Hey guys, Im glad Mark closed the last one which became a joke at the end (bashing the Raps for no reason and showing some of us are no better than the scum who go to Raps games to bash basketball or anyone who ever bashed Football (Soccer) or Rugby with no real knowledge of the sports in Canada.
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Guys, if you want to get up to the second news: http://torontomls.blogspot.com

This site has predicted everything DAYS before Torontofc.ca even posted it (or even the media). (They are saying that the captain of Poland could be on his way to TFC)

+ we just picked up a defender from New Zealand (we truly are going to be the multi cultural team in the MLS <like with the Raps>)

awesome.

PS- Do FIFA games have MLS teams? Cause even though Winning Eleven takes a piss on the last few FIFAs (except 07 which is pretty good), ill prob buy it to play as TFC for sure.

take care guys

will move this to the teams thread and there you can edit the 1st post with all the info....

sounds good

sweet! So when exactly is our first game??? I'm definitely gonna be watching live on a regular basis, I can't wait!

i'm thrilled Toronto will have a soccer club I can support, especially one in the MLS... does anyone know how many of their games are going to be shown on TV and on which channels?

I'd be shocked if either Sportsnet or The Score didn't show the games... I haven't heard anything yet though.

I'd be shocked if either Sportsnet or The Score didn't show the games... I haven't heard anything yet though.

i thought sportsnet was getting out of the soccer business

I thought Sportsnet would be all over TFC games, but still no word on TV rights for the team :S so the home opener is April 28 against the KC Wizards if I remember correctly, which kinda sucks because I'm pretty sure that's in the middle of my final exam period. definately gonna catch a few games during the summer though, single game tickets aren't likely to sell out, are they? (except for maybe the Galaxy games :p)

PS, about Bak:

from the blog: "Again Mo has said he was looking specifically for a midfield player and has stated several times Toronto FC will not sign an ageing mid-30's type."

from the interview: "Yes, it’s a Polish defender/back*. He’s the captain, he’s played in France for 10 years, he’s 33 years old, 6’ 4”. I think it’d be good for our young defense having someone like that helping."

errr...?

Just read through that blog... there's a Pavel Nedved to Chicago Fire rumour in there! wow..

Just read through that blog... there's a Pavel Nedved to Chicago Fire rumour in there! wow..

I seriously doubt it, he refused to go to England and some other country because he wanted to stay in Italy and help Juve return to Serie A and get a CL spot for 2008. He'll retire in a couple of years and stay in Turin with his family and not return to the Czech Republic.

i thought sportsnet was getting out of the soccer business
Sportsnet is becoming pretty weak with the programs. But they'd better have the TFC games.

Why no "Honors" category like all the other threads have :(?









Ok I'll quit messing aroung heheheh...

I didn't know you guys were gonna be playing on artificial turf, that's a bit of a letdown because I never liked how it looked on TV, for a football game it's ok but for soccer it just looks weird and out of place and the ball bounces funny. I hope everything turns out ok though and it doesn't put the fans off. I'll be visiting this thread fairly often. I have a feeling it will be the most discussed MLS thread on SG by far.

supposedly it's some new high-tech artificial turf that's supposed to imitate real grass quite well.. from what I've read it looks and plays like real grass and not like that green carpet stuff

I was in UofT's new bubble dome the other day and it was my first time actually walking and running on artificial turf, felt pretty normal until you fall down, that **** is SHARP :(

haha yea I dunno how they'll be able to slide tackle on artificial turf. I play on artificial turf for indoor soccer and after every slide, I wake up next morning with a huge stinging burn.

Interesting quote from The Globe and Mail:

"Sources say the CBC, The Score and Rogers Sportsnet are interested in airing FC games, and perhaps also TSN, although its summer schedule is loaded. The digital soccer channels GOLTV and Fox Sports World Canada may be in the mix."

Looks like we won't have to worry about tv coverage, just a matter of waiting to see who ends up getting the contract. Personally I hope it's Sportsnet, they covered TFC's progress from idea to reality. Dobson and Craig Forest also do a great job of covering the EPL, I'd hate to have to watch games with some soccer n00bs from another channel doing the commentary.

IMO, TSN is the worst of the bunch... I have no faith in them when it comes to covering soccer, yeah they show us CL games, but as soon as some Curling tournament is on they move the air time to 3:30 a.m. Somehow, I think they give prefference to poker over Toronto FC matches too...

I read a long time ago that a TSN2 could be in the works. They could show MLS and the rest of the CL games that the regular TSN doesn't show.

Bah, TSN is showing CL games at ridiculous hours this week because of curling...f*ck I hate it when they do this! RDS is playing the Real Madrid-Bayern game at regular time but ofcourse I don't have RDS :rolleyes:

kits were finally released today... they're ok, I was expecting the away kit to be much nicer :( the red ones pretty nice though, not sure which one I'm gonna get just yet

I only see the red one on the website...it's nice but the sponsor and the logo look kinda unbalanced to the right...like the Toronto FC logo and then the sign of the sponsor...2 circles on the right, kinda weird.

Definitely the red is a keeper. I'm not too keen on the gray either.

I definitely like how they are doing the team in a traditional football manner with the shield and the sponsor and not doing some lameass North Americanization of the squad.

I am very excited about this. 14000 seasons tickets!!

I want to try to get one of those 10 game packs which includes the Beckham match.

Can't wait for the season to start!

Beeeee-Moe! I like the red jersey too. Haven't seen the other one yet.

Gonna search to see if some Thai sweatshop has a jersey on sale.

can anyone post the kits in a nice pic?

here's a pic from the press conference, only one I've found so far..

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/431447370_d1981329fc.jpg?v=0

I'm slightly dissapointed I have to admit... the red looks ok, but I hate grey kits, they always look so drab (especially on tv). I would have preffered white I think.

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/images/2007/03/23/rofQkbJH.jpg

I agree.. white would have been better... wouldn't surprise me to see white in the next couple of years.

I'm slightly dissapointed I have to admit... the red looks ok, but I hate grey kits, they always look so drab (especially on tv). I would have preffered white I think.
The problem is that practically every MLS team has white away uniforms. Makes our league look kind of boring, people have been complaining about that for years.

But yeah, gray is not the answer either.

yeah, white is usually the default go-to colour for away kits.. I still like it though, but I know what you mean.

I kinda like what a lot EPL teams (others too) do with their away kits, they have their traditional home jersey, then the away look changes (and not necissarily always traditional team colours) with every new season. Toronto FC could have easily got away with like a baby-blue or something strip for the away kit here

I guess the gray is a team colour, so they played it safe there.

I am going to wait until I actually see one up close, but I'm definitely going to get the red one.

So who here is going to become a "Red Patch Boy"?

ew, the gray looks like a keeper jersey. Gabor Kiraly style.

I think they should've gone with black for the away...black with red....basically the opposite of the red

nah, I think the gray had potential, they just didn't make it as nice as it could have been

Just a reminder that Sportsnet will be showing TFC-Chivas this Saturday at 10:30 pm eastern!

Just a reminder that Sportsnet will be showing TFC-Chivas this Saturday at 10:30 pm eastern!

Right after the big game!

I am out of town, I hope my aunt and uncle get Sportsnet!:mad:

Oh my, a local football team, new season, first ever game, OMG OMG OMG!!! I'm excite! :chick:

I am...

It's about time. I tried really hard to come up with the cash for season's tickets, or at least half season.

But the wife kept saying we had to pay for "important" things like "daycare" and "food" and "clothes for our daughter".

Who will ever understand women? :kader:

I hope I can get back home in time to watch it!

I got my season tickets with the Usector! Should be good stuff, I can't wait till tomorrow :D

I am...

It's about time. I tried really hard to come up with the cash for season's tickets, or at least half season.

But the wife kept saying we had to pay for "important" things like "daycare" and "food" and "clothes for our daughter".

Who will ever understand women? :kader:

hahaha (H)

inaugural game tomorrow, cant wait... Leaf game then that, I'm gonna have a heart attack... and so will my mom because I am so skipping church :(

BMO Field is ready and running! The team had their first training session in the stadium recently.

