Impact beat Mexicans in front of 55,000

[Regs]

WOW.

Montreal wins 2-0 and Sebrango got both.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9lD153FUQs]YouTube - Impact Montreal vs Santos 2-0 Concacaf Liga Campeones[/ame]

 

[klewis]

Watched this game too at the pub, not bad.

 

[Dude]

55,000 for a soccer game? That's awesomme. Too bad these guys had to pull out of MLS bidding...or were booted, or whatever.

 

[ghouse]

They pulled out as the dollar slid back to where it is today. 40 mil exspantion fee turned into, well you do the math.

 

[Conductor]

Didn't watch the game but just saw what Regs posted. That's great for the Impact and also for Sebrango getting both. He was a pretty classy guy from what I was told when he was here! By the way love listening to the annoucer on the goals, if only Tom Larscheid did that for the Canuck games! LOL

 

[Dude]

My understanding was that the Impact wanted a better deal (possibly due to the exchange rate), and Garber rescinded his RFP. The math equates to roughly an extra $10M, assuming Montreal budgeted based on the buck being at par. Anyone in the long haul for this knows- or should have known- we were long overdue for a correction in our exchange, as long term it just isn't feasible.

We do about 60% of our buying in the US. Since the US buck fell to par around Spring 07, we knew it was only a matter of time before it slowly crept back up. Most Canadian industrial experts were guessing at an ideal rate fluctuating between 1.15-1.25...and when I bought yesterday our price was hovering just over 1.25 (1.2560 in the morning, fell back some by end of day).

Point being, everyone who deals regularly in USD knows that a par rate is not sustainable long term, and a correction was bound to occur sooner or later. I very much doubt that a company of Saputo’s status and propensity to evaluate every factor imaginable in their forecasting would fail to overlook this, then let it be a major impediment to the deal when the real impact to their bid is $9-10M.

I'm sure there is a lot more to the withdrawal / rescinding of the invitation to bid than just a change in the exchange rate.

 

[Supersub]

MyP2P.eu :: Copa Campeones/Champions Cup - Santos Laguna vs. Montreal Impact

You can watch the game live here at 4pm. better than watchin on cbc at midnight

 

[dutch13]

CBC has had a live feed for the Impacts previous games... Are they not showing this one?

Edit: online..

 

[Polska]

CBC has had a live feed for the Impacts previous games... Are they not showing this one?

Edit: online..

ON CBC bold i believe

 

[Regs]

It's on at 7PM PACIFIC... flash video feed at Captain Shamrock's best link posted ever:

ATDHE.Net - Watch Free Live Sports TV

 

[TheRob]

They sure cokced that one up didn't they.