At some MLS games,an absent goal is met with nothing but deafening silence. Joe Callaghan reports on why the local fans generally have the place to themselvesWhen you’re on alert for any shade of outsider, the fashion protests of Montreal’s police don’t help. Locked in a long-term pension dispute, and the city’s officers forego section of their uniform and opt for wildly coloured camouflaged pants as a very Quebec bargaining tool. They stand out.
Last Saturday afternoon at the Stade Olympique,as deep blue and black-clad crowds start to pour out of the subway and into the arena, they’re the only ones who stand out. Easier then to just approach and ask them whether anyone else is likely to stand out from the domestic crowd as the Impact host Columbus Crew.
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Source: theguardian.com