http://footiebusiness.com/2009/02/27/mls-expansion-vancouver-in-2011/ Looking at the business side of the beautiful game Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://footiebusiness.com/2009/02/27/mls-expansion-vancouver-in-2011/#comment-123 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:30:32 +0000 http://footiebusiness.com/?p=124#comment-123 [...] In Canada, the Globe and Mail is reporting that Vancouver will likely receive one of the two 2011 bids. The bid spearheaded by billionare Greg Kerfoot would follow the Sounders’ model, by moving a successful USL franchise into MLS.  Kerfoot has supported Canadian soccer for years and  has the dough to support a franchise.  While the idea of a renovated BC Place is not ideal, its proximity to downtown and public transportation are ideal.  The 24th Minute makes the case for BC Place here.  We  discussed the Vancouver bid here. [...]

]]> http://footiebusiness.com/2009/02/27/mls-expansion-vancouver-in-2011/#comment-90 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:09:00 +0000 http://footiebusiness.com/?p=124#comment-90 [...] of the South Florida market. With Barcelona out of the way, things are definitely looking up for Vancouver, St. Louis and Portland. According to this post at the 24th minute, Vancouver and Portland have wrapped up the slots for the [...]

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