New rules / commissioner's statements

[jets4life]

LOL.  Good riddance.  WFC lost around $1M a year every single year carrying that lame sport.  Every game ends 1-0, fun!

This is a  ridiculous thing to say, considering the NHL has plenty of games of comparable scoring. It has nothing to do with scoring.  Don't believe me? Just look at the demographics of soccer fans, and how fast the sport is growing in North America. I was at two of the World Cup Qualification games in Edmonton, where nearly 50,000 people packed the stadium in sub-zero weather.

[jets4life]

That's one of the reasons I have zilch interest in MLS. I can't embrace any team composed of a bunch of foreign mercenaries as "my" team. There's no way I can identify with such teams.

50% of the players on Toronto FC are Canadian, which is a higher percentage than the Toronto Argonauts.

[Balticfox]

Fair enough. But the other thing I hate about soccer here in North America is the copying of Euro club names, e.g. Toronto FC, Real Salt Lake, D.C. United, Orlando City. This is North America! Teams should have names such as Toronto Lynx, Toronto Blizzard, Vancouver Whitecaps (with no FC added), Hamilton Forge, Edmonton Elks, Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

 

[Tecno]

The MLS is the best soccer league in North America. The league the Valour played in, is several levels below. It would be like comparing the league the Goldeyes play in, with the MLB.

Oh, I didn't know that.  I thought all this Canada soccer was all in the same league.  I would have never dreamed that Canada could support 1 soccer leagues, let alone 2!  I guess that explains why the Whitecaps had more sales and better pricing power.

[The Zipp]

50% of the players on Toronto FC are Canadian, which is a higher percentage than the Toronto Argonauts.

had no idea...thanks