Photos of the stadium:
http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/t280/stadium/construction/

Looks like an European second division stadium, but I like the feel of it. The only thing that bothers me a bit is how there is no stands on the one end, just a big ugly scoreboard. But, can't wait to be there for the U20's in the summer!

TFC's home opener is gonna be a monumental event! I can see BMO Field becoming a place away teams dread coming to..

Shinji, excellent sig (Y) :o

heh, opening game tickets sold out like half an hour after single-season tickets went on sale :( if you want single season tickets and don't have the password:

http://click.nba.com/index.cfm?n35167s403c1083966t418o3053

pre-sale goes until Sunday at 9pm, the password is jimmyb (the 2nd box, that says just "Internet Presale", not "Internet Presale Offer"

Shinji, excellent sig (Y) :o

thanks man, I figured it was time to start putting up the gang colours!

0-1 down at halftime after Galindo sprung our offside trap. Our backline is too big and slow, they better keep the offside traps perfect or they'll have trouble dealing with the pace of the Chivas strikers.

But man oh man, those two amazing chances for Buddle and Eskandarian! Guzan coming up huge with the saves. I nearly jumped with the first chance, thought it was going to be the first ever goal in franchise history, after just 16 minutes! :p

we've looked like **** in the 2nd half. we had 3 or 4 good chances in the 1st half, all squandered by Eskandarian and Buddle (N)

we look like an amateur team out there sometimes; our passing, our offside trap, our general control on the ball, looks like a high school team at times :( 5 minutes to go, not looking good for our first game

edit: forgot to mention how bad Eskandarian is, he's given the ball away at least 20 times in the middle of the park, 0 awareness all game long

Canizales was pretty impressive in the first half. We were much better in the first half overall, but second half is all Chivas. BTW that shot Eskandarin had in the first half, imo was more of a **** up from him, rather than amazing save from Guzan. He had huge amount of time and acres of space, but decided to shot hurriedly and ended up hitting it high and almost into the middle of the net, if not for the strong pace of the ball, that would have been called a mis-hit, really should have done better there.


PS. Was that a Toronto flag i just saw? Pretty sick flag, covered like two sections.

2-0, great strike after our defense just kept backing off the attacker. loooots of work to be done, Mr. Johnston :S

Definitely a lot needs to be worked on but these guys are only starting to work as a team, I'd expect them to get better and more confident as the season rolls on. I thought that in the first half our right back was absolute **** (I donno who it is) and the left midfielder that got taken off first. We also need to learn to control the ball and not give it away so easily and there was a lot of high school type passing as already mentioned.

oh god, what kind of second half was that? Everybody was just walking. I don't if it's the big pitch or if they just decided they'd just play like amateurs.

A tale of 2 halves for sure... we were so unlucky not to be up 2-0 after the first half. The second half was just unacceptable, even for a new team..

I wasn't impressed with Eskandarian or Buddle, and Casey just looked lost when he came on. Hopefully finishing isn't going to become a problem area for us as the season rolls on..

yea Casey pissed me off so did Welsh, i dont like us always using the offside trap because were to slow to recover as you seen many times, also we gotta tell our defence when they think a guy is offisde still run after him dont just jog and look at the linesman.

so far a player that caught my attention was Miguel Canizales, he seems like a good player.

btw did the linesman hate us? there were 2 attacks we had that he called offside when we were liek 3 feet behind the defenders lmao

Canizales did impress...apparently he came on last minute for someone injured? If so, then maybe Canizales should take the left mid position... 'cause whoever was playing there the first half just sucked.

Canizales had a good first half, but like the rest didn't do much in the 2nd. He'll be benched as soon as Ronnie O'Brien is back..

Mo Johnson needs to work on motivating players, because if that's how the team's gonna react when they go down a goal then we're in for a long season.

Buddle played like ****. I've never seen a player try so little to get a pass, I know the passing wasn't great but Buddles effort was nothing short of pathetic and it was frustrating to watch. When he didn't have to work for a pass he played half decent, but that was like 4 times. And Eskandarian and the bycle kick what the hell was that, we looked like a team poorly trained.

Yeah, Canizales came in for O'Brien, who is supposed to be the playmaker, so it will be tough for him.

I only saw like 5 minutes of this game. I don't think Toronto touched the ball in those 5 minutes :(. I really am rooting for you guys, I have a feeling you're gonna be a tough nut to crack at home but on the road it will be a much different story.

it seems Craig Forrest has been doing some training with TFC lately and the going rumour is that he's testing his fitness to see if he can be a possible back-up for Sutton! (H)

Seeing CF back in action would be friggin amazing! Best keeper North America has produced ever IMO...

it seems Craig Forrest has been doing some training with TFC lately and the going rumour is that he's testing his fitness to see if he can be a possible back-up for Sutton! (H)

Seeing CF back in action would be friggin amazing! Best keeper North America has produced ever IMO...
haha (H) that would be awesome.

the game this saturday is on the score.. they have got rights for the games now

Yeah, they are going to be on The Score, CBC and Sportsnet. All of their games are televised (Y)

Reminder:

Toronto - New England, tonight (saturday, April 14) on The Score @ 7:30 pm Eastern.

Reminder:

Toronto - New England, tonight (saturday, April 14) on The Score @ 7:30 pm Eastern.
Reminder to self: Psychology exam, tonight (saturday, April 14), university gymnasium @ 7:30 pm. :(

I wish I was doing an exam right now, because this is ******* sad to watch. our defense looks clueless

Alright, could someone sum up their TV schedule? I'd like to start watching them a bit seeing how I'm gonna be living in Toronto next year instead of Windsor.
And what're the guys on sportsworld saying about Toronto FC anyways, I haven't watched the show in a while.

I have no idea about the schedule either, I'm honesty taking it game by game, finding out what channel its on like the day before :p

anyways, we got destroyed today, plain and simple. I honestly think I could play better than half the players out there today.

Well... reality is setting in...

Having gone through a similar situation myself (Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA) the first season is always tough as hell but it will get better. I have a feeling you guys are gonna be a better team at home, if the crowd puts enough pressure on the visiting team it might just give you that extra edge you need to get a result.

Just make sure you don't end up with the worst MLS season points total in history or something like that, that would be embarrasing :(

The Revs clearly looked like a higher level team last night...after the first 20 minutes I knew the score was gonna end up being pretty ugly.

Terrible attitude from the team too, did anyone else notice we only started playing with some aggression AFTER we were down 0-3? I hope Buddle gets benched for a while, what a useless player... even Ibrahim looked better in the 5 minutes he played at the end. The Revs freely crossed midfield without much opposition all night, it was painful to watch..

I'd like to see us play a 4-5-1, with Casey as the target man and more wing play. It was too hard to watch Buddle try to be Cristiano Ronaldo and dribble 3 players everytime he had the ball. After KC, we have a bunch of home games, I really hope we take advantage of that.

Alright, could someone sum up their TV schedule? I'd like to start watching them a bit seeing how I'm gonna be living in Toronto next year instead of Windsor.


why didn't you just do the logical thing and go to their website? http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/schedule/season.jsp?team=t280

Most clubs don't put up the TV schedule so I didn't even bother w/the web site, they never show the list of all channels, just the ones that pay them the most like ABC but thanks anyways.

I don't understand how the money movement works in MLS but if Toronto get a lot of sell out crowds and get more gate revenue than other teams then do they share it or get to keep it for improving the squad?

wow horrible scoreline, i didnt want the game because my soccer team had a banquet but damn 4-0.. hopefully we play better wednesday, anyways does anyone know when Adu or O'Brien are coming back? (or did one of them play last night:S?)

Most clubs don't put up the TV schedule so I didn't even bother w/the web site, they never show the list of all channels, just the ones that pay them the most like ABC but thanks anyways.

I don't understand how the money movement works in MLS but if Toronto get a lot of sell out crowds and get more gate revenue than other teams then do they share it or get to keep it for improving the squad?

I think MLS has a salary cap...

