Confirming rumors that have been circulating in the New York/Jersey area for years, New York Mets vice president David Howard revealed that the Mets are interested in buying an MLS franchise in New York. Howard also stated that a Mets-owned MLS team would have its own stadium, and would not share the Mets new Citi Field. MLS Vice President of Communications Dan Courtemanche told Bloomberg that a Mets-owned New York franchise could be one of the league's expansion teams in 2011. Source: Second MLS team in New York?