If The Mets Bought An MLS Franchise, Would Anyone Notice?

Major League Soccer is still around? Apparently it is, as the New York Times reported today that the Mets have been in talks with several groups of investors to possibly obtaining the rights to an MLS team.

By far the best line from the story: "Putting a team in New York, particularly in Queens, which has a large number of immigrants, would give M.L.S. a crosstown rivalry similar to the one it has near Los Angeles, where the Galaxy and Chivas USA share the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif."

Wow, nothing screams rivalry like a soccer team nobody cares about in Queens playing a soccer team named after a soft drink playing in New Jersey.

Artists rendering of the future New York Mets Soccer Team.