Loud Mouth Soup Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/3677694 ...Garber said MLS will continue to pursue expansion with a list of other cities including Toronto, Houston, Seattle, St. Louis, Rochester, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Garber is certainly going to be more cautious about who he picks now. Toronto should really take note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Yank Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I've never really understood why they would want Toronto over Montreal. The core of the Impact (with 4 or 5 upgrades) could compete in MLS. The core of the team could stay together, plus you already have a fan base. If the Impact are getting 8,000+ for A-league soccer I'd imagine that could get 13,000+ for MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Crazy_Yank I've never really understood why they would want Toronto over Montreal. The core of the Impact (with 4 or 5 upgrades) could compete in MLS. The core of the team could stay together, plus you already have a fan base. If the Impact are getting 8,000+ for A-league soccer I'd imagine that could get 13,000+ for MLS. Garber wants cities that have white collar support and the potential for TV contracts. Montreal doesn't have that. Toronto does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealGooner Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Because the Toronto market is Canada's biggest (5million+) and is the economic/media center of the country, has a large number of soccer fans etc. Importantly, Toronto supports American franchises that are placed here. NBA, MLB are doing fine here while they failed in Montreal and Vancouver. So all these economic factors, and not the Impact's wonderful success on the field are what the MLS is looing for it would appear. I suspect that Toronto would be the test-case, and hopefully once it is successful here the MLS will feel comfortable to place teams in Montreal and Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobe_z Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 hoo-freakin-ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 quote:Originally posted by RealGooner Because the Toronto market is Canada's biggest (5million+) and is the economic/media center of the country, has a large number of soccer fans etc. Importantly, Toronto supports American franchises that are placed here. NBA, MLB are doing fine here while they failed in Montreal and Vancouver. So all these economic factors, and not the Impact's wonderful success on the field are what the MLS is looing for it would appear. I suspect that Toronto would be the test-case, and hopefully once it is successful here the MLS will feel comfortable to place teams in Montreal and Vancouver. Yet Kerrfoot and Saputo have said no to MLS and MLSE certainly wouldn't want other Canadian teams comming in and taking a bit of the profits (if any). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Well, Kerfoot has not ruled out MLS but is unlikely to proceed with the MLS ownership structure the way it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Richard Well, Kerfoot has not ruled out MLS but is unlikely to proceed with the MLS ownership structure the way it is now. Would MLS be willing to give up the ownership structure in the future? Not likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canso Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Great MLS Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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