Some more news from the PDL on the fate of the Springfield Storm.
TAMPA, FL – It was announced today that the new Los Angeles PDL franchise based in Glendora will retain the original nickname Storm.
Ownership, in part, of the Springfield Storm was acquired by the Glendora FC youth club during the offseason with previous co-owner Chris Hanlon retaining his stake in the team. The team was relocated to the Northeast region of the Los Angeles with Chris Hanlon joining the Glendora FC staff.
The Glendora FC youth club, headed by Josh Hodges, is a member of the Coast Soccer League, which recently joined the USL Super Y-League and will serve as the Pacific Southern California Division.
When I look at the USL/PDL environment, with the defending champion Des Moines Menace as an excellent regional example, adding a PDL team as part of a larger youth soccer community offers an additional path and opportunity for the players within the soccer club as well as a built-in marketing arm. Thus the opportunity looks like a good one. Congratulation to Coach Hanlon and his partners. I hear the weather is pretty nice in that part of the country Chris 
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So true regarding the opportunity the PDL team will provide Glendora. The biggest shame is we had it here for our youth and let it slip away. I know Chris and others tried hard to generate interest to keep the team here all the way untill the final purchase went through. With luck, perhaps we will get another opportunity in the future and will be educated on the benefits enough to realize what we have.
Luckily Total Soccer is keeping Chris through this season and look forward to the benefits of his coaching. Obviously Glendora realizes his potential as a coach. We will miss the PDL in Springfield and only hope we can keep Chris as a Springfield resident who travels to CA for the PDL season.
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