We were just sent the following press release. Note that tomorrow is the deadline for expansion bids for this round.

Oct 14, 2008 12:08 ET
Grassroots support plans to bring Major League Soccer and world-class stadium to Ottawa
Melnyk prepares to deliver official bid to MLS selection committee

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct.

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Read all about the press conference here.

Official site here.

Lovely stadium in the middle of nowhere...... Click to continue reading...

They had a press conference in Ottawa today. They also opened a website. Doesn't that stadium look exactly like the old mock-ups of the stadium in Harrison when the Metrostars 1st floated the idea? Click to continue reading...

The funny thing about the MLS expansion race is that you don't hear a damn thing from anyone for months but then all of a sudden one group says "We're still trying to get a team" and this avalanche "Hey, we're still in this too!" articles comes flying at you.

Portland started off the latest round of madness last week, quickly followed by Vancouver and some overgrown children who carry dolls. Click to continue reading...

MLS Rumors is "reporting" that Ottawa, ON is going to make a big push for an MLS expansion team.  To Major League Soccer, I say this, Just Say No.    Ottawa is too small. If MLS is going to expand again to Canada, it should not be to its sleepy capital which makes Washington DC look like [...] Click to continue reading...

Not to be outdone by Portland, Vancouver, Miami and New York City, Ottawa is jumping back in news due to the fact that they are going to announce their expansion bid at a news conference. We reprinted the press release below:

Media Advisory: News Conference for Official Launch of Ottawa's MLS Bid and Stadium Plans
Tuesday, Sept.

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That was supposed to be a play on Manifest Destiny. You know, with the expansion and all?

MLS Rumors got the hot tip on which two cities are looking to be added by 2011:

My sources are adamant that the expansion teams have already been determined. Atlanta missed out. No word on Portland.

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According to this email we just received that would be the case:
Hello,I have some potential news regarding MLS' next round ofexpansion. This isn't a lot of new information, per se, but maybe you can keepit mind if you hear other stories. Click to continue reading...

More details about what was discussed by the MLS Board of governors at the All Star Game, continue to emerge. In a sign of the continued growth and viability of the league,
MLS bosses considered raising expansion fees to $50 Million. A 400 percent increase from when Toronto FC joined the league for a mere $10 Million. Click to continue reading...

According to Martin Rogers' latest MLS expansion update from Yahoo! sports, Montreal and Vancouver seem to be two of the frontrunner's for 2011 MLS expansion, with a lot of focus on the City of Saints.

According to the piece, "Joey Saputo, owner of United Soccer League side Montreal Impact, is determined to secure an MLS license and already has some infrastructure in place. Click to continue reading...

Martin Rogers: With two more teams to join in 2011, the groups behind Montreal and Vancouver are both tipped to present a formidable case. Even previously unmentioned Ottawa was included in the league's eight-city shortlist. Click to continue reading...

Running late today so just time to pass along a couple of items:

*Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan finds out next Friday whether he can complete his move to England's Aston Villa.

*Fed up with waiting for Lawndale's Kei Kamara to find the net on a regular basis, the San Jose Earthquakes have punted the Cal State Dominguez Hills product to the Houston Dynamo where he will hook up with equally productive (ahem) former Galaxy forward Nate Jaqua.

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Just a day after the MLS Board approved for two expansion clubs in year 2011, one Canadian city is already on board by announcing this morning that they will be formally applying for an expansion club with the league. That Canadian city is not Montreal or Ottawa, but is Vancouver. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are expected to announce [. Click to continue reading...

Press Release:

TORONTO -- Major League Soccer Board of Governors approved expanding by two teams by 2011, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced following Thursday's Board of Governors meeting in Toronto.

At the meeting, Commissioner Garber provided updates on prospective expansion markets throughout the U.

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Time for some Canadian Content thanks to our good and loyal readers in the land of the red maple leaf.

According to this French language article on the highly credible RDS web site, MLS officials have recently been in expansion talks with people from the Ottawa Senators.

A quick translation is as follows:

OTTAWA INTERESTED IN MLS

Authorities from Major League Soccer, where one Canadian club, Toronto FC is part of, met with the ownership group of the Ottawa Senators, of the National Hockey League, to discuss possible expansion in the Canadian nation's capital. Click to continue reading...

The line for a MLS expansion team just got a little longer as Eugene Melnyk, owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, has meet with league officials to discuss a move to Canada's capital.

The report says Melnyk and MLS met last Thursday. Although no specifics are known, Melnyk does bring with him a $1. Click to continue reading...

If any of us had to guess who the potential Canadian cities are that would be likely to become the home of a new MLS team I'm sure we'd all go with Montreal or Vancouver, right?

Well the National Post reports that there is some interest in bringing Major League Soccer to Ottawa. The owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators has spoke with Major League Soccer about bringing soccer into Ottawa.

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