Umm..I only watched up to 2-0. This Andy Welsh guy, he needs to get benched...forever. And what kind of a formation are we playing? We seem to have 3 at the back with the side midfielders covering the whole wing which is absolutely dumb considering that these guys hardly last a full 90 minutes.

Mo plays a 3-5-2... which is suicide IMO, especially when you have guys like Welsh and Nagamura who can't complete a pass and cough up the ball everytime they have it

Rumour is that Toronto's gonna buy someone from Championship side Preston NE. Wouldn't be bad to bring in a couple of seasoned English division players at all.

Yes it would, where do you think Robinson and Welsh came from and they've been argueably the two most useless players on the team so far..

The guy you're talking about is Daniele Dichio, and it's not a rumour, he's been officially singed for days now. He's slow and basically lost his place at Preston to some has-been, but still Mo thinks he's good enough for MLS. I'm not expecting much..

Yes it would, where do you think Robinson and Welsh came from and they've been argueably the two most useless players on the team so far..

The guy you're talking about is Daniele Dichio, and it's not a rumour, he's been officially singed for days now. He's slow and basically lost his place at Preston to some has-been, but still Mo thinks he's good enough for MLS. I'm not expecting much..

Well, it did take the Raptors a few years... we just need to be patient and let the club grow. If we can make it through Kevin O'Neill as coach of the Raps, we can make it through Mo....

I think that with all the hype that Toronoto will get a new team, some fans got a bit dillusional hoping for some miracle. The team is not very young to be able to play with anybody well. This guys need a bit of time to learn who is good at what, we got players coming in from all over the place. So, don't be surprised if Toronto finishes last this season. Its how players learn and improve for the subsequent seasons, that will matter.

Yes it would, where do you think Robinson and Welsh came from and they've been argueably the two most useless players on the team so far..

The guy you're talking about is Daniele Dichio, and it's not a rumour, he's been officially singed for days now. He's slow and basically lost his place at Preston to some has-been, but still Mo thinks he's good enough for MLS. I'm not expecting much..

sounds promising :boohoo:

Did you know that Danny Dichio's nickname is "Double D"? (H)

I remember playing against him in FIFA 2003, when he was at West Brom, partnered up with Jason Roberts. :p

Just scored tickets to the home opener...seats in the supporters' section including a free TFC scarf. I guess having my brother work at MLSE is paying off. (even though he works for the Raps)

Hey, take some pics if you can and let us know how the seats are and what seats are good.

Hey, take some pics if you can and let us know how the seats are and what seats are good.

I will...I'm gonna try to take some videos as well...

Casey ---> Colorado

For pretty much nothing.

wow.. :|

Dichio better end up being a deadly finisher (which I highly doubt) or we're in trouble

Glad to see Mo sayng hes using a 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 for our next gme, new guys in the squad (rb and lb thank god) and Adu will also start

Seems pretty promising... he's realized that 3 at the back is no good. 2 sidebacks into the squad should help with the defense problems...hopefully

Well, the tickets we got for the home opener are in Section 116, behind the goal... the supporters section I think is in 113, so we're not right there.

We also get access to BMO field for a preview on Wednesday night to watch the Kansas match on a big screen.

The scarf is actually pretty cool (Sorry for the blurry pics:$):
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2711/tfcscarfdi3.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5439/tfcscarf2am0.jpg
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7838/tfcscarf1uq4.jpg
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/145/tfcscarf3fj5.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7838/tfcscarf1uq4.jpg)

it would be a sweet scarf if it didnt say home opener on it

it would be a sweet scarf if it didnt say home opener on it

I don't mind that so much as it is sort of a collector's piece. I'll probably get another one later without that.

I mean, there's only ever one "first game".

hey Jack come on, stop being a jerk and give me the ticket(s) :(

http://toronto.craigslist.org/search/tix?query=toronto+fc&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

if you're desperate for unavailable tickets, check that out.

That game is gonna be live on HDNet this Saturday. Tivo-ing that (Y), I'm excited to see what the atmosphere is gonna be like.

Hah, 0-3, and 0-3 overall. F***ing awesome. Another garbage performance, except for the last 10 minutes.

Some of these players are way too crap, they just don't cut it. Carl Robinson is crap, he needs to be taken out of the central position for good, and why the **** is he wearing the captain's armband and a jersey that doesn't have a sponsor on it and looks different from everybody else's? Andy Welsh was utter useless once again. These two Brits are getting shown up by Americans. Marco Reda is way too slow and clumsy in his big frame, we simply cannot have him back there defending speedy skillful players like Eddie. Our new signing at right back has a poor touch on the ball, but I hope he gets better with time. And Edson Buddle as usual just walks around and dribbles and dribbles and dribbles with little effect.

The last ten minutes was finally some decent stuff from us. We were actually able to put more than 3 passes together and create some chances with the speed and skill of Eskandarian and Canizalez. Mo needs to get out of his functional fixedness shell and start playing the guys that are ready to play, not just his "big name" Brits regardless of performance.

I've only watched the second half, but I thought Canizalez was fairly effective after coming on, especially compared to Welsh. Eskandarian created a couple of good chances. And I thought Goldthwaite, Brennan, and Sutton were the only other players that played decent, despite their combined faults (along with Reda and Wynne, of course) on KC's 2nd goal.

Home f***ing opener. Toronto FC, please don't embarrass yourselves in front of all these anxiously enthusiastic fans.

3 games and no goals, yikes :S

3 games and no goals, yikes :S
Yeah, reminds me of my rep team one year. :$

Hah, 0-3, and 0-3 overall. F***ing awesome. Another garbage performance, except for the last 10 minutes.

Some of these players are way too crap, they just don't cut it. Carl Robinson is crap, he needs to be taken out of the central position for good, and why the **** is he wearing the captain's armband and a jersey that doesn't have a sponsor on it and looks different from everybody else's? Andy Welsh was utter useless once again. These two Brits are getting shown up by Americans. Marco Reda is way too slow and clumsy in his big frame, we simply cannot have him back there defending speedy skillful players like Eddie. Our new signing at right back has a poor touch on the ball, but I hope he gets better with time. And Edson Buddle as usual just walks around and dribbles and dribbles and dribbles with little effect.

The last ten minutes was finally some decent stuff from us. We were actually able to put more than 3 passes together and create some chances with the speed and skill of Eskandarian and Canizalez. Mo needs to get out of his functional fixedness shell and start playing the guys that are ready to play, not just his "big name" Brits regardless of performance.

I've only watched the second half, but I thought Canizalez was fairly effective after coming on, especially compared to Welsh. Eskandarian created a couple of good chances. And I thought Goldthwaite, Brennan, and Sutton were the only other players that played decent, despite their combined faults (along with Reda and Wynne, of course) on KC's 2nd goal.

Home f***ing opener. Toronto FC, please don't embarrass yourselves in front of all these anxiously enthusiastic fans.

agreed on all points.. and you didn't miss much in the first half, we were still crap. I really hate Buddle, what a sh!t player. Having him on the field is like playing with a man down.

Was at BMO Field last night. They had sort of a little party or whatever there with the game on the big screen. The field is really nice. The Red Patch Boys and U-Sector were chanting and singing. I think Saturday it's going to be insane! Too bad we suck:(

I will post the photos when I get home.


One thing I have noticed is that the refs really let a lot of crap go that would be a card in Europe.

I think it's time Brian Budd comes out of retirement. lol

One thing I have noticed is that the refs really let a lot of crap go that would be a card in Europe.

For sure, it's kinda nice.. definately a breath of fresh air after watching Portuguese league games where the refs whistle for absolutley anything.

pulled a Hope last night and wrote an exam from 7-10, so I didnt get to watch it. wasn't really surprised at the result when I got home though :( here's to us scoring a goal on Saturday... that would brand our inagrual season a SUCCESS (Y)

good first half! We just need to actually take our chances. There are no major flops even though Welsh is still kinda useless... let's hope that the 2nd half will be even better :)

Our play overall was encouraging compared to the last 3 games but the result is still dissapointing.. The defence looked a bit better although it was still very sloppy at times, Eskandarian played the best he has so far, and Dichio looks to have a real presence on the field.. too bad he didn't get the service. Oh well, on to the next game..

btw, I watched the game on TV but after seeing the crowd I'm regretting not making the trip to Toronto. Congrats to the fans at BMO field.

