Toronto FC vs Tigres UANL: Can TFC Get Past A Tough Test Against Tigres?
Toronto FC vs Tigres UANL ~ 8pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN2 Seems fitting that such an important game in the Concacaf Champions League comes on the six year anniversary of the last CCL “big game” for Toronto FC. Remember how we were all at the SkyDome, full of hope and delighting in our mastery over the Galaxy – well until that tying goal saw the game end 2-2 that is (though of course we moved past them to ultimately lose...
Episode 217 – 17/12/21 #drawCity #optionDeclined #sextuple
The gang is mostly here to review the season as a whole, discuss signings and un-signings (at time of recording) and look ahead to the CONCACAF Champions League tournament with the reveal of the opening draw. In this episode, Mark doesn’t know the difference between initials (see note below), Duncan rebrands a giant of Mexican football, and Kristin goes an entire episode throwing stuff. Note : Mark did repeatedly referred to UANL in...
THE STARTING 11: Improvements To CONCACAF Qualifying
For North America’s tall, goofy guy – yeah that’s us Canada – getting through the difficult maze of CONCA-wackiness that is World Cup Qualifying is no treat. We’ve had enough heartbreak to fill many a Sepp bladder but it’s not just our lack of success that’s tough to swallow but also the convoluted path teams like ours have to take for one of those sweet, sweet 3 1/2 berths this chunk of the...
THE STARTING 11: Ways to Make The Voyageurs Cup More Popular
The Voyageurs Cup, The Canadian Club Championship, The Tournament Formerly Known as Nutcan; whatever you call this tournament it is Canada’s premier club competition. However, despite the Cup’s prize – a trip to the CONCACAF Champions League and an autographed Edmonton Brickmen jersey – it is a tournament that has issues. The Cup faces a substantial amount of unfair mainstream media maligning but worse, a great...