USL East Bay

USL East Bay is an upcoming American professional soccer team based in East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] Founded in 2017, the team plans to make its debut in the USL Championship in 2021.[2]

USL East Bay
Temporary East Bay logo
Full nameUSL East Bay
FoundedOctober 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)
StadiumEast Bay Stadium
Capacity15,000 (proposed)
OwnerMark Hall
LeagueUSL Championship

Stadium

Owner Mark Hall has stated in the past he wanted the club to play in Concord instead of Oakland.[3] The club intends to pursue the development of a 15,000+ seat soccer-specific stadium complex to house the new club.[4] In May 2020, Mark Hall halted plans for the Concord Stadium due to economic downturn and partly because the city wanted only a 5,000-6,000 seated modular stadium.[5]

References
  1. "Mark Hall focused on bringing USL soccer to Concord". The San Francisco Examiner. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. "Local Developer Mark Hall Acquires Rights to USL Franchise for Oakland-East Bay Region of Northern California". Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  3. "Mark Hall focused on bringing USL soccer to Concord". July 24, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  4. "Developer pitches pro soccer stadium, hotel complex for Concord". Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  5. "USL East Bay Concord stadium project dropped by owner Mark Hall". Retrieved August 7, 2020.


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