Well TFC played better but still couldn't score. The ref sucked ass. He kept calling every single little foul and ruined the flow.

The team faded in the second half and we got to see good old traditional route one British football. Way to develop the players Mo. And why are the players looking exhausted in the second half? I expect them to be fit already.

The CBC production was awesome. Kicked the **** outta the crappy Kansas tv production back on Wednesday. MLS take note.

Great enthusiastic crowd at the new BMO field today in Toronto.

Cool uniforms too... hang in there folks it's a first year team.

The difference between the old Toronto Blizzard days and FC now is that the city is far more culturally diverse, FC will do well.

didn't see the game today, but I saw a bunch of people on the subway singing and saying how good of a match it was... then I get home to see a 1-0 loss :| good to hear we at least played better, but **** can we get a goal already? :(

I can't understand why we always suck during the 2nd half.

I can't understand why we always suck during the 2nd half.

yeah it doesn't make sense, these guys are all professionals so it shouldn't be a conditioning issue.

yeah it doesn't make sense, these guys are all professionals so it shouldn't be a conditioning issue.

It is a conditioning issue. They look tired in the 2nd half and couldn't close down KC. They need to get that **** sorted out quick.

Great atmosphere... we took the piss out of KC keeper Hartman all during the 1st half. What a boozefest!(H)

I will post pics later when my brother sobers up enough to download them from his camera.

T-O-R
O-N-T


OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


TFC


(Yes, I'm hammered again :( (H))

Zlojack, you have to take control of your drinking problem, its ruining your life.

Zlojack, you have to take control of your drinking problem, its ruining your life.

My life couldn't be better!(H)

I'll bet he says that as Valentina sobs while hiding in her closet from her drunken abusive father. don't worry dear, Calumn/Tom/Dragan? will come take you away from it all in another 16 or so years :)

I'll bet he says that as Valentina sobs while hiding in her closet from her drunken abusive father. don't worry dear, Calumn/Tom/Dragan? will come take you away from it all in another 16 or so years :)

(H)!

I am teaching her the TFC chants already...

Here are some pics from the game Saturday:

On the way to the field, singing and chanting (me in the middle, black jacket and sunglasses):
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/852/img0022le0.th.jpg (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0022le0.jpg)

My brothers and I:
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View to my left:
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Self portrait:
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View from our seats:
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Crowd shot (supporters section)
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the flag flying high (and my drunk brother)
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It is a conditioning issue. They look tired in the 2nd half and couldn't close down KC. They need to get that **** sorted out quick.

I'm not 100% about that... it's not like they come out for the second half, keep playing well for another 10-15 mins and then drop, they drop right after they come out of that change room.

Nice pictures Jack! (Y)

And, your brothers are more handsome than you, if I may say so. :(

I'm not 100% about that... it's not like they come out for the second half, keep playing well for another 10-15 mins and then drop, they drop right after they come out of that change room.

Mo needs to motivate them better for the second half.

Nice pictures Jack! (Y)

Thanks (Y)

We had a blast. Best sporting event I've been to in my life.


And, your brothers are more handsome than you, if I may say so. :( :| (H):boyaka:

Those pictures look amazing. Raptors fans have been put to shame i'd say. The stadium looks awesome with all those red colours and a great field. Now, "We just want a goal"

Those pictures look amazing. Raptors fans have been put to shame i'd say. The stadium looks awesome with all those red colours and a great field. Now, "We just want a goal"

That was what we were singing:

"All we are saying....
is give us a goal!"

The support in the stadium was unreal. The stands are all metal and at one point the whole place was stomping and chanting T-F-C (stomp, stomp, stomp)
It sounded like thunder. Just amazing.
We stood for the whole 90 minutes, and didn't even notice it. Apparently some people wanted others to sit, but were promptly told where to go (as opposed to the usual Canadian politeness, which would have had everyone sitting :|)

HAHA, that's what i was talking about, this athmosphere doesn't seem like a regular canadian sporting event, more like the good old english lower division game, where every fan cares. Should give some good publicity to soccer.

nice pics, Jack. the crowd seemed amazing, thank God they're nothing like the snobby Leaf fans at the ACC (Y)

Awesome pics man, I hope I live to see a professional MLS team in Charlotte :(

nice pics, Jack. the crowd seemed amazing, thank God they're nothing like the snobby Leaf fans at the ACC (Y)
Leafs.

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looks like a great time Jack! You guys (stadium fans) really deserved a result out of this game :(

C'mon ya bastards! Get pumped for today's game against Chicago!

No Eskandarian today, which means Mo will likely play Buddle behind Dichio :| Good news is, Ronnie O'Brien might actually get some on-field time today although I'm willing to bet it won't be until very late in the game. Oh well, this game is probably out best shot at a win so far this season..

I'm not saying we'll win this one, but I got a feeling Dichio will get TFC's historic first official goal today *fingers crossed*

I was supposed to go to this game today but couldn't end up getting tickets :( COME ON TFC!!!!!!! all we want is a goal

Danny Dichio!!!!! First ever Goal(H)

lol at the fans throwing the seat covers

DICHIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIRST EVER GOAL IN TORONTO FC HISTORY!! and here come the frisbees! :D:D turns it in after what looked like a botched shot by Buddle that comes out in front of the net (Y)

the fans are gonna have to be careful, they're getting out of hand with the frisbees... right before the goal they were tossing them at the Chicago keeper :S

wtf why didn't there goalie get booked also??

wild game, the keeper starts everything yet 2 other players get sent off... no Dichio for the 2nd half :S

Damn, that first half had a bit of everything... the two sending offs were retarded. If Dichio and Gutierrez deserved red for that then there were about 6 others that should have been sent off too :rolleyes: More sh!tty refereeing...

Our defence is worrying though, they always look like they're shaking in their boots in and around the box. Not good.

O'Brien has absolutely NO left foot after the 2nd shot from outside the box :p we're looking good, Edu's starting to assert his dominance on the field, but like Luis said, our defense is looking shaky

PS: Andy Welsh sucks saggy donkey balls

GET IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goldwaithe slots it in with his left after the ball gets knocked to him and he has so much time to put it in (Y) I think it was Edu who got the last touch of the ball before Goldwaithe put it in, great sloppy goal

I thought I would be more interested in following this team. The ground is good. I think I'll start paying attention if/when the team gets Robbie Fowler.:mexican:

EDUUUUUUUUUU WHAT A GOAL!! Lombardo comes on as a sub after playing the full 90 minutes against Argentina last night and does amazing to set up Edu who has all the time in the world and makes no mistake (Y)(Y)(Y) OLEEEEEEEE looks like our first ever win :D:D

OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEEE!!! TFC!! TFC!! :bob:

What an outstanding first win!! W00t!

Haha I love how much of a nuisance Lombardo is, he's like our Paul Dickov. (Y)

Carl Robinson played ALOT better today, much crispier and cleaner passes. And of course, what I call the "O'brien effect".

Marvin Wynne's 80-yard dash at 90th minute, LMAO! (Y)

haha yeah I was yelling like mad at the tv watching Wynne's cross-field run at the end!!

O'Brien and Lombardo are gonna be crucial to this team, great players. Man, what a game! BMO is gonna be infamous by the end of the season.. :mexican:

Lombardo's the next Pippo. remember these words (H) Wynne's run was amazing, I got up and started cheering too haha. pretty solid game overall, our defense got more and more solid as the game went on, and Sutton was safe. O'Brien was great, he's a huge part of this team. great win, great atmosphere, amazing day for TFC (Y)

Ohhhhh,
Danny Dichio,
Dichio
Dichio
Danny Dichio.
(We were singing that all night at the pub (H))


I just got home! What an amazing match! We really stepped it up and if that's how the team is going to play, we are going to have a much better season than anticipated. O'Brien made a huge difference, even in his first game back. Once he gets up to full speed, he'll do awesome. Welsh should not be playing out wide. He is too weak and loses too many balls. Wynne was an excellent pickup. I've still got some faith in Mo!

