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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I doubt that's happening since you would need Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal to participate, and they would have to relocate their USL Pro teams, all three of which joined this year and the USL Pro has 13 expansion teams this year. MLS entered into a multi-year agreement with USL Pro to consolidate with the MLS Reserve League and have a reserve/affiliation system with all MLS clubs.
You'd either have to convince MLS and these Canadian USL Pro teams to play in a separate league that offers the same level of competition in a Canadian-exclusive zone, or wait until the agreement runs out and hope that an all-Canadian league is viable. This includes convincing Edmonton FC and Ottawa Fury to relegate their positions in Division II American League system, which I'm not so sure they would be open to.
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An all Canadian league has a much greater chance of happening than MLS setting up shop in Calgary.
And you're correct in that TFC, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps would not leave MLS to join this potential league. They wouldn't be approached to leave MLS to join. Based on interviews with the president of the Canadian Soccer association, the league would 'co-exist' with MLS, essentially wanting to get to the standard of play up to MLS' standards, then leave the option to the MLS teams.
This potential (and that's really all it is at this point) league really comes from the fact that MLS does not have Canada's best interests at heart when operating. Some example are the winter schedule mentioned by hulkrogan, and the fact that American players are considered domestics on Canadian teams, but Canadian players are considered international players on American teams.
http://the11.ca/2014/06/18/montaglia...with-mls-nasl/
http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/in...n-league-r4701
Again, the point here is, if you want MLS to even give Calgary a glance, prove to them that there is the appetite for MLS by supporting the teams that are in place.
Might make sense to move this to another thread though.