TORONTO - Paul Beirne, Toronto FCs vice-president of business operations and the franchises first employee, is leaving the MSL club. Beirne, whose December departure is the latest in a string of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment moves, says he leaves the team with plenty of good memories. "This Saturdays TFC match will be my last with the club," Beirne tweeted Thursday. "Thank you for 7 seasons of awesome moments! So proud to have been a part of it!" Toronto wraps up its season Saturday against the visiting Montreal Impact. Beirne, 47, was offered another position outside of soccer at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment but declined. "The organization structure changed with the new leadership," Beirne, choosing his words carefully, said in an interview. He already has a new job lined up, although he declined to detail his next challenge. MLSE president and CEO Tim Leiweke has rung in the changes since taking over MLSE this summer. Toronto FC president and Kevin Payne was fired last month, with Tim Bezbatchenko taking over as GM. Leiweke, the man who brought David Beckham to MLS, has been particularly hands-on with TFC since taking charge. Leiweke, Bezbatchenko and manager Ryan Nelsen recently returned from a scouting trip to Europe in search of marquee talent. MLSE revamped its senior management in July and COO Tom Anselmi stepped down last month. Asked if he would have stayed with the soccer team if he had his druthers, Beirne replied diplomatically: "I will always be part of TFC." While Toronto has been a model franchise in many regards off the field, its lack of success on the pitch has been galling — and fan support has suffered as a result. The 5-17-11 team has missed the playoffs for the seventh straight year. The team has averaged 18,439 at BMO Field, which ranks 10th in the league this season, and attendance plummeted to 12,627 in a rain-drenched loss to Sporting Kansas City last month. Beirne joined MLSE in 1994 and became director of business operations for TFC in May 2006, switching from his job in charge of the Leafs and Raptors tickets operations. Despite the continued struggles on the pitch, Beirne sees light at the end of the Toronto FC tunnel. "Between Tim and Ryan, I think the football side of things is in really good hands," he said. He pointed to past lack of consistency in coaches and players. "Thats not a shot at anybody involved along the way. Its just been our reality for seven years. So as a fan of TFC, Im very optimistic for the future." As vice-president of business operations, Beirne essentially was in charge of everything at the club outside the pitch. He makes no excuses, but sees more positives than negatives at the club. "Weve made our bed, when youre talking about our reputation or how fans perceive us," he said. "However, Im enormously proud, of not only what happens at BMO Field on Saturdays in the summer but whats happening up at the KIA Training Ground, whats happening with our the academy, how the other teams in Canada have followed suit. "I think were in the middle of a sea change and all positive for the game in Canada," he added. "Im just enormously proud to have been a small part of it." Beirne was a popular figure among many TFC supporters, who saw the same kind of enthusiasm for the club as they had. "This is my baby and the baby of a handful of us here," he said. "My wife reminded me this morning if you love something, youve got to set it free. "So I am looking forward to taking in the games from the stands. I still have season tickets and I wont be leaving any time soon." Cheap Kenneth Faried Jersey . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. 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And only two players from Europes team are not PGA Tour members. The Presidents Cup can never equal the passion, pride and excessive hype of the Ryder Cup, just like The Players Championship can have all the trappings of a major championship without ever being considered one. Those vested in the Presidents Cup -- mainly anyone who works for the PGA Tour -- will argue that its only a matter of time. No one paid that much attention to the Ryder Cup when it was first starting out. Now it rivals the Masters as must-see TV. Thats missing the point. Europe has a real flag, not one that someone designed exclusively for a golf tournament. More than playing for a flag, Europe plays for its tour. Padraig Harrington said it best a decade ago when he referred to the European Tour as the "country cousin" of the PGA Tour. Its not as big, not as rich, not as popular. They have something to prove one week every two years. Its the success of the Ryder Cup -- and that success comes from beating up on the Americans every other year -- that pumps much-needed money into the European Tour. Golf fans from European countries build their year-round travel to the Ryder Cup, home and away. The International team comes from Argentina and Japan, South Africa and Australia. The biggest draw this week in Ohio might be Graham DeLaet of Canada, a proud golf nation and not terribly far away from central Ohio. "We are going to have a lot of support from the Canadians, and I think were going to have a lot of people down here from Canada in the next four or five days, so good for him," International captain Nick Price said. Safe to say there hasnt been a big rush for tickets from Ziimbabwe.dddddddddddd Or Argentina. So why bother with the Presidents Cup? Mainly because its an opportunity, and that should be enough. "When we started out with the Presidents Cup, the initial guys -- myself, Greg (Norman) and Ernie (Els) -- we so enjoyed watching the Ryder Cup and so wanted to be a part of the Ryder Cup-type format," Price said. "And then the Presidents Cup came along, and that was fantastic." Go back two decades to the start of these matches, and it might explain the value of the Presidents Cup -- and perhaps why it has lost some steam in recent years. The biggest stars outside of America in the mid-1990s werent from Europe, but from other parts of the globe. Norman was the biggest draw in golf. Price won three majors and was No. 1 in the world. Els won his first U.S. Open at 24 and was referred to by Curtis Strange as "the next guy." International players not eligible for the Ryder Cup won majors in all but two seasons during the 1990s. The only big stars from Europe when the Presidents Cup began in 1994 were Jose Maria Olazabal (when healthy) and Colin Montgomerie. Yes, Nick Faldo won his sixth major in 1996, but that was his last big moment. Europe got its due at the Ryder Cup. And these days, Europe has the best of both -- the Ryder Cup and some of the top stars. Just two years ago, the season ended with Europeans occupying the top four spots in the world ranking. Maybe thats why its hard to get worked up over this Presidents Cup. Masters champion Adam Scott has emerged as a global star. No other player on the International team is ranked among the top 15. It wouldnt hurt if the International team won the Presidents Cup this year to at least make it look like a contest. The last three have been blowouts, and the Americans only loss in this "competition" was in 1998 at Royal Melbourne. It certainly would help for the matches to be close. "We dont like getting beaten," Price said. "This is -- to all of us, I think -- its a really big week." Would it change the interest level worldwide? Not much as people might think. Its still an exhibition between the best players in the world outside of Europe. Its team match play, the most engaging format in golf. It can be fun. It can be intense -- Price once snapped a putter over his knee after losing a match on the 18th hole. Its still a great week of golf. And thats all it needs to be worth playing. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '