Toronto FC’s parent organization, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, has announced ticket prices for the 2011 season that call for a 34 percent increase (from $315 to $422 — U.S. dollars) forthe club’s hard-core fans who camp out in BMO Field’s south section. The new package covers four games — including MLS Cup 2010. The […]
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Canadians reluctant to represent country
Canada returns to Toronto’s BMO Field for the first time in almost two years when it faces Peru Saturday and then heads to Montreal to play Honduras on Sept. 7.Paul Stalteri will break Randy Samuel‘s record of 82 caps if he plays in both games for Canada, but much of the attention is on players […]
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Champions in a Flash
[W-LEAGUE] In only its second season, the Buffalo Flash established itself as one of the greatest teams in the history of the W-League. It won the championshipwith a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in Saturday’s […]
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Impact congratulates itself
Montreal confirmed that it’s a major North American soccer market when the D2’s Impact drew 47,861 fans at Olympic Stadium for its game against touring AC Milan. No matter Milan won,4-1, to earn its first win on the tour. The Impact was ecstatic with the turnout, which included a walkup crowd of almost 10,000. “For […]
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Toronto FC clinches Concacaf berth
[CANADIAN NUTRILITE CHAMPIONSHIP] Philippe Billy‘s goal in the 62nd minute gave the Montreal Impact a 1-1 tie with theVancouver Whitecaps at Stade Saputo and assured MLS’s Toronto FC of defending the Canadian Nutrilite Championship. Ansu Toure […]
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Japan's Okada offers to quit
[WORLD CUP WARMUPS] Japan coach Takeshi Okada offered to quit after the Blue Samurai lost at home to archrival SouthKorea. Argentina coach Diego Maradona was pleased, but Australia’s Pim Verbeek was livid with two of his […]
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Tie leaves TFC just short of title
[NUTRILITE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP] MLS’s Toronto FC will have to wait at least one more week to repeat as Nutrilite Canadian Championship winner and clinch aspot in the Concacaf Champions League preliminary round. TFC and Vancouver played […]
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Toronto fans seek early World Cup drinking
Toronto mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone supports a move to allow bars and restaurants to serve alcohol beginning at 10 a.m. during the World Cup. Games willgenerally air at 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. local time, but according to city law, alcohol can’t be served until 11 a.m. “The nature of celebrations is that […]
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MLS to expand to Montreal
After Toronto, which joined MLS in 2007, and Vancouver, which will begin play in 2011, MLS is expanding to a third Canadian city, Montreal, in 2012. MLS’s 19th team was announced at anews conference Friday morning. It will be operated by the Saputo family, who own the Montreal Impact, which won the 2009 USL First […]
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Impact earns tie at Vancouver with nine men
[NUTRILITE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP] For the second game in a row, the Montreal Impact had to play short-handed on the road — this time it finished with nineplayers — but this time it managed to draw, 1-1, […]