The idea is to get more of the passionate fans, the people who are really involved with soccer, whether it's because their kids play or because they're just expats in the United States who are dying for a team they can really get behind. The Union - it's MLS, it's a good product, it's a nice stadium, but there's not much to do in Chester besides the game and the [Harrah's] casino and racetrack.

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[Talen Energy Stadium] is a great stadium itself, as a stadium. But the location's horrendous. People go there, you look at Union games, people are going there, it's people from the Main Line. They bring their kids. It's like a curiosity thing. It's not passionate fans that are living and dying like with the Eagles.

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You go across the river, because look at the demographics at Rowan [and] the demographics of that soccer base. There are what, 40,000 kids around Washington Township, in that system? You've got a built-in audience right there. I think it's ideal.

If you're within half an hour of an international airport, you're always okay. Granted, it's not inside Philadelphia, but it's a good location. It's really about 22 minutes from the airport. I did it during the day, a few weeks back. I drove over there. It's very close.

It's a beautiful backdrop. You look at everything there, they've got 700 acres there. There's so much development that can go on. And the university campus, it will be beautiful.

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I think it [Rowan] will be a better location [than Chester] because there will be more around it. You look at all the development they've done at Rowan already in the town, in Glassboro. It's a nice little college town. You go spend a day there. If you're taking the kids, or you're on that side, it's a good population on the New Jersey side of things.

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It's not far from Philly. You go from Lincoln Financial Field to Rowan, how far is that? 15 minutes?

I'm not saying we're married to Rowan. Public transportation is difficult, I agree with that. So you don't totally rule out an urban scenario. But an urban scenario, you've got to have something that's year-round.

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Philadelphia is an area amongst a few other cities that really looks like it could be a perfect fit for the NASL. Inside the city limits would probably not be the best solution, unless there was a great stadium solution that just popped up. I think something just outside the city, more suburban, with all the local youth soccer, would be key.

And it's a big enough market to have two teams. I don't think we take away any Union fans. I don't think the Union's attendance goes down, even if we're wildly successful. I think there's room for both. I think it just grows the sport. I think it would probably help the Union.

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The minority community in the U.S. is growing. You look at the Spanish [speaking] community, you look at any of the foreign communities. They care about soccer. They support the other teams, but I think the idea is you really target them and speak to them.

You look at the interest in downtown Philly - go to Fado or Cavanaugh's or any of them on a Saturday morning in the fall, look at the Premier League, look at all the expats there, everybody's got a jersey on. It's a silent community, because most of them are professionals. They're not out going crazy in the streets and tearing things down. They're people that are here, they're educated, but they're extremely passionate about their teams.

Look how many people are, I'm sure, going to be out watching the [UEFA] Champions League final. So it's become a bigger and bigger global game. Now, the Union, I've got a lot of problems with the Union and the ways they do their things. So it's hard to say how great the Union is. But I think MLS and soccer, it's moving forward, and I think it's representative of the growing Hispanic expat community, minority community. It's just going to get bigger. It's not getting smaller.

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