Match Fit USA 06 November @ 01:59 PM EST
This post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. Or not. It was supposed to be, but apparently I failed.
Maybe the Crew really should be moved... Another playoff run, another Columbus disappointment,
and...
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Match Fit USA 08 September @ 09:55 AM EST
The LA Galaxy still have six league games remaining in the 2009 MLS regular season, appear to be
headed for the playoffs, and could still overtake Houston for the Supporters Shield; simply put,
David...
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MLS Rumors 08 August @ 11:20 AM EST
Courtesy of Sportsnet Canada:
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber was on hand Friday night to watch Toronto FC and Real
Madrid in Toronto, where he confirmed Montreal would not receive an expansion team in 2011.
Reports surfaced this week that Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo was in discussion with Garber
over joining the league as soon as 2011, but Garber was quick to dispel that idea at half-time on
Friday night.
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Montreal's eventually entry into MLS may be a forgone conclusion, but it won't be happening in
2011. Don Garber, in Toronto tonight for TFC's friendly with Real Madrid, confirmed that fact to
the...
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MLS Rumors 24 July @ 05:47 AM EST
This field of dreams is likely to remain just that.
If you are St Louis area soccer fan you better be prepared to either wait for a USL team or root
for your current WPS team St Louis Athletica. In an interview with Brian Roth of the Kansas City
Wizards finally says what has been whispered (and rumored here on MLSR for a long time) that St
Louis's MLS bid is most likely dead.
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Joey Saputo has told the Vancouver Sun that Montreal entering the league will be on the agenda of
MLS officials when they meet ahead of the All Star Game in Utah next week. Joey Saputo believes
that...
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Montreal's dalliance with Major League Soccer, even after their original bid failed, continues
unabated. A week ago, MLS Commissioner Don Garber posted a glowing review of Montreal as a
potential...
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Steven Beauregard, new Montreal-based contributor to the fantastic 24th Minute (not to mention
Match Fit USA reader), reports that Joey Saputo expects another expansion announcement from MLS
within...
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MLS Rumors 16 April @ 03:13 PM EST
Joey Saputo missed out on when the door closed 2011 expansion. Now he hopes to pry it back
open.
Knowing that time is running out on his clubs chances of entering MLS, Montreal's Joey Saputo has
turned from jogging to a full court press ahead of next weeks MLS Board of Governors Meeting.
We received the following from a MLSR reader from the 24th Minute blog:
According to reputable Montreal columnist Réjean Tremblay, Joey Saputo expects an
answer from the Quebec government about the 25$ million Stade Saputo expansion money, within the
next 3 weeks.
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After watching Vancouver land an MLS franchise, Joey Saputo wants the Canadian government to help
his Impact get to the top flight. Saputo announced today that he plans to ask the government
(per...
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A great interview with Whitecaps President Bob Lenarduzzi on It#8217;s Called Football this
morning. Now, it#8217;s probably not news to those who are more in the loop than I that the
franchise fee Vancouver paid to the MLS was $35 million - $5 million less than the (what I thought)
was a #8220;non-negotiable#8221; $40 mil MLS [.
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With no news coming out of Pennsylvania concerning the state putting up the money needed to secure
a MLS team and MLS's lack of excitement in the depth of the St. Louis group's pockets, could
Montreal shock everyone and get the next franchise?
How could such a move happen? Well unlike St.
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