GuillermoDelQuarto

that's what I look like

I won't go blue in the face holding my breath, but good luck there bud!

Forgive my ignorance if this has been talked about already, I haven't been on here much recently, but has anyone considered the possibility that Port City actually refers to Mississauga? am not from the east so don't even know if this makes sense.

And yes, I totally agree that it's more important to have a full stadium than a massive one.

I'm pretty close with some of the people in Edmonton and I'm pretty confident in saying that there's no stopping what's going on there right now. If Clarke falls through, something else will happen. When you try and change something, there's always going to be resistance. The important thing is that the Mayor, Don Iveson, is on board. He's also fairly popular with young folks in town, and I don't see him going anywhere any time soon.

I saw something on twitter saying Larin was now practicing with Besiktas. Real or bs?

ted, u know i love it when we agree

"In the end, FC Edmonton’s demise may just prove that in the world of pro sports, maybe nice guys do finish last. Fath paid to double Clarke’s capacity by bringing in the grandstands. He never said much to the media that challenged the status quo. Maybe he would have been better off demanding millions from city council, threatening to move the team, complaining to the media whenever he could." Pretty stern words from Sandor to finish off the article. I do sometimes wonder if footy fans in this country are a little too apologetic. But it does always come down to the soccer fans that don't support their own team. Really you can't get mad at the casual fan if even our own won't support it. I do think TFC(and MLS in general) is slowly changing that though.

as funny as this is, I could easily do the same thing with London, UK, and you would have 8 or 9 different clubs that are all in London, Also London, soon to be London and still London

really hope it's surrey, personally.

basically, he's calling on us to step up. Well, what should we do?

this is the one main counterpoint I have for anyone who says FCEds collapse is due to Edmonton "not being a soccer town" it really hasn't been tested yet. Plop a team in a pro league in Calgary and Van that they see regularly and then we really see what kind of town Edmonton is. When I first saw FCEd on TV I thought it looked bush league and so would everyone else who watches sports. If they were in MLS they would be doing at least as well as Columbus, IMO

You can't really blame Fath for being non-committal. He's a businessman and he's trying to do what's best for his business. It's CPL's job to woo him. Beirne will understand this, and isn't taking it personally, I can pretty much assure you. If Beirne was taking it personally I would have much bigger concerns than FCEd. But so far he's been an ace pretty much everywhere he's been, so I'm not overly concerned(Brighton&Hove Albion, anyone?) we just have to be patient and get on with our lives and things will happen when they should happen.