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03-07-2009, 08:12 AM
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No TFC news for now.
Vancouver Whitecaps owner likely to be awarded MLS franchise expansion
MATTHEW SEKERES
VANCOUVER -- Barring a last-minute snag, the owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club will be awarded a Major League Soccer expansion franchise by the end of this month.Two sources requesting anonymity said this week that Greg Kerfoot, the reclusive Vancouver businessman and owner of the Whitecaps, was negotiating the final details of an agreement with MLS commissioner Don Garber.
Read More (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090307.BCSOCCER07/TPStory/National)
Stadium costs trip up Major League Soccer team
by Mark Larabee,PORTLAND NEWS
Negotiations over spending taxpayer money for two sports stadiums have broken down over who would pick up the tab for cost overruns if Major League Soccer comes to town.
Portland city Commissioner Randy Leonard said Friday that team owner Merritt Paulson stormed out of the last session after the sides deadlocked on who would pay if construction went over budget.
Read More (http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/03/major_league_soccer_talks_brea.html)
Ode to the Impact
Ryan Johnston
The Montreal Impact did not achieve the ultimate goal of winning the CONCACAF Champions League. (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2009/03/06/impact_eliminated/) But along the way it may have achieved something more important than a six-month Cinderella run: exposure.
I admit; I watched less than 15 minutes of the Impact run due to technical difficulties and my pesky real job. But I spent an inordinate amount of time talking about and answering questions concerning the Montreal team with the fitting moniker. The questions were not coming from soccerphiles, either. The Sportsnet newsroom (where my desk is located) is a bevy of sports talk, generally hockey, but the pucks looked up from their boxscores long enough to find out why the Impact lost and how cool it was to see the Big O bursting at the seams in mid-February.
Read More (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/blogs/2009/03/06/johnston_impact_ode/)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)
COED (http://coedmagazine.com/category/girls/daily-snapshot-girls-2/)
No TFC news for now.
Vancouver Whitecaps owner likely to be awarded MLS franchise expansion
MATTHEW SEKERES
VANCOUVER -- Barring a last-minute snag, the owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club will be awarded a Major League Soccer expansion franchise by the end of this month.Two sources requesting anonymity said this week that Greg Kerfoot, the reclusive Vancouver businessman and owner of the Whitecaps, was negotiating the final details of an agreement with MLS commissioner Don Garber.
Read More (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090307.BCSOCCER07/TPStory/National)
Stadium costs trip up Major League Soccer team
by Mark Larabee,PORTLAND NEWS
Negotiations over spending taxpayer money for two sports stadiums have broken down over who would pick up the tab for cost overruns if Major League Soccer comes to town.
Portland city Commissioner Randy Leonard said Friday that team owner Merritt Paulson stormed out of the last session after the sides deadlocked on who would pay if construction went over budget.
Read More (http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/03/major_league_soccer_talks_brea.html)
Ode to the Impact
Ryan Johnston
The Montreal Impact did not achieve the ultimate goal of winning the CONCACAF Champions League. (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2009/03/06/impact_eliminated/) But along the way it may have achieved something more important than a six-month Cinderella run: exposure.
I admit; I watched less than 15 minutes of the Impact run due to technical difficulties and my pesky real job. But I spent an inordinate amount of time talking about and answering questions concerning the Montreal team with the fitting moniker. The questions were not coming from soccerphiles, either. The Sportsnet newsroom (where my desk is located) is a bevy of sports talk, generally hockey, but the pucks looked up from their boxscores long enough to find out why the Impact lost and how cool it was to see the Big O bursting at the seams in mid-February.
Read More (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/blogs/2009/03/06/johnston_impact_ode/)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)
COED (http://coedmagazine.com/category/girls/daily-snapshot-girls-2/)