Deletion of USL East Bay

Comment: Professional soccer clubs, even future ones, are clearly notable, the article is in no way promotional, and even if it were, |AFD is not cleanup
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:AFDISNOTCLEANUP)

Comment: I don't see how this is promotional at all, the stub seems pretty factual to me. The franchise rights have been acquired and people have been hired per https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/905539, so it's not speculative, and most importantly it passes  per https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/76140/investor-is-gung-ho-on-northern-californias-east.html http://www.sfexaminer.com/mark-hall-focused-bringing-usl-soccer-concord/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/29/another-east-bay-pro-sports-team-wanted-to-develop-oakland-coliseum-project/. (There's also an "oppose" !vote on the talk page
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: extending , the team doesn't have a name. Soccer America is behind a paywall (or registration wall at the very least) so I can't read the content, but that's the only source that helps the subject meet GNG. USL Soccer is not independent of the subject. The others are brief discussions of the team and focus more on other topics (Mark Hall and the stadium
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:TenPoundHammer's Law (:WP:HAMMER)