Toronto And How It Relates To Future Schedule Changes

[anamorican]

A while back Don Garber had mentioned that MLS was looking into the possibility of switching to the more traditional Fall-Spring schedule once all of the teams had SSS. With Toronto being a bit further north than any of the other teams in the league, does this mean that idea is pretty much thrown out the window? I know Metro would have a hard time with the weather and crowds and we're in North Jersey. I can't imagine many people would get out to a game in the middle of a Toronto winter.

[socamonarch]

Toronto is actually further SOUTH than Boston (NE Revolution). Check a map- southern Ontario actually pushes south of the 49th parallel. There are points in Ontario that are further south than northern California (Point Pelee ON)

[BringBackTheBlizzard]

Toronto's climate is roughly comparable to Chicago's and not much colder than Columbus's. Add Milwaukee into the mix and there would be a few teams in much the same situation. If a split season were attempted it would probably be like Poland's (Warsaw has a similar climate to Chicago and Toronto after all) with no games scheduled between mid-November and mid-March:-

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/pol05.html

Many/most European countries with a Fall Spring schedule still have some sort of winter break. That's why there are no UEFA Cup or Champions League games after the first week of December until the middle of February.

[anamorican]

Thanks. I guess I just always assumed Toronto was cold place, being in Canada and all. Blame the American public school system.

[Mr. Bee]

Thanks. I guess I just always assumed Toronto was cold place, being in Canada and all. Blame the American public school system.

You just try getting them out of their Igloos for a game in January

[Mike22]

Thanks. I guess I just always assumed Toronto was cold place, being in Canada and all. Blame the American public school system.

No, blame Canada. Always blame Canada. It's their fault that their country doesn't fit our American stereotype of a frozen, wasteland full of friendly people.

[RealGooner]

No, blame Canada. Always blame Canada. It's their fault that their country doesn't fit our American stereotype of a frozen, wasteland full of friendly people.

Plus our previus NASL team was called the Blizzard, obviously didnt help dispell the stereotype.