Kit Nerd Corner : Chicago away, NYRB home & Colorado away
Feb28

Kit Nerd Corner : Chicago away, NYRB home & Colorado away

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Chicago away   In a nutshell : windswept steel isn’t as boring as it sounds The outside back collar has : Crossed hammers with a six-point star The jock tag position has : Est. 1997 The sleeve has : the four red six-pointed stars from the civic flag Compared to previous kit : an improvement Anyone who really gets upset at away kits is missing the point. They’re a change kit. Ideally, you...

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TFC Fall To The Energy Drinks 3-0, Lose Seba And Continue To Regress
May29

TFC Fall To The Energy Drinks 3-0, Lose Seba And Continue To Regress

Well that was fun.  Oh wait, no it wasn’t.  What a mess.   And I was poorly prepared having not nearly enough booze in the house to deal with that match.  Due to a confluence of anniversaries, power outages and work none of the VMP crew were really prepared to write a post-match for this game.  But that’s OK, because TFC didn’t come prepared to play.  So here is my point-form post-game for your perusal: The Goals:...

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Toronto FC vs New York Red Bulls: On The Road Again – Can TFC Repeat Past Success?
May28

Toronto FC vs New York Red Bulls: On The Road Again – Can TFC Repeat Past Success?

TFC vs NYRB ~ 7pm ET ~ Red Bull Arena ~ SN360 Ah the road, where Toronto FC is a Viking.  Remember the halcyon days of the first eight games of the season?  Where everything seemed possible?  Now a four game home stand later, TFC has come away with only five points from a possible twelve, lost one of their top players to injury and underscored their desperate need for secondary scoring.  Bright side would be staying relatively...

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