Impact Soccer

Is this the most successful year MLS has had since the inaugural season of 1996?
-- Bruce Jagarosovich, Los Angeles

This is arguably the best year MLS has ever seen. The inaugural season was so much about buzz. This one is about very strong fundamentals. Our quality of players is perhaps as high as it's ever been, and a number of our developmental players have become terrific players -- Jozy Altidore is probably the best example of that.

Expansion continues to go strong. When you look at San Diego, Portland, Vancouver, Montreal, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Miami and a second team in New York, just to name a few, there are more serious prospects for expansion than we have available teams. Our ownership group is as strong as it's ever been and soccer-specific stadium development is going extremely well. Sponsorship is at an all-time high and we went past the 3 million mark in attendance for first time in league history. It's an exciting time for MLS.

Daniel a écrit :San Diego, Portland, Vancouver, Montreal, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Miami and a second team in New York,

Mpenza a écrit :

Daniel a écrit :San Diego, Portland, Vancouver, Montreal, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Miami and a second team in New York,

San Diego = Ouest
Portland = Ouest
Vancouver = Ouest

On élimine, nous ne sommes pas dans la course, ils se battent entre eux...

Dans l'est, il reste Miami, Philadelphie et St. Louis qui offrent tous de l'abstrait. Philly a les devants, avec un stade qui, s'il est construit, le sera à partir de 2010. Les autres sont des points d'interrogations majeurs.

New York a déjà une équipe (qui joue devant 60 000 sièges vides), ce n'est donc pas urgent d'y retourner tout de suite.

Montréal offre du concret : un stade, un proprio sérieux, une histoire, de très solides bases.

Voilà ce qui est sur la table.

Raven a écrit :I'm also a Leeds United fan

Raven a écrit : According to MLS fans, Montreal would be a horrible expansion, people are too used to free tickets and paying 5-10 dollars.


They say that USL fans dont tanslate into MLS success, like Toronto. With that logic we would do even better but they use it as an argument that we'll do worse...

People already hate the idea of Montreal MLS.

Nobody likes us and we don't care.

Sabre a écrit :According to MLS fans, Montreal would be a horrible expansion, people are too used to free tickets and paying 5-10 dollars.

3kuyt a écrit :Je suis d'accord que Montréal est une ville de soccer, parcontre l'Impact ne réussi pas à l'exploiter. Il faut dire que la USL a une réputation de ligue amateur. Le publique montréalais est très demandant, il accepte seulement d'aller voir du sport du plus haut niveau. (Complex de supériorité)

condor a écrit :Complexe de supériorité

Si tu as le choix entre une qualité de produit médiocre ou excellente, logiquement tu va aller vers la meilleur. Ce n'est pas un Complexe de supériorité.

Soccerolic a écrit :Je crois pas que l'on devrait attendre apres la MLS,c'est une mauvaise idée.

Les Américans n'ont pas intérets de faire expansions au Canada pour une autre bonne raison que personne n'a mentionné: En faisant expansion au Canada, ceci entrainerait une ascension du soccer Canadien, et si le Canada devient une meilleure équipe, alors ca sera plus difficile pour les É-U de nous battre, et qu'arrivera-t-'il la journée ou les É-U ne se qualifieront pas pour la Coupe du monde parce que le Canada est devenu une équipe meilleure grace a leur ligue(MLS)???

napule a écrit :pourquoi ne pas avoir notre propre ligue a nous?

Mpenza a écrit :http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... 46&k=42608

Speaking from Seattle, where he announced earlier today that a still-to-be-named Seattle expansion franchise will join MLS in 2009, Garber said that until the Whitecaps have a stadium plan in place "we are unable to make any commitments to Vancouver."

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MLS has long-range plans for 17th and 18th franchises, but Garber said no timeline has been place on that expansion.

"Many cities across the United States, plus Montreal, have indicated interest in becoming the 17th and 18th franchises," Garber said.

"We would give priority to the cities that have proper stadiums and the right business plans. Vancouver can only get into that mix with a proper stadium."

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Garber said that might be too late for the Whitecaps to be considered as an MLS expansion team. "Two of the many cities that Vancouver is competing with for an expansion franchise are Portland and Montreal," said Garber. "Both of those cities are in the mix because they have stadium plans in place. It's hard to imagine Vancouver being part of MLS without a proper stadium."