Retour sur la visite de Don Garber

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En direct du site mlsnet.com... Don Garber mentionne:

I attended the Montreal Impact's inaugural match on Monday at Saputo Stadium and came away very impressed with the venue and the warm hospitality we received from the Mayor of the city, supporters, journalists, etc. during our visit. The owners of the Impact, the Saputo family, have been involved with soccer for many years. They run a first-class organization and we look forward to continuing our discussions regarding potential expansion into Montreal.

As many of you have read in articles last week about planned renovations for BC Place in Vancouver, Montreal is not the only Canadian city interested in an MLS expansion team. I was fortunate to travel to Montreal with Vancouver Whitecaps owner Greg Kerfoot and learned more about the Whitecaps future plans.

Also joining me on the trip to Montreal was Phoenix Suns star Steve Nash, former Yahoo! President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Mallett and MLS President Mark Abbott. Steve, who comes from a soccer family (his brother plays for the Whitecaps), and Jeff, who was part of Canada's National and Olympic soccer team programs as a teenager, are investors in Women's Professional Soccer and could be part of an ownership group for future MLS expansion into Canada. Steve is a world-class basketball player who truly loves soccer. I've been told that he plays on a number of amateur clubs during the offseason and has plans to co-host a charity soccer event with Claudio Reyna later this summer

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Donc en gros il a été plus impressionné par Steve Nash et l'ancien Yahoo! que Gérald Tremblay et Saputo?

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Je le vois plutôt comme "on était en négociations avec Montréal et on continue, par contre, Vancouver vient d'entrer dans la danse..... vous avez lu, bande d'investisseurs américains à la noix pas capable de mettre sur pied des plans qui ont de l'allure?".