Mexican Federation backs San Antonio bid for MLS

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The Scorpions can count one of the most powerful figures in North American soccer among their supporters for a Major League Soccer expansion berth.

The Express-News has obtained a letter written by Mexican Football Federation president Justino Compeán, who oversees Mexico’s massively popular national team, to MLS commissioner Don Garber that strongly endorses the Scorpions for inclusion in the top flight of U.S./Canadian professional soccer.

Copies of the letter were sent to Scorpions owner Gordon Hartman and members of the San Antonio city council.

“The city has the infrastructure, resources and diversity that makes San Antonio the ideal place for MLS expansion,” Compeán wrote. “I am very pleased that these local leaders have initiated the effort to bring professional soccer to San Antonio and I look forward to having them as my partner.”

MLS intends to expand to 24 teams by 2020, with 20 set to play this season and Miami, Atlanta and a reconstituted second franchise in Los Angeles accounting for three other slots. The slate of candidates for the remaining berth continues to shift, but San Antonio, Minneapolis and, more recently, Sacramento have consistently been cited as possibilities.

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