THE STARTING XI: Advantages To Playing In Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
For good, bad or (really) ugly, the first leg of what is arguably Canada’s most important club fixture (for this week) is set for Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The Impact decided to move indoors onto the turfy goodness and le cha-ching of 60,000 paying customers despite the general crumbliness of “The Big Owe”. However, while it may not be the prettiest football ground in the world, there are some advantages to...
THE STARTING 11: Alternatives To The Name “401 Derby”
You know what the best part of the “401 Derby” is? It’s just how “401”-nny it is. Also, that it is widely accepted as the name for the Montreal v Toronto fixtures everywhere in North America except for one place – Montreal. Tres LOLZ. However, we pride ourselves on our listening skills and so on the cusp of the biggest “401 Derby” of all timez, we are willing to consider (briefly) these...
THE STARTING 11: Oddities of playing at Yankee Stadium in November
George Steinbrenner’s shivering ghost! “The House Next to the One Ruth Built Used To Be” was meant for dingers not fancy-pants Europeans faffing about in early winter! But alas, so it was that local foot and ball outfit Toronto FC and a few hundred hosers spent yesterday evening in the Bronx at the makeshift soccer-baseball stadium. However, it’s usually empty by November which made for some interesting...
THE STARTING 11: Other TFC Decision Day Decisions
Did you decide? What did you decide?! Were you decisively decisive? Well it’s too late for regrets, MLS Decision Day – possibly their best work in the hyperbole field – has come and gone. While the religious holiday mostly pertains to playoff implications, there have been some other less prominent TFC decisions made over the last ten years… 11. GREG VANNEY: “Salmon or coral?” 10. MAXIM USANOV:...
THE STARTING 11: Best Parts of Living With The Argos
CAW! No it’s not Bitchy Blanks time but that’s the sound of yours truly eating a little crow over the doom and gloom feelings I held about sharing BMO Field with The Argos. Like many out there, I fully expected the “soccer experience” to be akin to that of Gillette Stadium North this season. However, credit where credit is due – the grounds crew have done an excellent job in minimizing the effects....
THE STARTING 11: Similarities Between Toronto FC and the Toronto Blue Jays
You’ve got a diamond. You’ve got nine men. You’ve got a hat, and a bat, and that’s not all. We’ve got chip buttys and the Trillium Cup so… whatevs. For the second year on the trot, Toronto’s foot and ball team AND their rounders team are simultaneously in the post-season! This sudden kinship seemed unlikely for most of the last decade, but the similarities between the two local clubs actually...
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