The bid will be presented early next month to the Major League Soccer expansion committee. : Dan Gilbert's proposal to build a new soccer stadium downtown must take into local voices that feel ownership of his project. Wochit New renderings of how Ford Field would look if Detroit gets a Major League Soccer expansion team. (Photo: Detroit Pistons Public Relations) Detroit's bid to land an MLS franchise has been chosen — along with bids from three other cities — for presentation to the league's expansion committee Dec. 6 in New York.