The best Nike Commercial ever?

This may just go down as one of the greatest soccer commercials ever made, it makes me wonder what they will come up with for the world cup to come. Now, I know some of you would say that the old Nike commercials featuring the Devil and Eric cantona are classics but this one takes them all in my opinion.

If you all have other commercials you think are better, by all means lets have them.

AN IMPACTED ECONOMY?!

First off... an amendment to my last post that stated the Impact withdrew their application, we now know it was ousted by the MLS and some interesting facts have come to light over the most recent news wires...

Turns out the Impact, wanting to be fiscally responsible as an organization and to their fan-base decided to question the expansion fee of 40 million US... and they got jacked!

Turns out only big banks and struggling car manufacturers can ask for economic respite in light of the current world economic state.
I mean forget about the fact that this franchise has already proven by leaps and bounds that it can "hang with the big boys" but it has a following that rivals that of DC United and TFC, come on MLS!!

Really? No ticket no Laundry?

I have a feeling this is just the tip of the ice burg and plenty more is coming down the wire concerning this story. What I do know is that the MLS would be better served with Montreal as a part of the mix, but Montreal right now and for the near future is actually better off not being hampered by the MLS and their salary cap and spending limits.

Who knows, the USL may turn out to be stronger on the heels of the Impact's successful run in the CONCACAF Champions League.

More difinately to come... stay tuned.

AN Impacted Economy?

Montreal has withdrawn!?!?

Well as some of you may have heard recently, the Montreal Impact have formally withdrawn their application for expansion into the MLS.

SHOCKER!!! WHAT!!!?

" Montreal has had to evaluate what kinds of private capital they needed to refinance their stadium to fund the expansion fee, and what kind of public support would be available,'' according to MLS laegue commish Don Garber.

I think, Montreal has been placed in an awkward position where once it was one of the "front runner" expansion candidates it has now had to endure the inclusion and surprise expansion applications of cities like Miami and Atlanta and lets not forget Ottawa. Who despite being heavily backed by big corps. and other pro teams, they really are all talk.... will Atlanta really have a better fan base than Montreal, will they be more viable? I don't think so, but I've read they put on a kick ass presentation to the league. Miami is being backed by Barcelona FC. this is enough to get the MLS creaming in their pants, but will Miami really get the fans out? Maybe if there's a Jai Lai tournament before the game. This brings me to Ottawa, where the hell do they get off just deciding that they can expand into an already budding league and compete when they have nothing and I mean no Soccer history to draw from. No established fan base, and no Stadium, this is a city that can barely keep and NHL team alive and that was only because they were winning, I'm wondering how things will fare for the Senators in this Economic climate now that they're in the NHL basement and look like staying there. Ottawa can't even keep a CFL team without some sort of controversy or bail out form the league, and they want to overstep the Impact who already have a solid fan-base which is ever-growing and a winning history, they're going to the knockout stage of their first CONCACAF Champions League and are a solid contender to make the semi finals of that tourney. In my opinion the MLS should be begging Montreal to join the league if only for the fact that the rivalry between TFC and the Impact would one day soon rival that of the Leafs and the Canadiens.

Miller Lite Returns as Major Sponsor of CONCACAF Gold Cup(TM) Tournament

Miller Lite Returns as Major Sponsor of CONCACAF Gold Cup(TM) Tournament

Whitecaps release future of football on the Canadian Westcoast

I for one have bought my seasons passes already..... I'm excited about the prospect of the MLS coming to the Canadian West Coast. This I think is a formidable first step in the bidding process and the Whitecaps Top Brass have done well to begin this process a mere week or two after their formal franchise application was handed in to the MLS.

The Whitecaps already have a proven record amongst other club teams in North America based solely on their winning history.

So, in this humble writers' opinion the move to the MLS is only a natural progression, besides, based on the market success of Toronto FC the Whitecaps Franchise is a sure fire winner as well. Not just because the fans will fill the seats but also because the product on the pitch is already better than that of TFC.

Sorry T.O. but the truth is the truth.

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