Dichio is God to TFC supporters. He plays balls out all game and gives it all. Totally impressive. I mean, I haven't watched them on TV, but live you can really see the emotion and the effort this guy puts in, in only his second game with the club, he's already a legend.(H)

I'll upload my videos from the supporters' section tomorrow to Youtube.

I am so glad I got seasons tickets (H)

Man that place must have just exploded when Dichio scored that goal, I swear I could feel the energy through the tv screen!

Soccer's here to stay in T.O!

btw: BMO Field >>>Ataturk stadium (H)

Was that the seats fans were throwing onto the pitch?

nah, seat cushions. I think they gave them out to all the fans, and I'm pretty sure they were made of foam or something because I saw a Chicago player get hit with one at the end of the match (after he kicked out at Braz I think it was for shouldering him and letting the ball run out) and he didn't even flinch

They were foam seat cushions with BMO on one side and the TFC logo on the other side with Official Opening Match or some such.

As they gave them to us at gate I said to the security guard "Thanks for the frisbee" and he just laughed.

First half action in the supporters section. My seats are in 113, but I spent most of the game standing in the aisles between 113 and 112 (also known as "The Bunker") with my group, Red Patch Boys.
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This is after the third goal to seal the win! The guy who screams in the middle with the sunglasses on and long hair is me (at 1:17)(H)
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This is the end of the game as we applauded the players off the pitch and they all came straight down to our end to applaud the supporters groups. You can see where a guy runs on the field and security roughs him up and the players tell them to go easy on the guy. Classy players (Y)
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Jack you hooligan. (H)

Congrats on your first win guys. BMO is amazing (Y)

haha amazing vids, makes me wish I went to that game even more :(

makes me wish I didn't live in Buttf*cknowhereville so I could have got season tickets too :(

Honestly...that first goal by Dichio, I didn't even know where I was for like 45 seconds. Just jumping up and down and yelling incoherently (H)

I was hugging the guys all around me (guys who I didn't even know and were all like :confused:, but they didn't care (H))

Wow...I'm watching the match on CBC Country (Rogers 277)

We really do create quite the atmosphere!

I saw myself when they showed the crowd after the 3rd goal (H)

I'm more amazed that you have CBC Country. :|

:D

Excuse me since I'm from outside the big city like Shinji, but WTF is CBC Country?

Excuse me since I'm from outside the big city like Shinji, but WTF is CBC Country?

I'm more amazed that you have CBC Country. :|

:D

I had never heard of it until this afternoon.
http://www.cbccountrycanada.ca/

It's a channel on Rogers Cable (277)

Alright lads, I'm off to BMO Field in the rain (H)

Watch for me in 112/113 (the corner to the right of the South goal)

wow this ref aint letting anything go... also i dont really like James as a commentator

Welsh is so ******* horrible it's unbelievable. scores a good goal thanks to O'Brien but other than that he's done nothing right. ****in 1-on-1 with the keeper and he tries to square it and misses the chance to make it 2-0 :nape: and Esky's doing pretty horrible too, but at least he runs a lot and makes a pest of himself.

Sutton and the defense looking solid today, Edu & Robinson doing well in midfield to slow down the Dynamo attack somewhat, O'Brien MoM so far, Buddle random as usual... 1-0 lead at HT over the defending champs, let's hope we can keep it (Y)

PS: pretty empty stadium today due to the weather and possibly to the fact that it's a Wednesday... but the crowd's still rocking, amazing atmosphere nonetheless.. love seeing the camera shake (H)

WTFF was that Buddle all the time and shoots it right at the keeper my god

ya that was pathetic. I'm all for a Lombardo/Dichio strike pair next game :( and thank God, Welsh finally comes off.

ye i want to see Lombardo/Dichio next game also

Anyways, great win were getting our passes together, our defence is playing well and i love how our midfield played today especailly Robinson

2nd straight win!!! Jack, how'd you enjoy the beautiful Toronto weather and Brian Budd coming over to the Red Patch Boys in the 1st half? (H)

good win overall, we're actually playing like a team, putting passes together... only problem is our finishing, need to put away our chances. Edu, Robinson and O'Brien were all solid today, great showing from the midfield overall, and our defense kept their composure all game long, looked great.

PS: Brian Budd just said "big Dichio" (H)

LAWL! 1-0! F@CK YOU MLS CHAMPS!!! Haha, poor DeRosario and his 500 tickets for his "friends".

Man, we are on the rise. At home at least.

PS: We're ahead of DC United. HAHA. (H)

Toronto for MLS 2007

ya that was pathetic. I'm all for a Lombardo/Dichio strike pair next game :( and thank God, Welsh finally comes off.

agreed, that's th only logical choice for me right now.. how many useless games is Buddle gonna have befre he's benched? He can't keep possesion to save his life and he's the laziest player I think I've ever seen..

Great crowd though, even if it was smaller...

Off-topic but, I GOT MY U20 WC TICKETS TODAY!!! :D:D:D

I get to watch all the double headers, ******* awesome! 8 games for a supposed "5 game package". Including Portugal vs Mexico! Can't wait to see some Latinos dangle.

I'm excited to finally see some games at National Stadium (I don't like the sound of 'BMO'). The Canada Day game is gonna be a party, and I'll be there for the 3rd place game and final! (H) W00T!


PS: Shinji, wanna gimme a preview of the future stars on the Portugal team? :p

Nice stuff! I'll be at Portugal-Mexico too, although not sure where I'm sitting yet.

Nice stuff! I'll be at Portugal-Mexico too, although not sure where I'm sitting yet.
Hehe sweet. I'll just look for the long-haired maniac that hugs random guys.

I'm on the east stand in section 110 row 30, which I believe is just around the corner to your Red Patch Boys section at the endzone.

PS: Shinji, wanna gimme a preview of the future stars on the Portugal team? :p

This Portuguese U20 team isn't generally considered as good as others in the recent past, but as far as stars go I guess Bruno Gama from Sporting Braga is considered the star of the team by many. He's an attacking number 10 player, has speed and strong technique.

Vieirinha from FC Porto is an exiting winger too, makes some great runs down the sidelines..

This is our arrival at BMO Field singing "When the Reds Go Marching In"
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Now at the gates: "Qu'est ce que vous chantez? Nous chantons les Rouges allez!"
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Now in the stands singing "When the Reds Go Marching In"
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After Welshy's goal:
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And a good T-O! chant by us (Red Patch Boys) and U-Sector in the second half:
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Greg Sutton at Shoeless Joe's on King & Dufferin! He was awesome, very nice and cool with everyone, taking photos and shaking hands. We gave him a RPB pin and he put it on and his GF a RPB scarf and she wore it all night (H) (of course with a bunch of drunks screaming your name and singing, you might also decide the safer course would be to wear the gifts they give you :D)
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Great stuff Jack... been watching vids like the one in your sig and the highlights of the Chicago game... seems like the players put in quite a performance for the home crowd!

Great stuff Jack... been watching vids like the one in your sig and the highlights of the Chicago game... seems like the players put in quite a performance for the home crowd!

Thanks Matt. I think the players get inspired by us. A lot of them have never played in front of a crowd like that before, so it really gets them going.

Awesome videos! :hump: They make me salivate without food.

ye Hopeunited our team isnt as great as recent but like Shinji said we got some exciting players like Vierinha, one player to watch for is from Mexcio G. Dos Santos, the best player in the tournment good young prospect

ye Hopeunited our team isnt as great as recent but like Shinji said we got some exciting players like Vierinha, one player to watch for is from Mexcio G. Dos Santos, the best player in the tournment good young prospect
Yea I'm excited about Mexico. They've got some big names coming, like Dos Santos obviously and the hyped Carlos Vela from Arsenal, and so on. Should be a good match.

We may not have the biggest stadium in the league, but we definietly got to have the most intimidating crowd in MLS.

