"Canadians should know that these ownership groups lied to them. These guys said they would never form a coalition to bring down MLS and yet here they are launching a coup."
03 December 2008
Just in: Canadian Coalition to Bring Down MLS?
Former MLS executive Ivan Gazidis made some startling comments today in an undisclosed London pub. As previously reported in many news sources, the Montreal ownership group pulled their bid for an MLS team around the time of the MLS Cup (perhaps because they saw the league as besmirched with the Red Bull New York Red Bulls of Harrison, New Jersey reaching the final). Recently, the Vancouver bid seems to be headed for the same fate. Gazidis reportedly said that the teams were looking to form a coalition to build their own league. They are testing out names such as the Looney League and Major Soccer League. After the success of the Montreal in the CONCACAF Champions League Group stage and the failure of four three [ed.: whatevs, like we were paying attention, man] four [ed.: Toronto failed in Canadian qualifying, Chivas USA and NE failed in preliminary, and DC United didn't make it out of the group] MLS teams to either advance or even make the group stage, the Canadian Coalition is looking to form a stronger government league. The ownership groups believe that a Canadian run league would be stronger and more able to have international success.
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Damn that Celine Dion!
Sincerely,
Someone who is totally NOT related to her. At all.
The collapse of the Canadian dollar, and hence the Canadian bids, has me very bleu. Oh well...I suppose my heart will go on...
Um, yes it is FOUR. Toronto FC, NE Revolution, DC United, and Chivas USA all failed to make the tournament preliminaries or get past the Group Stage.
Does TFC count as a full team? I thought they were only about 0.78 of a team right now...
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