You've got lots of Hispanics in this market. You've got lots of people playing soccer here who are not Hispanic. It's a market that we think has a very, very high potential for soccer in this country. They've had great success here over the years.

This is more than just a stadium. It will make this region one of the hubs for this great sport.

Houston is a proven soccer market with a passionate, knowledgeable and diverse fan base. With positive discussions for a new, soccer-specific stadium along with talks with potential investors, the market provides the team the opportunity for success both on and off the field.

I never thought we'd get anything like Thursday night, ... I never thought we would sell that many tickets, I never thought we'd get that kind of crowd. Washington is our best market, by far. It's the most authentic, the most passionate.

In order to ensure that the team will have the appropriate time to prepare for the 2006 season,

In the immediate and long-term future, today's news will prove to be a historical turning point for the sport. These recent developments further solidify soccer's standing and value as a major television property in the United States with even greater future potential.

It's very important to note that this is a league that's young, that continues to evolve and we make decisions that we think are in the best long-term interest of the league, ... We have added two new owners into this league both who are going to be in great markets and who at one point are going to be playing in soccer specific stadiums.

Not that our current owners don't, because they certainly do, but he appears to be willing to be much more up front and out front than perhaps our current investors over the last couple of years. I think that's fresh and exciting.

That's something we have not had in the past. I'm very confident that with Willi, Kevin and Tim driving the process, they'll be able to work through the politics of Poplar Point. We're optimistic about a new stadium, more optimistic than ever before.

It's not perfect, but each party is working together in a situation that both wish didn't exist, ... I will always be disappointed that we spent 10 years maintaining that building and giving it some profile and then we're forced to be a secondary tenant. But the situation is what it is, and if we end up in all this with a new stadium, it will have been worth the whole process.