http://www.90soccer.com/articles/?ID=4&ArticleID=237 http://www.90soccer.com/articles/?ID=3&ArticleID=235 http://www.90soccer.com/articles/?ID=4&ArticleID=238
All three are together and un-edited (longer) on the source site. www.ussocceruk.com There is a forum on there were the writers release info as it happens, with Seattle and Houston updates coming.
Toronto...looking good With a stadium in place MLS will need to look very hard at Toronto - until then US destinations for 2005. All things being equal Toronto looks bettr for 2006 and beyond.
Agreed, 2006 is a minimum wait for Toronto, I believe. However, IMO I think they are being a bit ambitious and optimistic about the stadium actually getting off the ground. Time will tell.
Like the previous poster says, Toronto doesn't seem anywhere being able to field an expansion franchise in 2006: no drawings, no money, no nothing. Well, there are those un-named investors, but they don't seem to have the cash to build the stadium.
Toronto???? What, FIFA would never approve that, would they. I guess swansea and cardiff play in FA so maybe they would. Then again I would doubt it. Of course they wouldnt get a USOC berth right?
I have very little interest in the debate over FIFA regulations on having clubs from more than one country in the same league. BUT, I will say that FIFA has had a tendancy to be untraditional when it's trying to help the sport of soccer grow in a new area. I mean, did the US really deserve to host WC '94? Did Korea and Japan desrve to co-host the WC last year? How about, say, South Africa (if Sepp Blatter gets his way). FIFA might look at North America and wonder why a wealthy country like Canada hasn't made much progress in soccer. If a div. 1 Canadian league seems unlikely to spring up any time soon, FIFA might look on a Canadian MLS team as the next best thing. Who knows? Anyway, I really don't care. Toronto doesn't have a stadium. It might or might not have serious investors. Evidently, it'll need a ton of public money. Regardless what FIFA thinks of the idea, there isn't going to be a Canadian team in MLS for the foreseeable future because of these reasons.
I totally agree... The organizers are being kinda unrealistic in their projections for the stadium and for possible public support. It seems fairly far out IMO.
Yes, yes, and yes. After all it is the World Cup it should be spread throughout the world. FIFA is finally getting something right with this continental rotation idea. How does one "deserve" to host a WC anyway?
I might be wrong but isn't the Canadian 1st division currently the "A" League? (IE: the US second division). Wasn't the NASL both the US and Canadian first division when it was in existance? Dustin
Referendum passes, for OKC http://www.thevistaonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/26/3e8322cdf1921
You have got to be kidding me! Only 4% of the entire student population cast votes for this? How does this hold any water what-so-ever? I'm sorry, but this doesn't sound like they are very excited about this.