I’m A Soccer Writer

By Ben Knight Globe & Mail On Soccer

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MLS commissioner Don Garber is tip-toeing north of the border, folks, kicking the tires of potential television deals should his league expand to Montreal and/or Vancouver for 2011.

Given the league’s modest broadcast incomes stateside, and that three different Canadian networks are already televising Toronto FC matches, TV money could quickly pose a compelling case for the Impact and Whitecaps to move it on up.

Ah, but when you create surplus somewhere, you often end up with a deficit somewhere else. Canadian soccer talent? It’s possible there may not be enough of it to go around. But that should change over time. The steady demands of three domestic MLS sides all but guarantee it.

I want to narrow the focus, away from soccer players … to soccer writers.

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