Re: Road Report from Seattle Three other MLS stadia has FieldTurf IIRC, and they would be Giants Stadium where RBNY plays, Gilette Stadium where the Revs are located and BMO Stadium, home of Toronto FC, and this is the last year of Giants Stadium as RBNY will move to Red Bull Park in 2010. Additionally, the proposed home of a Portland (OR) team - PGE Park - also has the surface and if they get a team (more than likely) that would be four franchises.
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... I wonder who will get the two remaining spots... St. Louis? Montreal? NYC? (I wish)
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... Portland / Seattle / Vancouver would represent a nice regional rivalry too. They could contest the "Flannel Darby"
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... if someone had told me five years ago that MLS would potentially have THREE teams in the Pacific Northwest I would have called BS. Very cool development though.
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... It has been going since the NASL - they call it the Cascadia Cup. Which is less words that the I hate this region so much I'm going to shoot my effing face off Cobain Cup.
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... Nope - A lifesize Courtney Love doll complete with trackmarks
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... well i don't think portland is set in stone yet (is it?). so we're looking at one more team for 2011, then two for the 2012 season. too much expansion happening too quickly for my taste. shades of the NASL?
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... we can call the people from vancouver canadians right? wouldn't want to offend anyone.
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... I think four teams in two years is a bit much too, but maybe Garber is trying to kill the USL .
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... Well if you kill off the USL then you can avoid the whole dilution argument, since you'd be able to steal their best players. Not that there are the greatest of talents in the USL, but still...
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... and how far did USL teams go in the CCL compared to MLS?
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... and given puerto rico islanders beat cruz azul 2-0 in concacaf cup earlier this week, i think there's more than enough talent... is steve nash involved with the vancouver venture...
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... yes http://vancouvermls2011.com/about/vancouver-ownership.aspx
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... guess we need kobe to pony up some bucks here then.. his italia days had him playing more soccer than bb...
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... Who will be the hero that makes the giant banner for our first Seattle game that reads, "Kurt Cobain killed himself so he wouldn't have to deal with Seattle anymore"
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... I think we should establish some different name just to highlight the difference between people from the rest of the country "Canadians"... and people from British Columbia "Canadians who smoke tons of weed".
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... Oh hell. Who's their wackjob counterpart to Nancy Pelosi?
Re: And one of the teams playing in 2011 is... They said there was an announcement at half time. Altho seems JP just said it 39th min i think. Portland it is. I just feel bad for St. Louis.