Not real rumour about them not being around next year, but just thougth I would throw the question out there.

I would imagine so. The owners have been willing to keep the team afloat for a long time now and there haven't been any indications that they intend to stop. (Please understand I have no inside information but am just putting out the common wisdom.)

There has been this weird wibe around this year I would not be surprised if the team was gone.

That is what I read over on the Ultras board.

Hopefully Toronto can finish off the season with a few wins, but I am not going to hold my breath.

Judging by the poor crowds this year (by Lynx fans accounts not the phony numbers the club releases) perhaps this will be the last year. I don't think they can keep attracting sponsors year after year with small crowds and a team that has no chance of winning being run the way it is being run. Add to that the fact that everyone keeps saying Toronto is a front runner for an MLS team and there really is no reason to keep the Lynx around.

Perhaps they can join the CPSL.

I don't think Toronto is a front runner for MLS. I believe it would be a lock with a stadium and MLSE as the owners. With the stadium getting the axe, though, where would the team play?

As I have said before, as long as the Hartrells (sp?) are willing to bankroll things there is no reason for the team to fold.

The CPSL has too many teams in the GTA as it is. (Although I suspect there may have been a bit of a mocking tone to that last comment. )

Whenever Garber talks he always says Toronto is the front runner for MLS. Thats where I get that idea from.

No I wasn't mocking with the CPSL comment. Seems to me that the Lynx would be a perfect fit with the CPSL budget wise and stadium quality wise. I'm not too sure about the CPSL logistics regarding how many teams they can handle in the GTA region though.

Todays game in Toronto they announced the crowd as 1,800 but from reports from people at the game the 2,200 seat grandstand was half empty which would put the crowd at around 1,100.

Seems the fans have already given up on this team. Can't blame them really.

I wasn't at the game so I don't know what size the actual crowd was. I can say, however, that the grandstand fits a lot more than 2200. I believe the actual figure is about 3500. If it was half full then the announced 1800 would be accurate.

Either way, however, it is a very small crowd.

Krammerhead,

Going back to your other comment, despite the fact that the Lynx are a poor team in the USL D1 I suspect they would dominate the CPSL. Their attendance (at it current level) would be much higher than the other CPSL teams. Imagine something like the Whitecaps dropping into the PDL division along with Abbotsford or perhaps into the PCSL.

The CPSL is not yet a great league and is neither fully Canadian (as in national in scope) nor fully professional (in that the wages are too low). I give them full marks for effort, though, and for knowing where they want to be. They have a solid core of teams, have set up an Open Cup, and are slowly expanding into major centres in Ontario and Quebec.

They need fewer teams in the GTA and they need teams in a few other cities (notably Kitchener, Ottawa, and a couple of Quebec centres). They also need to develop better relationships with the USL teams.

All that being said, its a move in the right direction. It would not be an appropriate home for the Lynx, though. What the Lynx need to do is stay where they are but improve to the point where they are truly viable there.