posted by kidpurple
September 3, 2008
Two embarassing results for Majore League Soccer in the CONCACAF Champions League happened yesterday. Last years MLS Cup runners up and the Western Conference champions both dropped out of the regional tournament yesterday.
The New England Revolution lost 0-4 at home to Joe Public of Trinidad and Tobago. This was the first time a Caribbean team beat an MLS team in a CONCACAF club competition. Joe Public advanced on a 6-1 aggregate score.
Chivas USA has a slightly closer series with Tauro of Panama, but they came away with a 1-3 aggregate defeat after a 1-1 draw at the Home Depot Center yesterday.
The Montreal Impact of the USL beat out Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps to represent Canada. Our Canadian USL representatives managed to win their series to move on to the group stage. This is rather embarassing for MLS as far as I’m concerned. New England did have a lot of players on the bench due to injury – but they got thrashed by a team from a region that has never beat an MLS side on CONCACAF club competition. San Jose would have done better than that.
What do you think? Is this embarassing for MLS – or is this a competition that they shouldn’t care about?
posted by kidpurple
May 28, 2008
Tononto FC is one step closer to qualifying for the first CONCACAF Champions League. TFC is involved in a 3 team playoff which will determine who represents Canada in the regional tournament. Last night Marco Velez scored the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute to give TFC a 1-0 victory over USL side Montreal Impact. The Vancouver Whitecaps are the other team in the three team tournament.
Tornoto FC did have some bad news in the game. The teams top scorer Danny Dichio was injured and left the game in the first half. It was a groin injury and the amount of time they expect him to miss is unknown, if he misses any further games. It doesn’t sound too bad.
posted by kidpurple
May 27, 2008
NBA superstar Steve Nash was recently in Montreal to discuss the possibility of a future MLS team making it their home. Nash has been a soccer player and involved in soccer during his basketball career. He is an investor in the women’s professional league that is set to start up next year.
Nash made the trip with the MLS commissioner and president along with Jeff Mallett. Mallett is Yahoo’s former CEO and also and investor in the women’s professional league. It sounds like they are talking with the owners of the Montreal Impact about the possibility of moving them into MLS sometime in the future.
Would this put Montreal in line to join MLS after St. Louis? Are these guys thinking about adding another team the year after Philly?
