Quasi News Wrap-Up

If you haven’t had the chance yet, please check out the latest press release from The Offside Rules announcing the Chicago goal post during Saturday’s San Jose game the first official Man of the Match for the 2008 season. Its an absolutely brilliant piece of writing so just go read it.

The big news of the day is part “I don’t know what” of the “I don’t know how many parts” deal to secure a stadium in San Jose just got a little bit closer to completion. The Merc reports the city and the Quakes ownership group accepted a $132 million agreement to purchase the land left behind by defense contractors FMC. Lew Wolff and Co. want to use that land to add retail stores, hotels, and (ding! ding! ding!) a soccer specific stadium for the Earthquakes. The city council still needs to approve the terms next month and I fully expect to hear a call to arms from supporters groups to attend that council meeting. So stay tuned South Bay-ers. Your services will be required soon enough.

While this is great news for Earthquakes fans, what is still up in the air is Wolff’s plan to rezone an area he owns, called Edenvale, from commercial to residential. The rezoning will allow him to build and sell new homes, with the profits paying for the construction of the stadium. According to the article, Wolff has received no guarantees the city will approve the rezoning and the decision won’t be made for at least another year. So yeah, yay on getting the FMC land but this in no way means the stadium is in the bag.

And one last thing before I go completely mental, track down my missing Accountant, and f*cking beat her with a stick (I keed people, I keed), Soccer Spin has a nice encompassing post on our new rumored playmaker-signing: Antonio Naelson Matias. But I’m refusing to allow myself to get worked up over it since I understand the transfer window closes today and I haven’t’ heard much on the topic since the announcement was made during Saturday’s game.

Hmmmm, what do you guys think about me adding a regular “Good Gnews with Gary Gnu” weekly news wrap-up post?

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