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ORLANDO, Fla. jerseys from china . -- County commissioners on Tuesday approved $20 million in tourism taxes to be used toward the funding of an $84 million downtown Orlando Major League Soccer stadium, clearing the last hurdle for the city to be the home of the leagues next expansion franchise. MLS president Mark Abbott said in a statement after the vote that the league looks forward to working with the Orlando ownership group to finalize the agreement to bring a franchise to the central Florida city. The commissions vote was 5-2 Tuesday night. It came after a six-hour meeting that included comments from more than 100 members of the community speaking mostly in support. Earlier this month, city officials voted unanimously on the same funding plan to help the minor league USL Pro League Orlando City Soccer Club build the 18,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium. The team will contribute the rest of the funding for construction. Following the vote, dozens of purple-clad Orlando City fans in the standing-room only commission chamber erupted in applause and began chanting "We are going MLS! We are going MLS!" Orlando City has been lobbying to become a MLS expansion team for more than three years, but currently plays in the outdated Florida Citrus Bowl. Now that the city and county have approved, Orlando City Soccer owner Phil Rawlins said that an official agreement with MLS could be completed within weeks. Once thats in place, construction would be next with an opening date of 2015 planned. When Rawlins brought the minor team to Orlando in 2010, he predicted it could move up to the MLS within five years. He said his prognostication was less about wishful thinking and more about belief in Orlando as a market. "I felt very strongly at the time that was achievable," Rawlins said. "I think Orlando is a great marketplace for MLS. Its proven that with the support it has in the minor leagues. I know the city is very anxious for a second major sports team and MLS is excited about expansion in the southeast...So I felt confident we could make that happen in that time frame." Among those joining fans and business owners to speak on behalf of MLS coming to Orlando were Orlando Magic co-founders Pat Williams and Jimmy Hewitt. Williams lauded the foresight city officials had when they first brought the idea of NBA expansion to Orlando 25 years ago. "Once again this community is faced with that vision thing once again," Williams told commissioners. Rawlins said once the final paperwork is complete with the league, they hope to make an announcement in about a month. "I think anytime youre building toward a vision and achieving your dreams its always exciting," Rawlins said. Michael kors Black Friday Deals . Alameda Taamu, 22, of Kent, Wash., was driving a sport utility vehicle the wrong way on Pittsburghs South Side at about 2:30 a.m., police said. 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Afflalo, a restricted free agent, signed a five-year deal with the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday and will start practising with the club Wednesday. The Canadian womens hockey team will attempt to reclaim a world title with two mottos in mind. One is "pressure is a privilege" and the other is "skill and sandpaper." The former is borrowed from tennis player Billie Jean King. The latter is the style head coach Dan Church says Canada must play to win the world championship, which starts Saturday in Burlington, Vt. "Its kind of like a master carpenter," Church explained Sunday from Ottawa. "Its a blue collar job, but to build a beautiful house, theres a lot of skill involved as well as hard work." The King slogan relates to the high bar set for the Canadian womens hockey team. Winning the first eight of the 13 womens championships created a high standard for female hockey players in Canada. Losing the last three world finals in a row to the U.S. proves gold is not a given. Whether expectations of the Canadian team are fair or not, veteran forward Hayley Wickenheiser says the team needs to embrace the pressure. "Ive been on the other side of the fence where Ive played softball and the expectations werent there," Wickenheiser said. "Id much rather have this opportunity, where youre expected to win and people want to see that of this team. "Its something that doesnt get put on everybody or every team and it is a privilege. If nobody thought you could win, they wouldnt expect it." Church named his 23-player world championship roster Sunday to conclude a six-day selection camp in Ottawa. Five players, including three-time Olympic gold medallist Cherie Piper, were released. "Cherie is an excellent player, a