I have to say Jack, the booing of the opposing teams at BMO is also brilliant! Lovin' the hostile environment! (H)

Booing, chanting, insulting and many other things go on ;)

amazing videos. Jack you gotta teach me some chants you Mexican asshole (H) but kudos to you and the RPB, we easily have the most intimidating fans in the MLS :D

Mexican asshole (H)

That's what you get the day after eating tacos...

or what you get from a naughty xicana.. :brow:

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/imgs/logos/t103_sm.gif vs. http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/imgs/logos/t280_sm.gif

Today, 3:30 pm on CBC. (Y)

Looks like it's gonna be a great day for ya to be at the stadium Jack, let's make it 3 wins in a row!

couldn't get tickets for this game in time so I'm getting them for this same match but in August :( beautiful day today, should be a great game

Let's **** them up. Do it for Arash.

I heard that the fans chant Dichio at the 24th minute for every home game now. (Y)

The game will be on tape delay on CBC because they're showing the **** Sens vs Sabres game.

You can watch it on the CBC website and I think on CBC country live.

that sucks ass, I don't get cbc country.. oh well, gotta wait till 5:00 now, hopefully the hockey game doesn't go into overtime

It's LIVE on www.cbcsports.ca.

Was gonna make a post regarding the game, but seeing it's delayed on public TV, I won't spoil.

Luis: it went to overtime :( I hate CBC, they absolutely butchered this game.. not only did the stream lag so much that I gave up watching after 10 minutes and decided to wait for the taped match on TV, but when it did come on TV they cut off more than half the game. ****ers (N)

Luis: it went to overtime :( I hate CBC, they absolutely butchered this game.. not only did the stream lag so much that I gave up watching after 10 minutes and decided to wait for the taped match on TV, but when it did come on TV they cut off more than half the game. ****ers (N)
Stream lag? What are you talking about, Rony?

Oh I forgot, you have cheap internet connection. :p

nah I have high speed now and I've been streaming matches for the past month or so with no problems... this one was weird though, not that it lagged a lot but it would have to buffer like every minute, killed the game. nobody else experienced this? :(

Well, I got to see it live which was great, but we lost. Andy Welsh sucks as always...I swear this guy was struggling to keep up only 10 minutes into the game. Defence is always shaky and from what I remember, that wasn't really a penalty, was it? It seemed like the guy fell after the tackle.

Thomas Radzinski was cut by Fulham yesterday, anyone think he will come here and play for us? him/Dichio would be awsome at the front, screw Buddle

Radzinski won't come, or at least I highly doubt it.. he's an a-hole anyways. I remember watching an interview with him way back while BMO was still under construction and when he was asked if he'd be interested in playing here he kinda snickered and basically said he wasn't ready to end his career yet.. :|

He's overrated and past it anyhow, Lombardo is the future of Canadian soccer now. Mark my words he's gonna be a top flight player in the coming years and will make a permanent move to a Euro club in the near future. I can't remember the last time I saw a Canadian player with such vision and class on the ball at such a young age (maybe only Hargreaves and Hume to a lesser extent), he really plays like he's got more experience than he actually does and you can tell he's been exposed to a different school of football. That time playing in Italy he had really shows..

...and I agree, I'm sick of Buddle too. He's a terrible, terrible player.. awkward skills, indecisive, and can't keep possesion worth a sh!t. Welsh is a disaster too, he f*cked up about 4 really good crossing opportunities yesterday simply because he has no technique, he totally plays like a typical Div. 2 English player. C'mon Mo, wtf...?

We also need a stronger, more experienced central defender. Boyens is alright, but he clearly lacks experience right now. Makes a lot of short passes out of the defence even under pressure and always looks like he can get left behind by a quick attacker just because of weak positioning. Don't get me wrong, I like him and he belongs on the squad, I just don't think he's starter quality atm.

My take on the TFC..


I knew Welsh was an English import, but I thought he was at least 31 or so years old... I looked him up and was shocked to not only see that he actually played premiership soccer a couple years ago, but that he was only 23 yrs old :O

Like Robinson though, I think no matter how poor they might play, these English imports will always have a place in the starting 11, just as a favour by Johnston. Robinson has improved since the start of season, but he's still not making that great an impact. Welsh is slow as sh*te, and always tries to take on defenders (and i know its because he comes from England and doesnt think much of the MLS opposition).. only he fails every time. I'd much rather see Canizalez starting over this bum. Whenever i see Boyens, its just a disaster waiting to happen, whenever he has possession he lacks confidence and looks shaky.

For me, Edu is one of our top players, he just needs more experience. He's lively on the ball, and is the best athlete on the team. I can see a future in Europe for this guy if he gains a bit more composure and patience on the ball.

Im not as in love with Dichio as the everybody else is, but he never seems to lose a 50/50 ball, and is pretty good at laying the ball off. Other then that, there's not much to his game. he is one dirty ass c*nt though, thats probably why Toronto loves him so much

Eskandarian definitely gets the award for the TFC player who puts in the most effort and seems to give a damn the most, im really glad he finally got on the board yesterday

O'Brien is still clearly injured, and although he has good vision, he cant run 10 metres to save his life.

Wynne and Goldthwaite were two great pickups. Goldthwaite gets exposed sometimes on defence though, and his yellow card yesterday was stupid.

Brennan has been kind of shaky on the ball, but his natural position is at full back.

Nagamura was a blah player and i didnt mind seeing him leaving (although somebody in return mightve been nice)

Buddle is lively, but very clumsy.

Canizalez has been a bright spot, and its a shame Welsh is preferred to him. One of the more skilled players on TFC.

Suttons been decent, i give him a 6.5/10. Definately improved since start of season, but compared to other MLS keepers im not totally convinced.

I think Johnston has been a subpar coach. Instead of making an offensive switch yesterday to try and draw even, he did nothing. Will play Robinson and more specifically Welsh this season from the start, no matter how poor they are.

and in response to shinji, i dont know how you can critisize Radzinski for snubbing the TFC. He's been a key player for Everton and Fulham the past 5 years or so, comin to the MLS now would be a huge step down. He's still got a couple more years of top flight soccer in him.

as for atmosphere at BMO field,,, ive been to the home opener, and yesterdays game. Im on the other side from the 'Ultras', although its looks pretty lively over there. Theres WAY too many fans in the stands who always yell out stupid comments, and it seems like 50% of the fans know nothing about soccer (at least in my end). Its still early, but I'd like if the fans were a bit louder during the game, and not just at goals or bad calls.

It was ace seeing the fans throwing **** and preventing Gomez from taking the corner yesterday (Y).

Some of the chants are terrible though.

"The T-O-R.. O-N-T... O O O O ... the TFC !!" :$

"This ref Sucks ! This ref Sucks!"

highlight of yesterday game in the stands was when the ref gave United a penalty (a 100% penalty), and the fans ignorantly thought it was criminal. So, a bunch of guys starting chanting "F*ck you ref! F*ck you ref!".. and then a bunch of 10 year old kids starting yelling it, and the mom went nuts on them and slapped a couple. that was A+

Overall though, I think its amazing that I finally have a hometown soccer team that I can follow, support and attend games. Although Im used to watching the finest soccer from europe, and the MLS is not anywhere near those levels, its still a pleasure. I just hope all the excitement for the TFC is still around 5 years from now, and this isnt just another case of the honey moon effect.


one thing i'll give the TFC an F- in is the jerseys. I think they look class, but the fact that you can only buy them with pressed cheap *ss looking badges is unforgivable. I'd gladly shell out $70 for one, but not until i see one with a sewn on crest. its also the one jersey I'd ever consider putting my own last name on the back, as theres nobody on the TFC id be willing to invest in.

haha,did anyone see on todays Toronto Sun newspaper in the sports section the ad that advertised the TFC Vs Benfica game, it said

"this distinguished and stories portuguese club may have over 12 million supporters around the globe... but we have the best! lets show the world! lol:|

haha,did anyone see on todays Toronto Sun newspaper in the sports section the ad that advertised the TFC Vs Benfica game, it said

"this distinguished and stories portuguese club may have over 12 million supporters around the globe... but we have the best! lets show the world! lol:|

they are trying to sell the 5,500 tickets because there are not that many people that will want to watch one friendly game for 300 dollars. Personally, i hope they realize their mistake of selling too many season tickets and will have more, cheaper tickets available in the future seasons.

haha,did anyone see on todays Toronto Sun newspaper in the sports section the ad that advertised the TFC Vs Benfica game, it said

"this distinguished and stories portuguese club may have over 12 million supporters around the globe... but we have the best! lets show the world! lol:|


the Toronto Sun is a right-wing rag, every page is filled with some kind of nonsense..

anyhow, here's the Benfica squad that's making the trip to North America. More than half the team seems to be either reserve or bench players, nice to see Miccoli and Rui Costa make the trip though. The defence looks to be close to full strength too.

