[CanuckFan]

Just off the press. One of a few eyebrow raisers in Andy Sharpe's press release on CSA Goals for 2003:

The enduring success of Major League Soccer in the United States has been its impressive ability to develop domestic players so they can be more competitive at the international level. That point was driven home by the US performance in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.



It is with this in mind, and the obvious necessity of having a full time tenant in any future Toronto soccer stadium, that the CSA has recently become actively involved in efforts to bring a MLS franchise, comprised mostly of Canadian players, to Toronto in the near future.

[Canadian_Supporter]

I certainly hope this doesn't happen. I enjoy watching the MLS, but it is not our league. The MLS should stay an all American league.

[roarksown1]

It works in the NBA. It works in MLB. It works in the NHL. Frankly I wouldn't care if there was an MLS team in Canada - I'm just happy that it looks like another possible investor is interested in joining up. That bodes well for the league.

[cjaldrich]

I'd have to agree - Canadian franchises are second class citizens in the other major US sports leagues. It would be the same in soccer.

Beside, I feel a certain nationalistic pride with the MLS being a US league.

[Canadian_Supporter]

Originally posted by cjaldrich
Canadian franchises are second class citizens in the other major US sports leagues.

Hmmm... I wonder why that is?

How much does is the fee for an MLS expansion team? $15-20 million US????

[soccerfan]

truth in fact

,... Canada can't support on it's own a competitive first division league.
....having MLS teams in Canada would bode well for soccer competitivness,ratings, interest
,....having canadians play competitive soccer on regular basis as part of MLS would hurt USA chances of qualifying to future World Cups as was in 1986 when Canada qualified to Mexico '86 over the USA, with the majority of the canadian players from NASL

[The Creeper]

I was always under the impression that Fifa would have to approve of intermingling of countries in one league.

I believe Monaco is a club team instead of a national team because of this. Although there is a New Zealand team in the Australian League.

[fatmaradona]

where will the team be? Toronto because that's where the soccer ass'n is? I'd think Montreal be a good spot, seeing how it has that euro feel

[Captain Canuck]

Originally posted by fatmaradona
where will the team be? Toronto because that's where the soccer ass'n is? I'd think Montreal be a good spot, seeing how it has that euro feel

Toronto. But it won't happen unless the CSA can get a soccer stadium built in Toronto. Right now we have nothing.

I sincerely hope it does happen.

[Canadian_Supporter]

Originally posted by The Creeper

I believe Monaco is a club team instead of a national team because of this. Although there is a New Zealand team in the Australian League.

Welsh teams in the English league and Berwick in the Scottish league. Although Berwick is only a few miles from the Scottish border