The roster has finally been released for Canada's final World Cup (non) qualifying game against Jamaica. This is a vastly different team than we have seen for the past 2 years with a lot of youth getting the call. Not surprising since we really have nothing left to play for, except pride, and many key [. Click to continue reading...

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Congratulations to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, and first African American president.

Ben Knight writes about how he wants John Carver to be here next year, but doesn't want Mo Johnston here.

Greg Sutton talks here about how he expects us to make the playoffs next season. Click to continue reading...

On May 1 we faced the New York Red Bulls at BMO Field on a cold and rainy night. Marco Velez opened up the scoring for us, heading home a Laurent Robert free kick. It was his first career MLS goal. Dave Van Den Bergh equalized for the Red Bulls just 17 minutes later from a direct free kick. The match finished in a 1-1 draw. Click to continue reading...

Maybe it's because I know that they probably don't speak English as a first choice or perhaps it's because they are kept behind a net like in some sort of sports zoo, but something about Ultras Montréal just seems so Euro-hooligan to me. There is one point about 2:21 into this video when they are all walking through the parking garage where it looks like an outtake from the "Stress" video. Click to continue reading...

I have nothing to base the following on so take it --and everything else on TOR for that matter-- as merely one fan's random perspective. I was just reading this article in the Toronto Globe & Mail about how Toronto FC owners MLSE may be purchasing GolTV when the following line caught my attention: "It's conceivable that Toronto Blue Jays games could air on an MLSE channel nationally. Click to continue reading...

Tonight starts a decisive week in the CONCACAF Champions League, and if results go a certain way, we may not know all of the eight quarterfinalists until late next month. Here are tonight's matches, with the highlight being the critical match in Group B:[Group C] Olimpia - Joe Public 1700[Group B] LA Firpo - Houston Dynamo 1900[Group C] Atlante - Montreal Impact 1900 Come back later today for live commentary of the Firpo-Dynamo match. Click to continue reading...

Nigel Reed's latest blog post can be found here. He's not too thrilled to have predicted correctly that we will not make the playoffs.

It looks like the Red Bulls are considering cutting ties with their two recently-suspended players, Jon Conway and Jeff Parke. Click here to read more.

MLS Rumors is speculating that the recent economic crisis could endanger Philadelphia's progress for 2010 expansion. Click to continue reading...

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Is Dichio done? The big man appears to be considering retirement after this season. Click here for an article from the Star about it.

Chad Barrett's looking for do some damage to his old side on Saturday. Click here to read more.

Larry Millson at Globe Sports is reporting that John Carver has reiterated his desire to stay here at the end of this season. Click to continue reading...

Will this be the week when a Major League Soccer club finally experiences a victory in the CONCACAF Champions League? Both D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo will have a crack at restoring some of the league's credibility in the group stage, though a lot of damage has been done already.
First up, Houston will go on the road Tuesday night to face Pumas in Mexico City. Click to continue reading...

Here are the all-time average attendance standings (1994-2008) for each of the 47 different clubs in USL-1 (and the A-League/APSL prior to that): ALL-TIME USL-1 ATTENDANCE BY CLUB (Active Clubs in Gray) Club G Total Avg. Rochester Rhinos 192 1,962,192 10,220 Montreal Impact 191 1,316,637 6,893 Syracuse Salty Dogs 28 185,806 6,636 Portland Timbers 114 712,789 6,253 Puerto Rico Islanders 71 333,802 4,701 Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps 204 928,634 4,552 Carolina RailHawks 29 129,768 4,475 Colorado Foxes 50 178,703 3,574 Minnesota Thunder 173 591,538 3,419 Los Angeles Salsa 10 33,405 3,341 Charleston Battery 170 566,825 3,334 Seattle Sounders 209 686,989 3,287 Hershey Wildcats 72 229,615 3,189 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 71 216,978 3,056 Milwaukee Rampage 88 264,089 3,001 Long Island Rough Riders 68 180,995 2,662 El Paso Patriots 102 267,218 2,620 Carolina Dynamo 14 36,474 2,605 Richmond Kickers 128 302,244 2,361 Toronto [. Click to continue reading...

It was another good night for USL teams and another disappointing showing for MLS teams in the CONCACAF Champions League.

The Montreal Impact faced Mexican power Atlante on Wednesday and posted a 0-0 tie to stay in a tie for first place in its group with Atlante.

D.C. United's night wasn't quite as fun.

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Two of the men leading MLS expansion charges get the ink from their local papers today. Québécois dairy tycoon andMontréal Impact owner Joey Saputo has an enjoyable Q&A in the Montréal Gazette, while Portland Timbers impresario Merritt Paulson reveals loads of revenue and attendance related dirt on the Rose City club. Click to continue reading...

Last night, the two other teams in United's CONCACAF Champions League Group A got their tournaments underway as Cruz Azul (Mexico) traveled to Honduras to take on CD Marathon. The home team came out with a 2-0 victory on the strength of goals from Carlos Mejia (34th minute) and Mario Beata (56th).

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It says a lot about the UEFA Champions League and a lot more about the global stature of Manchester United that for many in Los Angeles the most important game of the week does not involve the Galaxy or Chivas USA, but today's 11:30 a.m. game on ESPN2 that has the Red Devils facing Jozy Altidore's Spanish team Villareal.

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So many headlines today -- time to get back in morning roundup mode:

COMING TODAY

- I'm talking later with Bruce Arena and Landon Donovan, so if you have a question, drop me a note. Du Nord notes the Galaxy have the worst record in MLS since Aug.

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Well as I sit here watching both Chelsea and Liverpool beating on their French opponents in the UEFA Champions League, I must point out that over here in North America the group stage of our own Champions League is starting tonight. After both the New England Revolution and Chivas USA were eliminated in qualifying the only MLS teams left are DC United and the Houston Dynamo. Click to continue reading...

