The most obvious choice for a WPS expansion team in Canada would be in Toronto. It is a proven market for soccer with TFC which is consistently sold out (even though they are horrible) & has the population to sustain teams in every major sports league with the Raptors, Leafs and Jays. No NFL team YET. Toronto would be the best option for the WPS....Vancouver just got their MLS White Caps and Montreal's Impact joins next year, whereas soccer in Toronto is already established. And while the April weather in Toronto is not ideal, it's not much worse than that of Boston, New Jersey, or Rochester.
A Canadian soccer blogger asked Bob Lenarduzzi about the Whitecaps' position with regard to WPS: http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/content.php?2510-Whitecaps-reject-WPS-model
Whitecaps said a while back (some point in the summer) that they were happy at the level they were playing and not really interested in WPS. I'm putting this article in the "no new news but want to rag on WPS so I'll say something to a journo" file.
Whitecaps in WPS would be like the LA Blues in USLPRO, not a good idea. Unless they can get the FC Gold and the LA Sol with 1 or 3 more teams to form a western conference I do not see this happening.
I don't think it has to be a "full" conference - I think three or four total west coast teams would still make it worth it. I know back when VAN was initially showing interest, the owner mentioned he didn't want to join unless there were three other west coast teams also going to join with him. FWIW the current WPS "expansion pipeline" includes a group of west coast teams, but I think most people involved with the W-League (or any of the USL in general) don't like anyone that's not USL already. Honestly, I only think that article a while back about W-League forming a pro division was just blowing hot air in response to the continued talk of WPSL forming its own pro division. Anyway, I bet WPS would have to recover quite a bit before we see renewed interest from VAN.
And a player who has played with the Whitecaps off and on for a number of years responds to Lenarduzzi's statement to Rollins and to Rollins's (and others) belief that the Whitecaps are examples of great support for women's pro soccer.
Thanks for posting that. I believe it to be a typical representation of the different focus between the men's and women's game by management.
Looks like McCormack is trying to do the hard work of improving reporting on women's soccer. She's just sent an open email to Rollins about his coverage of women's soccer in general. Good for her.