Montreal to join MLS in 2012 as 19th team

Montreal will join Major League Soccer as its 19th team in 2012.

The team, announced at a news conference Friday, will be owned by the Saputo family, which currently runs the Montreal Impact of the U.S. Soccer Federation D-2 Pro League. It will play mostly in Saputo Stadium, which is to undergo about $23 million Canadian in renovations and have a 20,000-seat capacity.

Some games will be in Olympic Stadium, the home of baseball's Montreal Expos from 1977-04.

MLS currently has 16 teams. Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, British Columbia, were announced in March 2009 as expansion teams for 2011.

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[Herb615]

WE NEED MORE CANADIAN TEAMS!!!!!

[Arsenal23TR]

Hamilton United FC

[SinCara151]

we need the puerto rico islanders

[PhilliesPhanPhorever]

Phili 'till I die

[merkax]

EDMONTON FC , CALGARY FC , QUÉBEC FC , WINNIPEG FC , OTTAWA FC , WHY NOT ?

[catman1cheese]

@Arsenal23TR lmao. serbian white eagles Fc

[unak78]

@DragAmiot You're right. Montreal is the fourth largest after Paris, Kinshasa, and Abidjan. Garber needs to bone up on his geography.

[666Raiderpride]

seattle sounders!!

[DragAmiot]

«second largest french-speaking city in the world». What about Abidjan and Kinshasa?

[ButterSideUpCrew]

@Herb615 FC CALGARY 2014