The "Chip Butty" app is way overrated
TORONTO (16th) VS. DALLAS
(3rd) BMO FIELD - WEDNESDAY 8PMTV: TSN THE KICKABOUT:- How many new faces will Aron Winter throw into the starting 11?
"Heeeere's Alan!"
IN THE TUNNEL:Could a rag-tag Toronto FC line-up shock LA Galaxy in the same way that Panama had just shocked USA
at the Gold Cup? Or, would they be as impotent as Canada was against 10-man Guadeloupe? Seriously,
it's not even a country! 1st versus nearly worst in Hollywood.
I guess that an event such as Philadelphia Union coming to Toronto in their second year and scoring
a record number of goals against TFC was not a complete shock today. The question that was bouncing
around my head on the way home today was a simple one, will TFC get worse before they get better?
If you judge the TFC future by the post-game conference with Coach Winter saying these are not my
players, my players will start arriving throughout June, you have to lean towards getting worse
before it gets better.
Zed Zed Top. Two better legs than TFC v Edmonton
Second legs don't happen a whole lot when you play without a single table. Okay, The NutCan and
the MLS format have nothing to do with each other but furniture puns are so rare in football blogs.
Sue me IKEA. Despite such houseware platitudes, Toronto FC indeed found itself in The NutCan
Semi-Final 2nd Leg tonight at BMO Field, a week after dispatching their opponents FC "We Heart
Tories" Edmonton 3-0 in the 1st Leg.
I know... rubbing oil in the woundsOn the same night that saw Real Salt Lake trying to become the 2010/2011 CONCACAF Champions
League Winners; the quest for a berth in the 2011/2012 version began for Toronto FC in Edmonton.
Yes, The Nutrilite Canadian Championship aka "The NutCan" is back - now with 50% more knockout
action!
Well how's that for a weather turn around? Last week, on the cusp of freezing rain and freezing
temperatures, today a balmy 21C. The setting was perfect for an afternoon of... PLAGUES!
Just before kick-off, we were greeted with swarms of mosquitoes! All of that money raised for
malaria nets could come in to good use right about now.
You can take a club to Turkey but can you turkey a club?
It was quite a surprise when word leaked out this past autumn that Toronto FC would be spending
its preseason in Turkey. In the previous four years, TFC were more like Quebecois senior citizens
who went to Florida for the winter. Their opponents usually resembled Old-Age Home U-90 teams
too.
"You are safe to play The Crew now"
The first photo-op of any preseason is of eager (well, mostly eager) players arriving at their
club and getting ready for their annual medical. Down at BMO Field, Toronto FC's crack medical team
will be putting the Reds, both old a new, through their paces to make sure they are up to
scratch.
