Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boston Victory S.C.


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The result was redirect to List of USL League Two franchises. Mojo Hand (talk) 16:50, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Boston Victory S.C.

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A WP:BEFORE search of archival newspapers from 2012 brought up only two hits total: a mere mention in a Boston Globe story about a local university's soccer team saying another team had played them in an exhibition, and brief coverage from Ottawa since the Ottawa PDL team played them in a game once. A web search brings up more mentions, but nothing reliable from non-blog sources. Fails WP:GNG, there's probably an ATD available somewhere though. SportingFlyer  T · C  22:38, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer  T · C  22:38, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to 2012 PDL season or another appropriate target, as an WP:ATD. The team don't pass WP:GNG, but redirect is preferable to delete, and the season article gives relevant information about them (that they're a new team, and their league result). Joseph2302 (talk) 08:21, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Where did you Before, User:SportingFlyer. I'm finding more than that in Proquest, including a more extensive piece (not a mere mention) in the Boston Globe that still online - http://archive.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2012/07/05/quincy_soccer_club_creates_an_outlet_for_high_skill_players/ Nfitz (talk) 14:51, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Newspapers.com (which has the Globe) and two web searches. SportingFlyer  T · C  15:37, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 15:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to List of USL League Two franchises. No evidence of independent notability. GiantSnowman 15:35, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep passes GNG.--Ortizesp (talk) 23:22, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect: Never played in the U.S. Open Cup and fails WP:GNG. Redirect to List of USL League Two franchises. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 17:25, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Seemplez 11:41, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to USL League article per comments above. It helps that Nfitz is a user who's finding a bit more about the coverage of this group, but that's not enough to save it. Granted, not making it to the cup doesn't automatically make a topic not notable (see WP:DIDNOTWIN), but it doesn't help that Boston Victory are an amateur team and most of the press generally don't care about anything amateur. 👨x🐱 (talk) 16:40, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


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