GK: Moreira, Moretto.
Defenders: Pedro Correia, Anderson, Léo, Miguelito, Nelson, David Luiz e Miguel Vítor.
Midfield: Rui Costa, Paulo Jorge, Beto, Manu, Miguel Rosa e Romeu Ribeiro
Forwards: Miccoli, Sami.

lmao at our midfield (except Rui)

hehe yeah, it's pretty stripped down alright.. although next to Andy Welsh, someone like Manu will look like a Ronaldinho :|

:(

I missed the match this weekend as I was at the cottage, but caught the CBC butcher job at 5PM.

I think our defending still needs some work, but DC United is a good club and have won a lot, so I'm not surprised they had the talent to come back and beat us.

I definitely missed being at the stadium Saturday :( but I'll be there yelling at the Benfica Maricas on Wednesday (H).

I think that DC also really overpowered our midfield today, as Edu looked good, but also raw, and Robinson was pushed around a lot. Our central D needs to be shored up for sure.

Shinji, I was in your territory this weekend: Grand Bend!

Fantastic crowd support for Toronto FC. The cultural diversity of Toronto will ensure the team is here to stay.

I think MLSE should just go ahead and expand BMO field to a world class 40-50 thousand seat soccer stadium enclosed all around with upperdecks and private boxes etc.

as for atmosphere at BMO field,,, ive been to the home opener, and yesterdays game. Im on the other side from the 'Ultras', although its looks pretty lively over there. Theres WAY too many fans in the stands who always yell out stupid comments, and it seems like 50% of the fans know nothing about soccer (at least in my end). Its still early, but I'd like if the fans were a bit louder during the game, and not just at goals or bad calls.

It was ace seeing the fans throwing **** and preventing Gomez from taking the corner yesterday (Y).

Some of the chants are terrible though.

"The T-O-R.. O-N-T... O O O O ... the TFC !!" :$

"This ref Sucks ! This ref Sucks!"

highlight of yesterday game in the stands was when the ref gave United a penalty (a 100% penalty), and the fans ignorantly thought it was criminal. So, a bunch of guys starting chanting "F*ck you ref! F*ck you ref!".. and then a bunch of 10 year old kids starting yelling it, and the mom went nuts on them and slapped a couple. that was A+

lol...this one lady right behind me had THE most ANNOYING voice I'd ever heard in my life... I swear to god, by the end I wanted to turn around and smack her or something, I just couldn't stand it. She'd just yell "COME ON NOW! TURRNNN ON ITTT!" at some random ass times...

And my end was yelling "THE REFEREE IS A WANKER" which I thought was amusing....the only really organized fan secion seems to be the one that threw **** at Gomez during the corner...They had all the props and cheers and everything. The stadium just can't organize itself yet so that EVERYONE yells the same cheer at the same time, that's when we'd hear the full effect.

And the penalty? I honestly haven't seen it on replay but it seemed to me like the guy fell after the ball was taken from him?

but I'll be there yelling at the Benfica Maricas on Wednesday (H).



didn't you hear, Nuno Gomes didn't make the trip.. (H)

didn't you hear, Nuno Gomes didn't make the trip.. (H)

(H)


Anyway, I think we need to have a bit of patience with the chants and songs and stuff. It'll come eventually. We've only had 4 home games so far and a lot of the guys in the supporters groups still don't know all the chants.

We'll get there. We're getting organized. For any of you who want chants if you're going to the game, go to www.redpatchboys.ca and you can download a songsheet.

Strong rumour Eskandarian has just been traded!

what??? link?? and for who?

It's on Esky's Facebook page.
http://uva.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1513804

No details yet.

I think this is opening up space for a DP. There is a lot of Radzinski speculation.

Esky to Real Salt Lake!

Done deal!

i told you Radzinski was going to come! (this move makes it almost a done deal)

We got Cunningham apparently and we are flipping him to LA. (That's what I heard on the RPB board)

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660222958,00.html

Although there is no mention of it in this article.

Anyway, this could definitely pave the way for a new striker or DP type.

Radz would be great, since he can play AMF and get some service in to our forwards, or play paired with Dichio and bag a few himself.

Anyway, this might be the first trade story that was broken by Facebook :D

also ths means more playing time for Lombardo:bob:

also, to bad we didnt get rid of buddle

also ths means more playing time for Lombardo:bob:

also, to bad we didnt get rid of buddle

I doubt we'd get a bag of used jockstraps for Buddle.

At least we got a proven goal scorer, something which we have lacked up until now.

kinda feel bad for alecko though, check out his facebook status

is in shock.... just found out i got traded from TFC to Real Salt Lake.... definitely did NOT ask for this so im pretty devastated right now.

kinda feel bad for alecko though, check out his facebook status

is in shock.... just found out i got traded from TFC to Real Salt Lake.... definitely did NOT ask for this so im pretty devastated right now.

Welcome to professional sports, son.

I really wish Esky didnt get shipped, hes put in more effort than any other player. Cunningham looks pretty decent from the videos ive seen, I wish we couldve traded Dichio or Buddle for him though.

Why is Johnston trying to tinker with offence, when our midfield is atrocious?

my only guess is that Radzinski is coming in

WHat? I think that's a little rediculous... they should have gotten rid of Buddle, the guy sucks. Eskandarian was one of our hardest working players... And I'm not too familiar with the MLS yet but, you can just trade players like that? There's no actual transfers? How exactly does it work?

I really wish Esky didnt get shipped, hes put in more effort than any other player. Cunningham looks pretty decent from the videos ive seen, I wish we couldve traded Dichio or Buddle for him though.

Why is Johnston trying to tinker with offence, when our midfield is atrocious?
We just traded an unproven, injury-prone player for one of the top goal-scorers in the league. Cunningham scored more goals last year than Esky has in his career. The midfield isn't atrocious, but it does need more depth. You can't just bring in anyone, and I read that Cunnignham was having problems with his new manager, since they didn't get along well as teammates either. In this case, Mo got a good player who will help the team. I wouldn't be surprised to see him tinker some more and bring in some MF help.

Cunningham will bring the offence. We did need to tinker with the offence, since we did not have a bona fide goalscorer on the team. Also, Cunningham had 11 assist last year with Real Salt Lake! So you know he can set guys up too.

I'll miss Esky's hard work and his passion, but I will welcome Cunny's skill and goals.

my only guess is that Radzinski is coming in

Doesn't look like it for now. Radz is still looking to stay in Europe from what I've heard, and I think we are going to keep Cunningham. Anyway, give Cunningham some time. He's a proven MLS commodity who will do a good job in Toronto paired with Dichio.
WHat? I think that's a little rediculous... they should have gotten rid of Buddle, the guy sucks. Eskandarian was one of our hardest working players... And I'm not too familiar with the MLS yet but, you can just trade players like that? There's no actual transfers? How exactly does it work?
I believe in MLS there is a deadline for when the rosters have to be set. But you make trades as you need to be under the salary cap. You can trade for money, but it is not a "transfer" per se.

We just traded an unproven, injury-prone player for one of the top goal-scorers in the league. Cunningham scored more goals last year than Esky has in his career. The midfield isn't atrocious, but it does need more depth. You can't just bring in anyone, and I read that Cunnignham was having problems with his new manager, since they didn't get along well as teammates either. In this case, Mo got a good player who will help the team. I wouldn't be surprised to see him tinker some more and bring in some MF help.

