The media reports are heating up that Mo Johnston, fresh of his Scottish Football Hall of Fame induction (insert joke here), will announce the signing of Preki (scientific name: Predrag Radosavljevic) as TFC's new manager. Sources are saying that negotiations are well under way and that an official announcement could come as early as Thursday. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, Toronto FC midfielder Dwayne De Rosario was named into this year's MLS Starting XI. It is the dynamic Scarborough native's fourth time on the year end honours and the third club he has done it with. Most notably, his appearance is the first for any TFC player.
While De Rosario is enough of a fan favourite, mostly from being local, it is fair to say that his star has yet to rise to high enough levels in Toronto. Click to continue reading...

Moving as I do mostly through non-footballing circles, I've been asked, "hey, what's the deal with Toronto FC? Did they make the playoffs? I heard they lost something like 10 nothing to some nobody team in the states."
These post-mortems can get boring, so let me just throw down my two-cents on this club as I see it so we can all move on. Click to continue reading...

BMO Field finally turned into a fortress in 2009. (Getty Images)

2009 was expected to the be year that Toronto FC turned the corner and really made a splash in Major League Soccer. The moves were made to get local star Dwayne De Rosario at the start of the season and things looked promising early on but midway through the first full month of action manager John Carver stepped down and if you ask me the club never really rebounded from that change.

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So Mo Johnston's big state of the no-union address was to remove the "interim" tag from head coach Chris Cummins title. He also removed the word "head" and "coach" from the affable Englishman's job description as well.
Yes, the ever-humble Johnston dispatched yet another manager from the TFC bench with Cummins being the convenient excuse for the mediocrity which Mo has taken nearly four years to build. Click to continue reading...

As a Toronto FC season ticket holder, I have seen my fair share of junk chucked onto the field. I will even claim responsibility for contributing to it at least once, when Danny Dichio scored that goal and I thought I'd rather be a part of history than some guy with a novelty seat warmer.
But I've never chucked a streamer at a corner-taker, nor have I thrown my half-empty ten dollar beer cup at an opposing forward running along the touch-line to celebrate a goal with no one in particular. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to an email from a fan up north. This video of the Red Patch Boys creating a large banner for Danny Dichio may be a bit long but its still pretty cool to see the tribute that they put on for their favorite bald striker. Man Dichio will always be a legend in Toronto.

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This is a loooong video so you may want to clear some time in your Outlook calendar if you intend to watch it. But since it's a clip of the Red Patch Boys creating thier outsized Danny Dichio tribute banner it's somewaht fitting that the video is super-sized; any banner that has to be carried by forklift desereves the director's cut. Click to continue reading...

Tifo by the North End Elite, Toronto FC supporters' group. It marks the first ever goal in the team's history, scored by Danny Dichio, who retired this season. Your editor was there, supporting the other team. The Red Patch Boys had an even larger tifo as well.

Photo credit: sjgardiner on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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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.

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Here are the Twitterverse Players League groups, A through G, after Friday night's draw. If you want to listen to the recorded audio of the draw, the podcast is available for download by clicking here.
GROUP A Charlie Davies Taylor Twellman Carl Robinson Brian Jordan
GROUP B Danny Dichio Dwayne DeRosario Danny Cruz Hunter Freeman
GROUP C JozyAltidore17 Alecko Eskandarian Michael Chabala Brad Knighton
GROUP D Sacha Kljestan Robbie Rogers Kei Kamara Bobby Rhine
GROUP E Brian Ching Bobby Boswell Lee Nguyen Vincenzo Bernardo
GROUP F Stuart Holden Rohan Ricketts Brian Namoff Chris Tierney
GROUP G Freddy Adu Giuseppe Rossi Edson Buddle Joe Cannon
GROUP H Maurice Edu Brad Guzan Jim Brennan Taylor Graham
Voting begins Monday, October 5th, with groups A through D. Click to continue reading...

ABOVE: University of Colorado goalkeeper Kara Linder clears the ball on Friday against Nebraska. Linder was named defensive player of the week for the second time this season. (Photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com) BELOW: CU defender Quinn Krier was named the Big 12's newcomer of the week.

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STOUFFVILLE - Entering the 2009 season, there were many new faces, and a group of veterans who had been together since 2007 - the year they won the Championship.
And every year this core group has collective gotten better, despite injury and age. One of the plenty who have improved has been Captain Charles Eppich - the Danny Dichio of the team - who despite age, vertigo, a soreassiatic nerve, sprained ankles - both right and left - and foot problems, missed many games due to injury, yet still pushed his way through (literally) to score up until the final game. Click to continue reading...

This is a new one on me; I've never seen this show before but it's a good look. This is part one, the other three can be found here. Click to continue reading...

Big Story

Danny Dichio's retirement last Wednesday meant emotions ran high during the 24th minute of the first half during Toronto FC's 3-2 win against the Colorado Rapids yesterday at BMO Field. It was the 24th minute when Dichio scored Toronto FC's first ever club goal against the Chicago Fire on May 13th 2007, and fans in the south stand have chanted his name at the same minute of play at every home game ever since.

