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EXPLAINS WHY SACRAMENTO IS STILL IN THE MLS RUNNING. >> WE HAVE A FERVENT SOCCER BASE . WE HAVE A GUYS -- WE HAVE A GROUP OF GUYS PLAYING SOCCER HERE AND IT IS 100 DEGREES. MICHELLE: AS SACRAMENTO’S SOCCER FEVER HEATS UP, THE CITY CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR ITS MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SHOT. >> IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE SACRAMENTO HAS BEEN AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS AND TWO OR THREE OTHER CITIES GET NAMED. MICHELLE: MULTIPLE REPORTS SAY THAT THE MLS WILL AWARD AN EXPANSION FRANCHISE TO ST. LOUIS, BECOMING THE LEAGUE’S 28TH TEAM. >> THE ST. LOUIS NEWS ISN’T NEWS TO US. THEY HAVE KIND OF BEEN IN LOCKSTEP WITH US. MICHELLE: THAT LEAVES JUST TWO MORE EXPANSION SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR SACRAMENTO WITH AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN OTHER CITIES INTERESTED IN JOINING THE LEAGUE. >> THIS IS ABOUT THREE OPEN SPOTS AND WE HAVE OUR EYES TOWARDS ONE OF THOSE SPOTS. >> AND MOST PEOPLE’S MINDS WHO ARE FOLLOWING THIS IT WILL BE ST. LOUIS, CHARLOTTE, AND SACRAMENTO, NOT IN THAT ORDER. MICHELLE: THE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE DAILY BETWEEN THE MLS AND THE REPUBLIC FC. >> I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I WOULDN’T TRADE PLACES WITH ANYONE ELSE, NO CHANCE, NO WAY, WE ARE IN A GREAT SPOT AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING GOOD NEWS SOON. MICHELLE: A CONFIDENT OWNERSHIP GROUP AIMING TO NOT BE PASSED OVER AGAIN. >> SO WHY WOULD RICH GUYS LI BURKLE, KEVIN NAGLE, WHO’S BEEN DOING EVERYTHING, WHY WOULD THEY WASTE TIME AND MONEY WEREN’T CONFIDENT IN GETTING DONE, IF THEY ARE LITERALLY MONEY AND TIME MOUTH IS WHO AM I AND ANYONE ELSE TO DOUBT THAT? I UNDERSTAND THE IMPATIENCE BUT I AM CONFIDENT BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY CONFIDENT. MICHELLE: AND WHILE THE ST. LOUIS EXPANSION NEWS COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO THE SACRAMENTO OWNERSHIP GROUP, THE REPUBLIC FC REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND, AND THAT’S COLORADO SPRINGS ON SATURDAY. >> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THOSE GUYS. THEY DO WHAT THEY DO BEST AND I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT I DO BEST. MICHELLE: A CLUB IN THE MIDST OF A PLAYOFF HUNT, AND A CITY STAYING THE COURSE. >> WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING OUR THING ON THE FIELD AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING HARD TO GET THIS GET OVER L