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I've previewed every single MLS club - except ours. Time to start previewing Toronto FC. I'm
obviously going to go a bit more in-depth with our own team than I did with the other MLS clubs. As
you could probably tell by the title of this post, I'm going to start with our goalkeepers.
Depth Chart: Greg Sutton / Stefan Frei / Brian Edwards
It took us three seasons, but we finally have some goalkeeping depth.
Well, TFC did their part correctly this week with a 1-0 victory over Real Salt Lake at BMO
field. That bumps us into 8th place in the playoffs until we find out the rest of the results for
the weekend.
This was the final home game of the season, and the Toronto fans gave a nice sending off to fan
favorite Danny Dichio before the match with a huge "Thank You" banner across the south end of the
stadium.
Here is a press release.
The club announced today that we've acquired defender Nick Garcia from San Jose, along with the
rights to Canadian striker Ali Gerba.
In Nick Garcia, we've acquired a veteran defender who at 30, is still in his prime as a centre
half. He captained the Earthquakes 2.
The New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC are both in the midst of terrible skids and each will be
hoping for the victory that can turn things around when they meet tonight at BMO Field (8pm,
MSG+).
If the Red Bulls season is on life-support, then a loss tonight would essentially pull the plug
on any faint playoff hopes the team might have.
Toronto will certainly protect their stars but who won't be protected? (Getty Images)
The 15h and final club in our expansion draft speculation lists is Toronto FC. Yesterday they
announced Preki as their new head coach and his first big task will be helping General Manager Mo
Johnston with figuring out who to protect and who to leave exposed in the expansion draft.
Tomorrow MLS will hold the 2009 Expansion Draft so the new Philadelphia Union can select their
team for next season. That means they get to select 10 players from the MLS's 15 teams. Each team
gets to protect 11 players and the rest are fair game for the Union to select. Each team can only
lose one player in the draft.
--------------"I know, I can't believe I'm protected either Amado!"
You would like to think that tomorrow's MLS Expansion Draft is on the up and up but you can't help
but wonder what negotiations and side deals were cut with new boys Philadelphia Union beforehand.
TFC and the other existing clubs had to reveal their protected players yesterday and the names on
the BMO Field list threw up some curiosities indeed.
div style="text-align: justify;"That was disgraceful. There's no point in looking at this game
in-depth - it was awful. We might as well have just sat down on the pitch for 90 minutes. Here are
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Today was a little lesson in redemption. I guess it is possible to bounce back. TFC looked a
tougher team today, Cummins seemed a smarter coach and I might not have been alone in feeling that
I was a more confident fan.
It was cold down by the lake this afternoon. Cold in temperature and cold creeping into the heart
as so many elements of this week's game seemed to mirror chilly aspects of last week's game.
The New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC are both in the midst of terrible skids and each will be
hoping for the victory that can turn things around when they meet tonight at BMO Field (8pm,
MSG+).
If the Red Bulls season is on life-support, then a loss tonight would essentially pull the plug
on any faint playoff hopes the team might have.
Well, the expansion draft came and went and we didn't lose any players. Amado Guevara is safe, as
well as Brian Edwards, Carl Robinson and the rest of the players on the unprotected list. Now the
question remains, how will Preki get the most out of the players he has to improve on last season's
performance?
The grinding of teeth you may have heard this afternoon would have been Preki's when he realized
that MLS new boys Philadelphia didn't make his life easier. Amado Guevara would seem to be the 300
pound headache in the TFC dressing room and the new manager was likely hoping that Union would
relieve him of the Honduran.
TORONTO FC VS. REAL SALT LAKE
BMO Field - Saturday, 4PM EST
TV: CBC -- RADIO: The Fan 590
The worst tease to Toronto supporters are the two simple words: mathematically possible.
It's the ever-changing combination of points available and rivals' performances that allow TFC to
still say "we have a shot" at the playoffs week after week.
On a cold and rainy night at the swamps of the Meadowlands, this was the final performance on
the soccer side at Giants Stadium. Yes the season has been lost since the middle of June, but that
doesn't mean the club can't try to play for pride and knock off Toronto FC from the playoffs.