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Is expansion to Montreal a possibility for 2011 along with Portland and Vancouver? It sure sounds like it. Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo spoke over the weekend that he is confident the club could announce an expansion bid into Major League Soccer by the end of this month. If everything falls into place, and expectations…[continue reading]

Now we are down to four. Major League Soccer has made their decision today. No Miami Expansion. The biggest reason being adverse market conditions. “I want to thank both FC Barcelona and Marcelo Claure for the tremendous effort to bring an MLS expansion team to Miami,” said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. “FC Barcelona is one…[continue reading]

It sounds like another MLS expansion bid could be dead. Marcelo Claure told newspapers in Bolivia (thanks to Marc S. for the translation) that there is now a 50% chance that Miami could get an expansion bid with Major League Soccer. Claure states that “today I would say that this [Miami franchise] will not happen”.…[continue reading]

Ottawa got it’s chance to shine for Major League Soccer today. Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk met with league brass today to attempt to sway the league’s decision to the Canadian capital. He laid on a series of meetings for MLS commissioner Don Garber and president Mark Abbott with all three levels of Canadian government.…[continue reading]

While Portland may have not finished in the top two of the WVH Poll for expansion (that nod went to St. Louis and Montreal), they have put out their plan today for MLS expansion, including what they plan to do with current Timbers venue PGE Park. According to MLStoPortland.com, the plan to renovate PGE Park…[continue reading]

At least it appears that way. Just when you think the MLS Expansion dreams are dead in Miami, someone comes along and pumps some new life into the South Florida city. The new word is that David Beckham is interested in investing in a Miami club. Goldenballs has a stipulation in his contract that allows…[continue reading]

We talked yesterday about the fading, if not ending hopes of an expansion club for Miami. Today another expansion hopeful is back in the press and is sounding very optimistic. Its the Northwest discussion folks. Portland. More importantly the Portland Timbers getting a bump to the big leagues like their rival Seattle Sounders. The news…[continue reading]

Don Garber and Major League Soccer must love what’s going on with their league these days. Lots of cities from each coast of the US and Canada want a club in their city. It seems like each week we hear about another city or two that Garber and his buddies are visiting or are talking…[continue reading]

Yeah, its possible. Yesterday we talked about the deal that Major League Soccer and FC Barcelona signed. While it was a commercial agreement between the two sides that will yield friendlies and probably some youth camps or other sorts of things of that nature. The big talk now is that the La Liga giants are…[continue reading]

I swear I’m getting around to the MLS weekend previews here, but until then I wanted to discuss a headline on MLSnet.com about the Vancouver stadium situation. MLS Commissioner Don Garber took time today to address the stadium/expansion issue with Vancouver. There had been announcements today that BC Place in Vancouver would undergo renovations (and…[continue reading]