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Being out all day usually means I end up missing news like this. Tomorrow morning there will be a press conference in Montreal. Its pretty easy to figure out what they’ll be talking about. The countdown is on. Hello Montreal in 2012. Excited to hear Montreal is (finally) getting a MLS team?

It looks as though the MLS to Montreal movement will happen fairly soon. The AP reports today suggest the league is moving forward on it’s plan to expand to Montreal. An official announcement should come soon. For some time it has been known that the league was expecting to announce Montreal as it’s 19th club.…[continue reading]

We’ve heard this before but it appears Montreal may be closer than ever to securing a Major League Soccer expansion bid. Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo tells the Montreal Gazette he hopes to have a deal announced with the league. He can gaze out at one end of the stadium adjacent to the Olympic park…[continue reading]

Something we’ve known for a while is Montreal will be in Major League Soccer sooner rather than later. When the league decided to explore Montreal back in the fall as an expansion candidate it only meant the city was that much closer to getting an expansion bid. Now it appears that the city could be…[continue reading]

We’ve known for several weeks months that the next round of expansion in Major League Soccer would start with Montreal. The league has taken another step closer to getting to that point today as MLS commissioner Don Garber has traveled to Montreal to meet with Joey Saputo and some local government officials. “We continued our discussions…[continue reading]

The owners were in town last night for the MLS Cup and now it seems like Joey Saputo and Montreal could be headed to MLS for real in a couple years. According to reports this morning the league is still in serious discussions with Montreal to be the 19th club in the league. MLS commissioner…[continue reading]

By now we’ve all seen the lovely quote from MLS commissioner Don Garber yesterday about future league expansion. “We’ve had productive conversations with Montreal to be our 19th team,” said Garber. With all the issues going on with the USL/TOA crap you have to think that Montreal owner Joey Saputo is trying to figure out…[continue reading]

News is slowing down right now due to tomorrow’s big international clash between US and Mexico. I have another list of links hyping that game. Aside from that I only have a couple things of note that are worth a look tonight. Montreal Expansion Too Quick? Link I have to agree with Duane Rollins on…[continue reading]

Yeah another interview with MLS Commissioner Don Garber, this time with Forbes. The big reason why I posted this one, it talks Montreal up a bit.

Things could get a little juicy in the MLS expansion front next week. As the league heads into another All-Star break it means we should hear another address from MLS commissioner Don Garber on the state of things in the league. One of those items that should be discussed as always is expansion. Reports out…[continue reading]