The qualifying rounds sure were fun (oops, sorry New England and Goats USA fans). The group stages begin tonight for the first CONCACAF Champions League. Here's a quick preview of the groups, along with some predictions...

GROUP A
1- Cruz Azul (MEX)
2- Saprissa (CRC)
3- DC United (USA)
4- Marathon (HON)

This is definitely the group of death. Click to continue reading...

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It took a dozen years but D.C. United finally added a second U.S. Open Cup trophy to its loaded trophy case.

The four-time MLS Cup champions downed USL side Charleston Battery 2-1 in the U.

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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.

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Longtime FC Dallas GK Matt Jordan kept a clean sheet as USL-1 side Montreal Impact advanced in the Champions League

Even after DC United beats the Charleston Battery in tonight's US Open Cup Final, USL will have achieved something tangible that MLS failed at attempting, and failed badly at: to advance a team out of the qualifying round of the CONCACAF Champions League.

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Longtime FC Dallas GK Matt Jordan kept a clean sheet as USL-1 side Montreal Impact advanced in the Champions League Even after DC United beats the Charleston Battery in tonight's US Open Cup Final, USL will have achieved something tangible that MLS failed at attempting, and failed badly at: to advance a team out of the [. Click to continue reading...

Below are the collated results for the Preliminary Round of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. Ties are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if necessary. Click to continue reading...

The curse of living in the western US...I get home and matches are in progress. Nevertheless, let's go.Scores and commentary after the jump. I decided to put the most recent updates at the top. New England 0-4 Joe Public (Joe Public win 6-1 on aggregate)Real Estelí - Montreal Impact (Montreal Impact lead 1-0 on aggregate)Chivas USA 0-0 Tauro FC 11' (Tauro FC lead 2-0 on aggregate)1932: Dominguez was shown a yellow card for his tackle in the box, but he should have been shown a red card for being the last man and denying a goal-scoring opportunity. Click to continue reading...

That thunderous sound heard around the Triangle this evening may very well have be the Montreal Impact hammering home the nails in the coffin of the RailHawks 2008 playoff hopes as they took a 2-0 victory over the listless RailHawks at WakeMed Soccer Park.
After a 2 hour rain delay, the RailHawks were afforded a golden opportunity to claw their way back into the USL-1 playoff race when Montreal's Pizzolito saw red for a studs up challenge in the 15th minute. Click to continue reading...

Soccer commentators love to talk about "six pointers" -- a match in which a win not only gives the victor 3 much needed points in the standings, but prevents their opponent from pulling 3 points away from them in the table. While technically every match in the league does exactly this, it's never so evident as when two teams struggling for the last playoff position square off. Click to continue reading...

I got home from work a few minutes ago, so I've missed most of the Montreal Impact-Real Esteli match. Tonight's matches in the Champions League are on, so let's go!Scores and liveblog beneath the jump. Montreal Impact 1-0 Real Esteli Alajuelense 0-0 Puerto Rico Islanders (10')Isidro Metapán 0-0 MarathónGjertsen scored in the first half. Click to continue reading...

Two USL First Division teams hope to do a little better than their MLS counterparts last night as the Montreal Impact take on Real Esteli at home and the Puerto Rico Islanders travel to Costa Rica to counter Alajuelense in the nightcap. Stay with us all night, as we'll also be here for the Silverbacks-Whitecaps game. Click to continue reading...

Well, that was awful.

Chivas USA looked like a team that had studied their CONCACAF Champions League opponents Tauro FC of Panama on the airplane ride down (ahem) going down 2-0 tonight in their preliminary stage two-game series.

Chivas USA did everything wrong.

They gave away a soft early goal, applied pressure, but failed to capitalize, and then swooned on the second (where exactly was Panchito Mendoza?

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El Montreal Impact, donde milita el delantero panameño Roberto Brown, se enfrentará mañana ante el club nicaraguense Real Estelí FC en el partido de ida de la Liga Champions de CONCACAF. El partido se jugará en el estadio Saputo de Montreal.

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Attention haters from Messageboardsville who've spent the day deriding the CONCACAF Champions League saying that no one cares about it. And to those expansion junkies who are opposed to a second Canadian city being in the running ahead of so many American cities, you too should take note of the following: the Montreal Impact have sold out the 13,034-seat Saputo Stadium in advance of tomorrow night's match with Real Esteli FC of Nicaragua. Click to continue reading...

The time has come for North America's answer to their European counterpart. The Champions League begins tonight. In this space I will rank and give a brief preview of the eight preliminary matchups. Several of the teams come from leagues that have played internationally very little over the past few years, so those teams will be unranked. Click to continue reading...

The inaugural CONCACAF Champions League begins this week, with eight Preliminary Round first-leg matchups taking place August 26-28. Twenty-four teams will battle it out between now and April 2009 to decide who will be crowned the first-ever CONCACAF Champions League champion and receive the honor of representing North America at next year's Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Click to continue reading...

Below are the collated results for the Preliminary Round of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. Ties are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if necessary. Click to continue reading...

Atlanta Silverbacks are off to the Great White North to take on Montreal Impact tonight in a match that should help the Backs push closer to securing a playoff spot.

Impact will be looking to play spoiler though on their home field and could use a win to help them climb out of 9th position in the table. Click to continue reading...

TORONTO - In the shadows of Toronto's MLS team, Toronto FC, is an ever growing phenomenon that is Pistolas FC Toronto. But now PFC is starting to garner attention and has been classed as one of the 5 Official Club Sites listed on Football-Linx.com.


Pistolas FC Toronto now joins fellow Official Canadian clubs, the Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps, Toronto Lynx, and Ottawa Fury - read on - http://www. Click to continue reading...