K.C. Sale Good News For MLS

For as long as the MLS has been in existence, the one constant aspect of the league has been tenuous state of its franchises. Remeber the Tampa Bay Mutiny, Miami Fusion or perhaps the San Jose Earthquakes? You won't find any of those in the standings any more. Over the past decade, it has seemed that if you blink, you will surely miss the death of one franchise and the creation of another. Thankfully, it appears that the Kansas City Wizards will not be added to that list.

Owner Lamar Hunt finally found a buyer for his Wizards, two Kansas City business men that should give the franchise immediate stability and significantly raise the chances of the Wizards remaining in their current home city. What's more, the new owners are avidly set upon breaking ground on a new soccer-specific stadium. Although the funding has not materialized as of yet, Coach Brian Bliss alluded to the possibility of building the new facility in Johnson County where the Wizards are rather popular.

Kansas City currently calls the mamoth Arrowhead Stadium home. Though Arrowhead is notoriously known as the loudest stadium in the NFL, it rarely fills up beyond 10,000 people for MLS games, making the soccer experience quiet and uninspiring for home fans. A new stadium would surely ignite support of this solid Wizards club that has managed to stay in contention in the competitive Eastern Conference despite the constant distraction that was the ownership dilemma and blatant lack of a home field advantage.

With the Wizards problem out of the way, it appears that MLS may have turned over a new leaf, maintaing existing franchises rather than having to abandon them for new teams in greener pastures. Change is good, but consistency in a league's teams is vital.