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Guys, I'm here looking at the official site of the CONCACAF Champions League tournament (http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champsleague/results.aspx). It appears that the all Quater-Final games will be played in the month of February. Let's say if Montreal manages to come out of the group stage in 2nd place and wins a birth in the quater-finals, where will they play their games during the icy cold season of the month of February???

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Or just clear the snow and defrost the pitch in order to play games at Saputo Stadium. I can't imagine any team from Central America enjoying playing outdoors in Montreal in February.

The France 98 qualifier between Italy and Russia instantly comes to mind.

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quote:Originally posted by RJB

Or just clear the snow and defrost the pitch in order to play games at Saputo Stadium. I can't imagine any team from Central America enjoying playing outdoors in Montreal in February.

The France 98 qualifier between Italy and Russia instantly comes to mind.

if it's a weak winter the players for montreal should be fine, especially if they played hockey then they know they won't even notice it once they really start running (matt jordan might wanna wear a few layers)

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Is Florida the best place to play? Wouldn't that almost be another away match?

I have a hypothetical alternate option. Victoria is launching a PDL club next summer, with plans on moving up to USL-1 in a few years. I'm sure they would be more than happy to host the Impact home matches here in the winter. I believe the turnout would be really good, and very pro impact as the only minority group we have are Asians.

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From the Concacaf rulebook

a. The home venue selected by the participating team should be the stadium usually used by the team for its home games.

b. In the event that the team’s usual stadium does not meet the minimum criteria established in these Regulations and other CONCACAF policy documents, the team will be required to make all reasonable efforts, determined in the sole discretion of CONCACAF, to cause the venue to meet such standards at no cost to CONCACAF.

c. If after exhausting all reasonable efforts, the team’s usual stadium does not meet the minimum standards, teams will be permitted to select an alternate venue, which is subject to the approval of CONCACAF, as their home stadium provided such venue is located within the same country.

d. In the rare case where there is no acceptable stadium within the country, the team may move the match to a stadium in the same region, but not in the home country.

The Big O playing surface is technically closed during the winter since the new roof installed a couple of years ago broke just before the annual autoshow a couple of winter ago. Maybe there is a way to work aroud this but if not I expect this match to be played in Toronto.

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quote:The loss was the fifth straight for D.C., and third straight without a goal. The result left the teams from USA’s Major League Soccer without a victory in nine games in the Champions League™.

http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4420

MLS Get off the air!

(I'm sure Jello Biafra isn't a fan of MLS)

Is this inaugural Champions League going to be an anomaly when looked back on due to the poor performance of MLS (particularly US-based) sides, or are Mexico and most of Central America at par if not better than what the US (and Canada I suppose) has to offer?

It will be interesting to see if there will be any MLS representation after the group stage, seeing as how poorly all MLS sides are performing. With D.C. United mathematically eliminated, only Houston can represent for MLS. Somehow I doubt any aftermath will come of this competition for MLS or the USL, so this might end up being irrelevant.

Play those quarter-final games at Saputo, there are enough Canadians on Montreal's roster to handle a sub-zero contest.

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quote:Originally posted by Tuscan

http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4420

MLS Get off the air!

(I'm sure Jello Biafra isn't a fan of MLS)

Is this inaugural Champions League going to be an anomaly when looked back on due to the poor performance of MLS (particularly US-based) sides, or are Mexico and most of Central America at par if not better than what the US (and Canada I suppose) has to offer?

It will be interesting to see if there will be any MLS representation after the group stage, seeing as how poorly all MLS sides are performing. With D.C. United mathematically eliminated, only Houston can represent for MLS. Somehow I doubt any aftermath will come of this competition for MLS or the USL, so this might end up being irrelevant.

Play those quarter-final games at Saputo, there are enough Canadians on Montreal's roster to handle a sub-zero contest.

Concacaf site has improved but still looks like a bum hole. Good write up.

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I think they need to play at Saputo just for their chances of winning even if it's a farcical game like Canada-Estonia. It'll be cold but in the first week of March it's unlikely to be anything insane like -10 or worse. Zenit St. Petersburg hosted Villareal in mid-February so I don't see why Montreal can't play the first week of March.

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Field can't be frozen, and as Daniel stated almost certainly will be. Unless global warming is also on the Impact's side.

It is an interesting problem.

What about clearing the snow from McGill and playing on.. gasp... turf? That would be a lot of snow. Getting it out of the stands would be essentially impossible.

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I would imagine that the impact will write up a press release on the issue probably thursday because if montreal wins and olimpia loses the impact will qualify so they might adress the situation then. but im all for a game at saputo stadium jumping and singing in the hopes of keeping myself warm lol.

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^ Minus 2-4 degrees over a couple of days is one thing but minus 15 degrees over a couple of months is quit another. Don't need to ask the retired groundskeepers what they did, I can tell you. They postponed the match.

Seen where they've covered a pitch with a big tent and directed propane heaters under the tent but that's a stop-gap solution. A band-aide meant to keep a pitch from freezing rock solid. Couldn't see that working in Montreal in late winter.

I have no idea what the solution is going to be for Montreal, no idea at all, but it is a welcome worry isn't it?

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Very bad karma to be arguing about a field for a classification that is not in the bag yet. This whole thread stacks the cards against Montreal even getting through.

The next game is the only game to worry about, the rest is playing with fire. And bad karma.

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