hello, i will be in vancouver october 7-13 for a conference. i'm bringing my wife and we are both looking forward to it -- it'll be her first time there, my second. on the downside, it's right in the middle of the MLS playoffs, and i'd like to try to see a few games if possible. let me say that of the few times i have been in canada i was not watching a lot of TV, so i don't know which american cable channels you do or don't have. i'm also not sure how many canadians follow MLS but hey titus and derosario have to have a few fans. that said, can anyone recommend a soccer-friendly pub that may have the shootout, or satellite, or any way for me to see the MLS playoffs if at all possible. i have walked through hell and back to see games in columbus, but under the circumstances i'm not up for making a big effort -- an effort, yes, but nothing extravagant. also -- can any locals suggest good seafood restaurants? asian? thanks in advance for any help.
I should have let Krammer take this one, but I'll add two quick bits. There are some good soccer pubs, but they're definitely more Euro-friendly than MLS friendly. I doubt anyone has the shootout package, but ESPN/2 and the Fox Sports regionals shouldn't be too hard to track down at a sports bar. All we have on basic cable is ABC, so you're SOL there. I'm a KC fan and I live in a far less cosmopolitan place than Vancouver and I usually manage to see the big games. Good luck and go to Hon's Wun-Tun House. There's a really good sushi place in Richmond, but that's a long trip and there's plenty of good Asian food downtown. Enjoy. cheers, hobbes
Hmm, better not let me take this one. Last things first, I'm too poor to eat out, so I don't really know much about good restaurants. As for MLS games on sattelite, I'm clueless there as well.