As expected, the Exhibition Place board approved MLSE's proposal to expand the north end of BMO
Field by 1200 or so seats. The plan will now proceed to Toronto City Council in the New Year for a
final checkmark which will probably be met with little resistance. A short while ago this would
have been joyous news for TFC fans.
The off season is fully under way and it's time for Mo Johnston to start eyeing up players for the
2010 version of TFC. It's not as easy as watching Scottish First Division highlights on YouTube and
pointing or taking an annual vacation... I mean scouting trip, to Brazil. No, Mo has to sell BMO
Field to potential players - but not to fear, the wily Scot has a few tricks up his sleeve.
That's not to say it can't happen, I'm just going to bet the farm it won't.
First, on the Canadian Football League. It has come a long way in the past ten years or so,
emerging from a relative dark age of bankruptcy and ill-advised American expansion. It is our most
important all-Canadian professional league, making the Grey Cup among the most important domestic
trophies in Canadian sport, and it will be here for years to come.
----------------------------Why is this man smiling?
The Argos-to-BMO Field story is truly becoming an annoyance. Just when fans of either TFC or indeed
the Argos think they know which way the wind is blowing, something shifts. Everyday that goes by
seems to generate a new rumour and a resolution seems distant.
The fears of many Toronto FC supporters were eased today as reports then confirmation arrived
announcing that the Toronto Argonauts can and will not move to BMO Field in 2010. What started out
as loud whispers from the CFL Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas was later confirmed by the
Argos themselves.
There are reports that TFC's midfielder Amado Guevara has signed for two years with Motagua in
Honduras.
Ben Rycroft has the details here at Metro.
I was a big fan of Guevara's skill, guts and guile. He had ball skills galore, was always willing
to drive forward with the ball in search of holes in the defense.
