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So wrote Globe and Mail soccer columnist Allen Abel of Toronto Blizzard's home opener at Exhibition Stadium, Sunday April 8 1979. The game, a 2-1 defeat to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, was played amid total chaos. A Home Show near the stadium created some massive traffic snafus, and an estimated 3000 fans were stuck in front of the ticket booths trying to get in the stadium after the game