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Those in Canada (and maybe here in the US for all I know) hoping to see another weird location in MLS might have to pick a new location to follow as the Ottawa expansion bid may have been given the death sentence yesterday. According to the Ottawa Sun, Ottawa city staff’s evaluation of two major…[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]

Right now you can view my twitter feed for a quicker update on the Portland situation. Portland has voted in soccer. In a tight 3-2 vote, the city passed the plan to get Portland an expansion club in 2011 along with Vancouver. Stay tuned for more.

Wow. If Major League Soccer was looking for a serious deep pocket for the St. Louis bid they may have gotten it. Today Anheuser-Busch has joined Jeff Cooper and his group to get a MLS club in the Gateway City. “It’s huge. It’s a turning point,” Cooper said. “This commitment brings a lot of credibility…[continue reading]

Today is the big day out west in Portland. The city will vote on whether or not the Timbers will get that lovely “promotion” to MLS. We all know Portland is pretty much in at this point but should this vote go badly tonight they could see their way out of things. But for hype-sake…[continue reading]

I saw this post over the weekend and figured it wouldn’t change at all (plus I was a bit too busy this weekend to get around to talking about it). According to the Globe and Mail up north, barring any unusal last-minute snag, Vancouver will be awarded a MLS club sometime within the next couple…[continue reading]

Could there be trouble now with the Portland bid? Oregonlive.com is reporting today that talks between the city and Merritt Paulson ended badly. Paulson denys any fit that was thrown at the meeting. It appears both sides are playing some hard ball with one another to get a deal here. Thankfully this should all come…[continue reading]

Hey, that’s right some actual (maybe even decent) news from the Gateway City today. Jeff Cooper, the man leading the St. Louis charge spoke to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday about the bid’s chances now that Miami is out of the race. “Obviously I’ve always felt good about where we sit with this,” he said…[continue reading]

Last night Portland took the step many of them expected to as the Major League Soccer Task Force officially backed the bid for a MLS expansion club in Portland. In the process the group backed a proposal to use city money to renovate PGE Park for the Portland Timbers and build a new baseball stadium…[continue reading]

I know there is some big time voting going on tonight in Portland. But it looks as though according to a couple sites that both Portland and Vancouver are in the lead for the two expansion bids over Ottawa and St. Louis. Not a total shocker when you see the final four bids on the…[continue reading]