very skilled player but the players ahead of her just outcompeted her slightly," Church said. "It was the smallest of margins. Its difficult to let a veteran player like that go, who has had an impact in the past. The other players were just slightly better over selection camp." The Canadian team headed to Vermont on Sunday to begin preparations as a team. Theyll face Sweden in a warmup game Thursday in Jay Peak. Canada opens the tournament Saturday against host U.S. at Gutterson Fieldhouse at the University of Vermont. "Everybody is well aware of the fact we havent won the worlds since 2007," Church said. "My job as a coach is to point us in the right direction in terms of our physical and mental preparation, so we can play our best when our best is needed and that should be regardless of the situation or pressure." Defenders Lauriane Rougeau of Beaconsfield, Que., Laura Fortino of Hamilton, and Courtney Birchard of Mississauga, Ont., will make their world championship debuts. Fortino scored the lone goal for Canada in a 1-0 exhibition win over the U.S. on Saturday in Ottawa. Forwards Bailey Bram of Ste. Anne, Man., and Vicki Bendus of Wasaga Beach, Ont., will also play in a world championship for the first time in their careers. The roster includes 13 players from the 2010 Olympic team that defeated the Americans 2-0 for gold in Vancouver. Wickenheiser, from Shaunavon, Sask., will appear in her 11th career world championship. Other forwards from the Olympic squad include forwarrds Meghan Agosta of Ruthven, Ont. wholesale nfl jerseys. , Rebecca Johnston of Sudbury, Ont., Gillian Apps of Unionville, Ont., Montreals Caroline Ouellette, Jayna Hefford of Kingston, Ont., Haley Irwin of Thunder Bay, Ont., and Marie-Philip Poulin of Beauceville, Que. Olympians Meaghan Mikkelson of St. Albert, Alta., Catherine Ward of Montreal and Tessa Bonhomme of Sudbury, Ont., have the experience to counterbalance youth on the blue-line. Edmontons Shannon Szabados, who posted a 24-save shutout Saturday, and Charline Labonte of Boisbriand, Que., are the Olympic veterans in goal. Womens teams are now allowed 23 players, instead of the previous 21, at world championships. Church was able to choose a 13th forward and seventh defenceman to fill certain roles as the mens teams do. "For a 13th forward, you need someone who can be flexible, maybe play the penalty kill, play at centre and also on the wing, someone who can move in and out of the lineup and has the mental ability to handle that role," Church explained. "Its the same with the seventh defenceman -- someone who can play a special-teams role whether thats power play or penalty kill and handle the fact they might not play a lot of minutes." Aside from Piper, the other four players released Sunday were Montreals Emanuelle Blais, Sarah Edney of Mississauga, Ont., Jesse Scanzano of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., and Tara Watchorn of Newcastle, Ont. Hockey Canada is expected to announce next spring the players who will be invited to centralize in Calgary and try out for the 2014 Olympic team. Female head scout Melody Davidson, who coached the women to Olympic gold in 2006 and 2010, will be in Vermont watching Canadas current players with the Olympics in mind. "All three worlds in this quadrennial are going to benefit us," Davidson said. "Well see a lot of people in different situations. I really believe its going to be one of our toughest selections for centralization." The International Ice Hockey Federation drastically altered the format of this years world championship, creating two pools based on rankings. Canada, the U.S., Finland and Russia are in one pool as the top four teams, while Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia and Germany are in the other. The top two teams in Canadas Pool A get byes to the semifinals. The bottom two meet the top two from Pool B in the quarter-finals. Unlike other years, when Canada and the U.S. beat up on lower-ranked teams in the preliminary round, theyll face opposition closer to their level of competition in the round-robin. Canada lost last years final 3-2 in overtime in Zurich. At the Four Nations Cup in November, the Canadians fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Americans in the championship game. "Weve been on the end of some very tough losses, a shootout loss and overtime loss," Wickenheiser said. "Instead of playing for a bounce, it would be nice to dominate a performance and win a game decisively. "Its a different mindset, playing to survive in a game versus playing to dominate and really take over the game. Thats where our collective team game has to get to in mindset and mentality." ' ' '
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