TORONTO - In showing a reporter around newly renovated BMO Field recently, MLSE CEO Tim Leiweke headed straight to the centre of the soccer field.

Ready to debunk fears that CFL football will run the stadium for soccer, he pointed to a faint outline just outside the official centre circle on the pitch.

"See the line we took out yesterday," he said. "No pressure-washing yet at all. "We've been out experimenting at KIA (Toronto FC's KIA Training Centre) on how to do lines. So this was a garden hose. We came in yesterday and just got it wet. And the paint began to go away."

The line, Leiweke suggested, would be rendered invisible with use of a special high-pressure water machine.

"You don't even see them," he said of the football lines. "So we're like 'Guys, we're going to be fine.'

"If we do it (convert the stadium to football), TFC owns the schedule. We lock in the MLS schedule then we go back and lock in the Argos schedule. They've got 10 games. We'll figure out 10 weekends when we don't have a soccer game. We're fine."

And yet nothing quite inflames the blood of Toronto FC supporters as the suggestion that their lakefront venue will be tainted by football. A "No Argos @BMO" banner was prominently displayed at the stadium last week when Toronto hosted the Montreal Impact.

Many fans see opening up the soccer stadium to other sports as going counter to the MLS goal of soccer-specific stadiums. Others simply fear the CFL team will churn up the pitch.

Leiweke, who sees himself as a soccer guy, insists that the venue will be no different for soccer, Argos or not.

"For soccer it will look exactly like it looks today — there will be zero difference."