Vocal Minority

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  • VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 26 – Ben Spencer

    Highest: 22 Lowest: 27 Average ranking: 24.95 Kristin: 25 – Big Ben Spencer!  Damn it Ben, we had a song for when you scored, and it was a good song!  And now you’ll never hear it.  But it was good.  Honest. Spencer was signed to Toronto FC back in May after having joined TFC II…

  • VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 27 – Mitchell Taintor

    Happy New Year!  Resolutions firmly in place and raring to start the whole ‘new year, new you’ thing?  Excellent.  We here at the Vocal Minority aren’t big on resolutions, but we do have an entirely new set of player rankings for you to enjoy over the next few weeks – you know while you’re at…

  • The Vocal Minority Final Countdown: 2017 Edition

    *Apologies from Kristin for taking so long to get this posted * It’s that time of year again!  That’s right, now that the flares, smoke bombs, streamers and confetti have cleared, it’s time to rank the Toronto FC players that took to the field for the Reds during the 2017 season.  I know, I know…

  • MLS Fantasy – Vocal Minority League to be won.

    Ah the start of the season, that magical time when you think to yourself, ‘yeah, I’ll create a team, it’ll be awesome and I won’t stop paying attention and give up halfway through this time’. Now that’s the real fantasy here. Anyway, it can be a fun way to kickstart your interest in the rest…

  • VMP 2016 Final Countdown #1: Jozy Altidore

    Mark: 1 – Quite the tale of two halves and I’m a sucker for a redemption story. On May 15th, a game against Vancouver, the version of Jozy Altidore, the one that was brutal and had the “press” coming to his defense, hit a new low.  Perhaps even a bottom.  Goal drought, down by two, gets…

  • VMP 2016 Final Countdown #2: Sebastian Giovinco

    Duncan: 2 – Didn’t really get a lot of support for various tactical reasons through the long away trip and the mid summer patch where everyone else was injured but generally still kept playing well, scoring goals and doing his Seba things. Eventually seemed to wear him down and towards the end of the season and…

  • VMP 2016 Final Countdown #3: Michael Bradley

    Kristin: 4 – So weird; I actually liked Michael Bradley this year.  Vanney found/he agreed to a new position on the pitch, he didn’t try to do everything himself every game, defensively worlds better, huge towards the end of the season. But please stop taking free kicks. K, thanks. Michael Bradley has been with Toronto…

  • VMP 2016 Final Countdown #4: Drew Moor

    Duncan: 1 – This is a bit of a hypothetical number one ranking really as it’s based on what probably would have happened if he got injured. Bradley, Altidore, Giovinco, Irwin, all missed time at various points in the season, and we got by fine enough, and I don’t think that’d be the case if Moor…

  • VMP 2016 Final Countdown #5: Clint Irwin

    Kristin: 7 – Lost places for lack of playing time and only a so-so return post-injury.  However, started the season pretty great, he’s young and is great bang for the buck – hoping for really good things in 2017. Clint Irwin has had an interesting career arc – to say the least – from playing…

  • VMP 2016 Final Countdown #6: Justin Morrow

    Kristin: 5 – Scored more than any of the midfielders, held down the defense and threw in some nice crosses.  Productivity going forward helped to offset the occasional lacking on the defensive side. Still, one of the best fullbacks in the league. Justin Morrow has been one of the most consistent players for Toronto FC…