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No Montreal team in 2011 MLS commissioner News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City7c Tomorrow1c Flurries or rain showers Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK No Montreal team in 2011 MLS commissioner Last Updated Saturday August 8 2009 1241 PM ET Comments21Recommend28By John F Molinaro CBC Sports The Montreal Impact turned a lot of heads with their performance and massive fan support during the CONCACAF Champions League last season (Graham HughesCanadian Press)Montreal soccer fans shouldnt get their hopes up about seeing Major League Soccer come to town in 2011League commissioner Don Garber confirmed Montreal will not receive an expansion franchise in two years timeReports surfaced earlier this week that Joey Saputo the owner of the Montreal Impact (who compete in the USL1 one division below MLS) was in discussion with Garber over joining the league as soon as 2011But Garber downplayed the prospect of MLS expansion into Montreal in 2011 during half time of Friday nights Real MadridToronto FC exhibition game The commissioner told reporters that the Saputo family must secure public funding in order to expand the capacity of 13000seat Saputo Stadium the current home of the Impact before Montreal is granted an MLS teamWere in discussions with Joey Saputo and his family and the next step for us is to work with them on trying to get public support to expand and renovate that stadium Garber explainedWithout that were not going to be able to go to MontrealGarber did however state that he could eventually see MLS in MontrealWell continue those discussions Garber said Its not happening in 2011 Itll happen sometime after that but Id like to see three teams in CanadaVancouver will become the second Canadian franchise in MLS in 2011 joining Toronto FC which entered the league in 2007Garber also said the league wants to add a 19th team after the arrival of Vancouvers Whitecaps and the Portland Timbers in 2011 The newly christened Philadelphia Union will start MLS play in 2010Montreal was one of the frontrunners to join in 2011 but the franchise pulled out when Joey Saputo and former Canadiens owner George Gillett hesitated to pay the expansion feeThis story is now c...