It seems Montreal thought they could haggle with MLS over the expansion fee. That's according to what came out of today's press conference in Montreal and this article in the Toronto Globe and Mail.

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MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact are still interested in joining Major League Soccer, but "not at any price," team president Joey Saputo said Monday.

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According to the CBC there is a Monday morning press conference scheduled by Montreal Impact owner, Joey Saputo to address the issue of their bid withdrawl, or bid rejection depending on who you believe.

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The Montreal bid was tabled by Joey Saputo, owner of the Montreal Impact of the United Soccer League's First Division, and George Gillett, owner of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and part-owner of Liverpool of the English Premier League.

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A new week of CONCACAF Champions League play starts today. In United's group, Deportivo Saprissa hosts current Group A leaders CD Marathon. Group B leaders UNAM will take on the Houston Dynamo at 10 p.m. ET and this game can be seen live on Fox Soccer Channel.

Here is this week's TV schedule (all times EST): Tuesday, September 30Group B: Pumas UNAM vs. Click to continue reading...

With all of this week's CONCACAF Champions League matches played, several teams established themselves as early front-runners to advance to the next round of the region's most important tournament.

In D.C. United's group, Marathon took the top spot with the 2-0 win against the Black-and-Red. Click to continue reading...

I am heading off to Milwaukee this weekend for a family outing. And I will be at the Highbury Pub on Saturday morning seeing some friends. So come on down and rock with us.


MLS Scoreboard

Week 27
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Sep 25
Chicago 3-1 Los Angeles - CF goals by Chris Rolfe(2) & Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Click to continue reading...

CONCACAF Champions League News

Official CCL website
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Matchday 2 Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 23
San Francisco 0-0 Houston Dynamo
Puerto Rico Islanders 3-1 Santos Laguna - PRI goals by Osei Telesford, Noah Delgado & Edwin Miranda. Click to continue reading...

Here are the updated group standings, following last night's matches:

Group AMarathon (HON) 2-0-0, 6 pts.Cruz Azul (MEX) 1-0-1, 3 pts.Saprissa (CRC) 1-0-1, 3 pts.D.C. United 0-0-2, 0 pts.

In Group B, UNAM defeated Firpo to take the top spot. Group C saw Impact de Montreal and Atlante play to a scoreless tie and put themselves atop the group, while Olimpia topped Joe Public 3-1.

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Champions League play resumed yesterday with three goups in action. In United's Group A, Cruz Azul thrashed Saprissa 4-0. The Black-and-Red will look to earn points tonight on the road against Honduran side Marathon. The game will be shown live on Fox Soccer Channel at 10 p.m. ET.

The other MLS representative, the Houston Dynamo, played a scoreless draw with Panama's San Francisco to earn a road point.

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Champions League play continued last night when Honduras' CD Olimpia visited Mexico's Atlante. Playing only four of their regular starters, the home team defeated the visitors 1-0 to put themselves atop Group C along with Impact de Montreal. Read the full report over at concacaf.com.

All teams will play their second matchup of the tournament between Sept 23-25.

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RFK was indeed a fortress tonight. One not capable of keeping a goal out in a 2-1 win for United but one which was formidable enough to give the Capital Club its first win in the 94 year old national cup competition since their inaugural season in 1996. It is also United's first cup win since the 2004 MLS cup victory. Click to continue reading...

EDITORS NOTE: Special thanks to all who wrote in referring us to this article. As luck would have it we were wrapped up in meetings all day so could not get around to posting it until now. Feel free to discuss at length.


According to this article MLS may add as many as 6 new clubs by 2011. Click to continue reading...

Some of you may have noticed that another site which some time ago changed its focus to Supporters Groups has gone on indefinate hiatus. We at MLSR would like to step in to fill the gap so please if you're in a supporters group, send any and all videos or other info to our email address above.

As part of our expanding focus on Supporters Groups we head north for some Canadian Content provided by some Toronto FC supporters detailing their recent trip to Stade Saputo for their Champions League qualifier match against Impact de Montreal which they won 1-0. Click to continue reading...

At the risk of seeming too negative, and with a heavy heart we have to report the following story of yet another incident involving fan violence associated with the meeting of MLS (and in this case USL) fans.

Earlier today we received the following email from one our reliable Canadian sources:

Keep it on the downlow please.

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Time for some Canadian Content:

This video report aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Company's broadcast of the Canada Cup CONCACAF Champions League Qualifier.
Nice to hear them call it football on a broadcast free-to-air network channel. This practice has caught on in Canada and Australia both countries with other more popular home grown codes of gridiron football. Click to continue reading...

While it would need to be expanded for MLS use it is not a bad temporary venue should the league want to do that. For more on Montreal expansion click here.

For more photos like the one above click here. Click to continue reading...

While MLS and George Gillet talk about Montreal joining Major League Soccer, the two soon to be rivals, Impact de Montreal and Toronto FC are set to square off along with their west coast brethren, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in a tournament to see who will represent Canada in the Champions League. Click to continue reading...

While MLS and George Gillet talk about Montreal joining Major League Soccer, the two soon to be rivals, Impact de Montreal and Toronto FC are set to square off along with their west coast brethren, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in a tournament to see who will represent Canada in the Champions League. Click to continue reading...