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It’s time for YOU to get in the game. Your help is needed. Desperately. Think of it as a shootout, and you're kicking for the home side.
Team Terry has been working almost nonstop for the past few weeks, securing all the documents necessary for Baltimore to be included in the US bid to host a future World Cup. It’s a labor intensive process, involving numerous partners in the public and private sectors, particularly the educational institutions whose facilities would host practice sessions for participating teams.
Maryland is actually blessed with two chances at World Cup glory, since the Washington, DC bid features FedEx field for matches and several Maryland facilities for practice sites. However, the bulk of their bid is being prepared by a DC sports commission.
We’ve heard via the grapevine that Baltimore put together a very strong bid and is near the top in technical merit. However, when the US Bid team makes their decision THIS WEEKEND on the 18 sites they are selecting, they will factor in local support. This is measured by the number of people who sign the online petition that has been circulating for several months. Here, we are in a bad place. Perhaps the urgency of this poll has not been emphasized enough. Another factor is that votes from Maryland are actually divided by zip code with those from Washington suburban areas being credited to their bid.
No matter what the reason, the point is clear — we MUST GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE BALTIMORE SUBURBAN AREA TO SIGN THE PETITION!
Terry has been on the radio and TV, talking about this simple effort by our fans that can make all the difference in the world. Tom Noonan of Visit Baltimore sent an e-mail blast to his massive data base and nearly doubled our numbers in a day. (Yea, Tom! Way to kick!!)
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