[Football] America's true soccr city

[Jackthelad]

 

[Quebec Seagull]

After 10 years out here, 5 of which being roughly half-way between Montreal and Toronto, I still haven't decided on which of TFC or Montreal should be 'my' Canadian team.

Oh my, as someone who lives in Ottawa-Gatineau, that shouldn't even be close -- whereas most MLS clubs are brimful of internationals, CF Montréal usually play 6 Canadians (including several homegrown in Québec at their academy) and 2 or 3 Americans. AND they made the semi-finals, last season. Around a quarter the national men's squad is made of CFM players, as well.

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[Marty McFly]

Oh my, as someone who lives in Ottawa-Gatineau, that shouldn't even be close -- whereas most MLS clubs are brimful of internationals, CF Montréal usually play 6 Canadians (including several homegrown in Québec at their academy) and 2 or 3 Americans. AND they made the semi-finals, last season. Around a quarter the national men's squad is made of CFM players, as well.

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So you're saying I should ignore the MLS and go for Atletico Ottawa?

 

[Quebec Seagull]

You can root for CF Montréal and attend the Atlético matches in Ottawa! Win-win

I really wanted to attend the CSL final against Hamilton at Lansdowne last October, but prior committments and all... I used to buy ticket packages to the Fury every 2 or 3 years, though.

P.S. I can't even bring myself to cheer on the Raptors or the Blue Jays, much less TFC, lol

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[Fignon's Ponytail]

I read on CBS8 at the weekend that a consortium has proposed a new development for San Diego, similar to the Olympic Park - inc. a new soccer stadium for an MLS franchise.

Fingers crossed!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Surprises me that San Diego dont have an MLS team at all tbh, considering the large population of Latinos down that way, & a complete lack of NFL, NBA, and NHL teams in the city. Soccer is very popular, but they still only have a USL team with the San Diego Loyal (founded by Landon Donovan) playing in a uni stadium with a capacity of 6k.

https://www.sdloyal.com/

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Maybe one day...

They tried to put a Latino team in MLS but it failed, granted it was North of San Diego

It was part of a Mexican club from memory.

Think there is too many teams in that part of the country.

 

[jcdenton08]

I spend a lot of time in BC, and have had the misfortune of going to a couple of Whitecaps games. The standard is indeed very poor in comparison to what we’ve become accustomed to.

If I had a comparison, the matches I’ve seen live have been like scrappy League One or even League Two affairs, depending on the team.

I was most surprised at how direct the football was. I thought it would be a lot slower, like the Italian game, more methodical. But not in my limited experience, it’s harem-scarem stuff, playing for the second ball.

Good athletes but technically extremely lacking. They’d get absolutely creamed in the Championship, let alone the Premier League.