WVHooligan 10 November @ 07:54 PM EST
Today has been a day to say the very least. The news from the TOA group that they are forming
their own league certainly took over a lot of folks reading and writing today. I know it did for me
as I am still going to be talking about it tonight and maybe more for the coming days. I have some
more thoughts about it as well as some other items to discuss.
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WVHooligan 29 October @ 01:51 PM EST
The old Empire Stadium in Vancouver.
Here's some interesting news about Vancouver's expansion bid that most may not know of yet. They
will have to play in two different stadiums in their first year in Major League Soccer in 2011. The
Vancouver Sun is reporting today that due to the renovations to BC Place the expansion Whitecaps
(or whatever they will be called) will also play an unknown number of home games at a temporary
facility on the old Empire Stadium.
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WVHooligan 28 October @ 02:37 PM EST
This whole USL-TOA situation continues to take a turn for the worse. Today reports out of the
Great White North say that both 2009 USL finalists Montreal Impact and the Vancouver Whitecaps will
not be coming back to the USL in 2010.
In a radio interview in Montreal, Alex Papadakis confirmed that neither of the Canadian based
clubs would be part of the USL for the 2010 season after the two sides failed to reach an agreement
for continuing play next season and that the TOA was ready to move in another direction.
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WVHooligan 07 October @ 09:21 AM EST
Sounds like you have finally count Vancouver's MLS expansion plan in for good as BC Place will
officially be fitted with a retractable roof after the conclusion of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
According to the reports, the roof should still be finished in time for the start of the 2011
season for the Whitecaps.
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WVHooligan 29 September @ 06:32 PM EST
First of all, let me say sorry for the lack of updates this week. I've gone into full site
design mode here for this place and for another couple project that I am working on for other
folks.
And on that note I will also be heading out of town early this weekend for a long weekend in
Austin for the Austin City Limits music festival.
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WVHooligan 27 August @ 06:38 PM EST
We've had a full day of interesting news with the UEFA Champions League draw, the US Men's
National team roster announcement that took four hours to do, and random news here and there. Time
now to close down the day with some links and thoughts on what's going on.
I wanted to get into some MVP race discussion.
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WVHooligan 26 August @ 01:21 PM EST
We've been talking long and hard about Portland's troubles with their stadium but now it looks
like Vancouver could be joining the mix? While both cities were awarded expansion bids it went with
certain stadium situations that the league agreed on. Now Portland seems to have taken care of
their issues but now Vancouver could be headed down a tough road of stadium fun.
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It's a great time to be a soccer fan in the Pacific Northwest.
The Seattle Sounders make their MLS debut tonight, just a day after Vancouver was awarded the
17th MLS franchise. For those of you who missed it, here is my column for ESPN.com on why Vancouver
was chosen and why it will be a successful MLS club.
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Two weeks after being identified as the new front-runner for MLS expansion, the Canadian city of
Vancouver has been awarded a franchise that will become the 17th team in Major League Soccer.
MLS officials are in Vancouver this morning for the announcement, which is set for 1pm ET.
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