Impact unveils stadium renovation plan 9 Mar 2011The Montreal Impact announced its plan to transform Stade Saputo into an MLS-ready facility.Owner Joey Saputo lifted the curtain on a plan to increase the stadium’s capacity from 13,034 to 20,431. The plan calls for 3,500 seats in a new west grandstand and 1,250 additional seats in the southeast and southwest corners. Another 1,000 seats will be installed in the east grandstand.
MLS needs to step in and stop preseason ugliness 9 Mar 2011On Tuesday night, a preseason game between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake was abandoned in the second half because of what’s being described as an ugly brawl.
Calgary United to open PASL tourney against Mexican side 9 Mar 2011Calgary United FC will open the PASL North American Championships Thursday against PPM Sidekicks del Estado de Mexico.The Sidekicks finished in second place in the Mexican arm of the indoor soccer alliance, and are seeded No. 5 our of the six qualifying teams. Calgary is the No. 4 seed. The winner of Thursday’s game in Cincinnati will face the No. 1 seed San Diego Sockers in one semifinal.
Canadian women show that Sinclair doesn’t always need to score 9 Mar 2011Christine Sinclair, called upon time and time again to score the winning goal — which she did in the Gold Cup and in the Sao Paulo tourney — only scored once in this competition. Her teammates provided the needed secondary scoring.
