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Love the video, but man they beat the dead horse that is Promotion/Relegation. Thankfully they worked on their sound issue (though I think I could hear cars in the background?).

So we have Vancouver. And we should soon have Portland. But now we also will apparently have two more clubs in the following year to make the league a cool, even 20 clubs. First of all that little news bit by MLS comissioner Don Garber leads me to believe that the league really wants BOTH…[continue reading]

While one expansion race is possibly set to end this week, another will kickoff shortly after the final announcement of the 18th club. MLS commissioner Don Garber was in Vancouver today to announce Vancouver’s inclusion as the 17th team in MLS, but he also revealed an interesting nugget on MLS expansion. Garber revealed that MLS…[continue reading]

I just got a couple emails and Facebook messages from some readers up in Portland (and yes I know this stuff is already posted elsewhere but I felt it needed posted again). Apparently there is going to possibly be another expansion announcement this week in Portland. According to the messages that a rally and press…[continue reading]

Today is the day. Finally, after months of speculating over expansion sites we will finally know one of the two winners. The Pacific Northwest just got another boost with Vancouver, as they are expected to be announced as the 17th MLS club today at noon CT. Vancouver has beat out remaining finalists Portland, St. Louis…[continue reading]

I think I have heard and seen Drew Carey at least four or five times this week. And I am not even counting his usually daily gig on The Price is Right. I love this kind of hype for tomorrow’s game against the Red Bulls. He was also on The Herd on ESPN Radio today.…[continue reading]

Just as we all expected once Miami dropped out of the running, Vancouver will be getting an expansion club in Major League Soccer with an announcement tomorrow morning. The CBC is reporting that the Whitecaps will be holding a press conference tomorrow with commissioner Don Garber. The Vancouver Whitecaps are expected to hold a media…[continue reading]

It’s that time once again, our weekly power rankings are back. Today is the first edition of the new year, so it is pre-season mode. The new season is about 48 hours away from kicking off up in Seattle between the expansion Sounders and the New York Red Bulls. Every year we see just how…[continue reading]

I know I have been a little delayed in getting this out but I think it actually worked out fine getting the season predictions out on the week of the new season. Hard to believe that we are just days away from the first kick of the new year up in Seattle. Time now for…[continue reading]

One day you have an expansion bid and the next day you may still have an expansion bid. According to the Sports Business Journal, FC Barcelona is exploring an investment in MLS’s Philadelphia expansion franchise. Yes no less than a few weeks after backing out of one expansion bid down south in Miami, the Spanish…[continue reading]