I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate this

Edmond won’t get MLS team
2004-06-11
By Francsico Ojeda
The Oklahoman
(used without permission under the fair use doctrine . . . so sue me)

A Major League Soccer expansion franchise won’t come to Oklahoma in 2005.
And it could be a long wait before one might be considered.

The two-year process of attracting a pro soccer franchise to Edmond has come to a standstill. MLS will award expansion franchises to two cities for the 2005 season — neither will be located in Edmond.

Said Mark Abbott, the MLS chief operating officer, “It’s fair to say that it is not a possibility anymore. An ownership group has not resulted, and there are too many things that did not pull together in time."