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 in the fall of 2016. The towering forward (6’5!) was signed to a homegrown deal and brought in to bring some size to the attack – but...
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 gym, or at home binge watching Black Mirror or The Crown, we don’t judge. All of the entries (thank you...
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 – how could you possibly rank the players after such a successful season? After all, trophies and shields were...
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 of the league, whether it’s about the stars, the value players or the fantastic names that are out...
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 a penalty saved then pulls up lame and while he was off the pitch and Babouli waiting to be announced as his substitute, Toronto pulls one...
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 after his injury into the playoffs seemed to get frustrated a lot easier than usual. Whether he wasn’t...