinning our wheels."