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If you didn't watch the Colorado Rapids' 3-2 loss to Toronto on Saturday, don't be fooled by the score. This was no five-goal explosion of offense. It was a 1-1 struggle blown open by two quick Toronto goals midway through the second half.

Substitute Michael Holody scored his first Major League Soccer goal in his second Major League Soccer game, but by that time (the 89th minute), the deed was done.

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Whether or not TFC make the playoffs, and it is still an uphill battle, one thing was evident in today's 3-2 win over Colorado - the future is near. In the stadium, on the broadcast and most importantly on the pitch - change is in the air. That change is going to be necessary if this club is serious about moving forward and many of the pieces showed their potential today. Click to continue reading...

Well I am back folks! Thank to the many of you who sent well wishes for my wedding last week. Everything went well with that but now I am recovering from the lovely thing that is jet lag. So once again this week's previews are going to be cut very short until I can get back in the swing of things.

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TORONTO FC VS. COLORADO RAPIDS
BMO Field - Saturday, 4:30PM EST
TV: CBC -- Radio: The Fan 590
Hey Colorado - do you like the circus? Well, let's hope so because without putting up the BMO Winter Bubble, the big top is definitely in full effect. The only thing not happening around TFC this week is talk of how poor they have played lately! Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC fan favourite Danny Dichio has called time on his playing career. The man is Toronto FC's first real "legend". Possibly my favourite memory so far at BMO Field happened at 23:13 in our match against the Chicago Fire on May 12, 2007.
He's an English journeyman, having spent time at QPR, Sunderland, Millwall, and Preston Northend. Click to continue reading...

What or where is this Casino Rama Grill Room? Is it a gambling establishment? A steakhouse? Whatever it is, good on them for getting interviews with Trader Mo and Dan Dichio this week. Will the circle be completed with a JDG interview next? Who knows but if it is, I'll try to dig it up for you. Click to continue reading...

11. Has to give Ali Gerba hairstyle tips
10. Not allowed to Wikipedia "Kevin Keegan"
9. Has to be Prom DJ at MLSE exec's kids' high schools
8. Must let Mo Johnston sit on his shoulders during all future press conferences.
7. Can challenge Pinball Clemons to a wrestle
6. Gets to live in CNE's Food Building
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The origins of the word 'honeymoon' can be traced, at least according to those ever vigilant authors of Wikipedia, to an ancient Babylonian custom involving the bride's father getting the groom as drunk as possible on mead.
My excursion to the eroded mountains of Eastern Nova Scotia seems to have borne this custom out, with white wine replacing that flat, godawful honey beer. Click to continue reading...

From the first time Danny Dichio stepped on the field for Toronto FC you could see the difference. There was a fire in the belly of a man who was enjoying his football curtain call. Dichio didn't come to TFC for one last paycheque, he came here to prove to himself and to the football world that he was still the physical force that made him a fan favourite with such big clubs as QPR, Sunderland and West Brom. Click to continue reading...

Danny Dichio, Toronto FC's largest scorer has announced his retirement. The 35 year old England native said that he is ready to move onto the next phase of his soccer career.

Toronto's Danny Dichio #9 and Redbulls Kevin Goldthwaite #2 get set for positioning during a Major League Soccer game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.

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Toronto FC forward Danny Dichio announced his retirement on Wednesday in a move to free up space for the expected signing of Canadian international Julian De Guzman. Dichio moves immediately into an academy coaching and ambassador role with the club. "I'm really looking forward to this new chapter in my career, and I'm happy I get to do it here at Toronto FC," Dichio said. Click to continue reading...

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Toronto FC is set to lose a player who its fans won't soon forget, but appear ready to add a star in the process.

TFC striker Danny Dichio will announce his retirement today, ending a three-year run that saw him score the first goal in club history and establish himself as a fan favorite.

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The word out of Canuckistan is that we've seen the back of Danny Dichio to make way for the front on Julian De Guzman. Talk about bittersweet. I bet hearts are breaking from Mississauga to...Mississauga. Click to continue reading...

Does Mo Johnston take vacations to active volcanoes? The surly Scotsman sure does love watching a good blow-up doesn't he? News in TFC-world this afternoon is that a press conference has been called for tomorrow where any number of things may be possibly announced. The two most valid rumours swirling around involve striker/ bald messiah Danny Dichio and the other our favourite defensive midfielder/ afro enthusiast Julian De Guzman. Click to continue reading...

According to Kristian Jack at the Score, Julian De Guzman has agreed to become our first designated player. Mo Johnston is apparently shopping players around the league in order to make room for him under the salary cap. Anyone else seeing Danny Dichio's two-month early retirement in the near future? Click to continue reading...

He's baaaaack! Apparently. The buzz around Toronto's television media is that Julian De Guzman is once again in the Toronto FC picture. According to some sources a contract has been agreed to but the sticking point is how TFC makes room in the algebra-like MLS salary cap. Scarborough's own would demand DP money and The Reds would have some hard choices to make. Click to continue reading...

Could this man be sitting out his last season in MLS?
According to Kristian Jack at The Score (click here for the original article and all the details), Danny Dichio looks to be on the way out of Toronto FC at end of this season and may be an assistant coach or player in USL. Click to continue reading...