Re: Toronto - imo, no go WAS: [nas] Expansion banter

Oh, and another thing - wouldn't that pi$$ off the 
Chivas owner since we all know he would rather use 
Mexican players exclusively?

Not well thought out there, Sean.

--- Original Message ---
From: KLINDSTR@flash.net
To: "NAS" <nas@americakicks.com>
Subject: Toronto - imo, no go WAS: [nas] Expansion 
banter

>Couple of comments on Sean's piece.
>
>--- Original Message ---
>From: big_dog@fastmail.fm
>>First, a caveat. Eventually I'd like to see MLS 
>comprised of 20 clubs,
>>using
>>a single table, 38-match schedule identical to that 
>of the English
>>Premiership.
>
>Why?  What is the fasination with the EPL when we 
have 
>seen as recently as this week that such a system 
>(which is exactly what WUSA had, btw) puts 
>extraorginary and unnecessary strain on travel costs.
>
>20 teams - yes.  Like the EPL?  Get over it.
>
>
>Re: Toronto - generally, I don't have a huge problem 
>with the idea except for this:
>
>>And why Canada? If Toronto were to receive an MLS 
>franchise, the league's
>>rules governing foreign players rules currently in 
>place could still
>>apply.
>>Except in this case, non-Canadians, including U.S. 
>citizens, would be the
>>foreign players. 
>>
>
>And why exactly would this be a good thing?  Let's 
>basically have the Canadian national team playing in 
>MLS.  Surely the Canadians don't need their egos 
>stroked THAT much, do they?
>
>Give them a team, expand the rules of MLS to allow US 
>*OR* Canadian players for ALL teams - hence, a level 
>playing field - and you have a viable team in 
Toronto, 
>growth of MLS, more Canadian players get to play 
first 
>division football (which, I admit, would be a good 
>thing but hard without a similar system as Canada 
>probably can't support more than four teams at best - 
>even at the MLS level).
>
>But give Toronto the advantage of playing most of 
>Canada's best players, to the detriment of MLS?  
Screw 
>that noise.
>
>I am all for the development of soccer outside the 
US, 
>as long as it isn't at the detriment of the US 
>development - at least now.  Let's get a bit farther 
>down the road before we go out and bootstrap someone 
>else.
>
>
>
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