Toronto FC are the Jackie Robinson on Canadian MLS clubs; they opened the door for wealthy Canuckistani's nationwide who have big time soccer dreams. And while Vancouver and Montreal have been knocking on the front door for a while now trying to lock up the Larry Doby spot, Ottawa --you read that right, Ottawa-- is trying to use the tradesman's entrance and sneak in through the back.
It's pretty random to think that Canada's 4th largest city would be in serious contention but hey, you never know. If they do get in you may as well let in Vancouver & Montreal as well to form a Canadian Conference with Toronto. Now I'm just talking out my ass but coupled with the NFL's encroachment into Toronto, you might actually get enough buzz to cut into the CFL's business (which the Buffalo Bills would love as they're just looking for an excuse to move permanently).
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Ha! Yeah, right.
'pipe dreams' excellent label choice.
A March season opener in Ottawa? People will, literally, freeze to death.
Ottawa has a stadium. Once they make it all seater and make some end zone seating areas, they'll be at 20k, no prob.
Was there for the USA-Brazil U20 game. One grandstand is completely covered by the roof, while the other grandstand is partially covered. It's a decent stadium, good sight lines. They just have to install seats.
screw seats. MLS stadia needs terraces. and there need to be enough rabid fans in the terraces to prevent security from reaching me and telling me to put out my cigarette.
Very Stupid/Tres Stupide.
NASL II Here we come!
This won't happen. Garber is just using Ottawa as a tool for shaking down the other expansion candidate cities for a larger expansion fee.
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