Cunningham will bring the offence. We did need to tinker with the offence, since we did not have a bona fide goalscorer on the team. Also, Cunningham had 11 assist last year with Real Salt Lake! So you know he can set guys up too.




Well I wouldnt say Esky is unproven, as he won the MLS Cup with DC, and was named player of the game with 2 goals. He's also only 24, whereas Cunningham is almost 31... although age isn't as big a factor in this league.

I think you misunderstood my take on this trade though, Im very excited to see this guy play and think he will be a great addition... I just wish Esky didnt have to be sacrificed, but oh well. From the videos ive seen on Youtube im excited, and stats dont lie.

Here's a quote from Cunningham before he got traded to RSL last year, he had this to say:

SIRK: Yeah, seven years in Columbus...now you're in Salt Lake.
CUNNY: I don't know why they send me to these white places. Probably because I like white people. S***, bro, some day the league will send me to the white people in Toronto, Canada, but that's okay as long as I get paid on the 1st and the 15th of the month


(Y) (he got his wish, although id hardly say Toronto is a place of 'white people'

SIRK: Yeah, seven years in Columbus...now you're in Salt Lake.
CUNNY: I don't know why they send me to these white places. Probably because I like white people. S***, bro, some day the league will send me to the white people in Toronto, Canada, but that's okay as long as I get paid on the 1st and the 15th of the month
:D!

Obviously has no clue about Toronto (H)

I can't wait to see him dancing on the floats at Caribana!:D

Haha he's obviously never been to Toronto! If he wants to see some of the whitest people in the country he should come to my town for a while!

We just traded an unproven, injury-prone player for one of the top goal-scorers in the league. Cunningham scored more goals last year than Esky has in his career. The midfield isn't atrocious, but it does need more depth. You can't just bring in anyone, and I read that Cunnignham was having problems with his new manager, since they didn't get along well as teammates either. In this case, Mo got a good player who will help the team. I wouldn't be surprised to see him tinker some more and bring in some MF help.

Cunningham will bring the offence. We did need to tinker with the offence, since we did not have a bona fide goalscorer on the team. Also, Cunningham had 11 assist last year with Real Salt Lake! So you know he can set guys up too.

I'll miss Esky's hard work and his passion, but I will welcome Cunny's skill and goals.


The problem is Esky was just settling in Toronto and guaranteed not to be traded in the first season. All this does is create an unsettled locker room and can damage morale. How can a team play together when players keep getting moved out? Toronto will be the last place any player would want to come to play for.

And there's speculation that Cunningham will be traded to LA for Nate Jaqua, a player we originally had but didn't want to play for Toronto. If that goes down then Mo should be fired.

I remember Esky got interviewed like 2 weeks ago and he was talking about how he's starting to settle into Toronto and just got his own place and was finally able to unpack and stop living out of a suitcase... :( feel bad for the guy, put in a lot of effort for the team. also had his own blog on the official team Website. sucks hard, but welcome Cunningham, that quote up there is ace... I should bring him to Rexdale, make him feel more at home, especially if he's part Indian/Paki/Sri Lankan etc. (H)

I sincerely doubt the validity of the Nate Jaqua rumour, but if it's true, Mo's an idiot.

Also remember that Esky was the one complaining about the artificial pitch, saying it was aggravating his injury etc.

I think there may have been more to this than we know, as far as dressing room stuff. Esky wasn't toeing the manager's line, so he's out. I mean, you can't undermine your manager like that. Mo was defending the pitch and the stadium (which is obviously not going to change!) and Esky was bashing it. So there could have been other issues there.

Also in the first little while, Mo has to make moves as he searches for a team that works. Esky's contribution wasn't very great in 7 matches.

Here's my post from the match thread.

Looks like Cunny's staying. Apparently the rumour about LA was that he was either going there OR coming here. Not that we were going to trade him to LA. (got that from the RPB board, from a guy who always gets good info on the team)

Cunny was at the game last night, sitting on the players' bench.

Apparently, he loved it!


http://www.torontosun.com/Sports/OtherSports/2007/05/24/4203990-sun.html

OK so this Cunningham guy is supposed to be a pretty solid striker, and that's great and all, but we need to replace Welsh because he's utter ****.

What are you going to do for a keeper when Sutton is at the Gold Cup? That guy you have was on the bench in the USL, he's gonna get massacred.

Craig 'The Legend' Forrest will step in and play guest keeper in Sutton's absence. (6)

You got a nice team there. I'm looking forward to see them play, I haven't had the chance yet.

You know that Mtl > Tdot, though :p

What are you going to do for a keeper when Sutton is at the Gold Cup? That guy you have was on the bench in the USL, he's gonna get massacred.

Isn't he the Canada U-20 goalie? If it's him, I thought he's pretty decent. I saw him play at the game against Argentina and he had some good reflexes...not very good on goal kicks though

^ I hope Montreal gets an MLS team in the near future

OK so this Cunningham guy is supposed to be a pretty solid striker, and that's great and all, but we need to replace Welsh because he's utter ****.

I was given negative rep for this? I'm sorry but Welsh does suck, you'd be stupid to think otherwise.

I was given negative rep for this? I'm sorry but Welsh does suck, you'd be stupid to think otherwise.

From who?

Anyway, Welsh has been hot and cold, but mostly cold.

We could do with an upgrade there.

The backup keeper is Srdjan Djekanovic. He seemed ok against Benfica in 26 minutes, but who knows how he'll do in a full match.

Canizales is a player i want to see replace Welsh

Canizales is a player i want to see replace Welsh
Well, apparently he has recovered from his ankle injury, so maybe we'll see a bit more of him soon.

Question: who did we trade Richard Mulrooney for?

From who?

Anyway, Welsh has been hot and cold, but mostly cold.

We could do with an upgrade there.

The backup keeper is Srdjan Djekanovic. He seemed ok against Benfica in 26 minutes, but who knows how he'll do in a full match.

no idea from who...doesn't say.

And I really don't think he's ever been hot...I mean, you could see him trying but most of the time he fails to make the cross and even if he does it's usually in the middle of nowhere.

Kevin Goldthwaite and a 2008 first-round pick.

Cunningham did well today, could've probably had a hat-trick with all the breakaways he had though, couldn't finish if his life depended on it (N) but his speed is exactly what we needed in attack, him and Dichio are gonna do well together. speaking of Dichio, did well to send in Cunningham a few times but didn't work as hard as we've seen from him before, but still had a good game other than a few bad touches and careless giveaways after holding up the ball.

PS: kill Welsh.

^ I think Dichio will be a little more in the background now...it seems like he's gonna hang a little further back and knock the balls down for Cunningham so he can tear through the defence.

And yes, please kill Welsh.

Damn... Dichio and Cunny playing like that in their first time on the field together!

I'm happy.

We ended Colorado's streak today 2-1 at home. Can't believe nobody mentioned this yet. And we are finally not last in the standings anymore!!!!! Yay!!!!

what a f*cken run by Wynn... damn man Cunny missed another break away....

Marvel Wynne! :hump: Marvel Wynne! :hump:

Man I was so excited about Bulgaria winning their Euro qualifier I completely forgot about Toronto FC :P...We won...were we better throughout??

Best first half in club history with 9 shots on goal, not so good second

was at work so I couldn't watch the match, but a great win! if anyone has highlights, help me out, I'm desperate to see what Wynne did :o

Watch them on the MLS website Rony.


The match was great. Great atmosphere again and hot as hell in the stadium.

Dichio and Cunningham are doing well together. I hope Cunny starts putting some of those chances away.

Marvel Wynne = :Bow:

Welsh was crap again though, we gotta find a replacement for that guy.. he's got zero technical ability, so frustrating to watch..

Welsh was crap again though, we gotta find a replacement for that guy.. he's got zero technical ability, so frustrating to watch..

Yeah... he really should have scored on Cunny's rebound as well.

The second half was so boring, well the first 5 minutes anyway, before I fell asleep.