The Canadian Soccer Association reacted with great enthusiasm and expressed their delight with the news out of Montreal today that the Saputo family will build a privately-funded 13,500-seat soccer specific stadium in Montreal. The new facility will be used as one of the host sites for the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007. The stadium will also be the future home of the defending A-League champion Montreal Impact who now play in the USL First Division.

“On behalf of the Canadian Soccer Association, I would like to salute the Saputo family on the construction of a new soccer stadium in the City of Montreal,” said CSA President Andy Sharpe. “The importance of improving and adding to the soccer facilities across Canada is essential to encourage and maintain the growth of our sport in our country and I commend the Impact and their partners for this initiative.”

look forward to the day when we can see international games being played at this new facility. The legacy of the FIFA World Youth Championship 2007 has already begun with the construction of this stadium and we hope to see more facilities being built in the near future. This is a wonderful development for soccer in Montreal, Quebec and Canada."

Source: CSA