THE STARTING 11: Other Legacies Tim Leiweke Could Leave Behind
May25

THE STARTING 11: Other Legacies Tim Leiweke Could Leave Behind

If God forbid you ever get the news that you have one year left to live, immediately go out and promise everyone you meet you’ll buy them a beer in 366 days. People will think you’re a pretty righteous dude at the time and once they eventually find out there’s nothing but an empty, broken glass waiting you’ll be long gone and won’t care. In other completely unrelated news, MLSE CEO Tim Leiweke (Of the...

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THE STARTING 11: Occasions For Fireworks At BMO Field
May18

THE STARTING 11: Occasions For Fireworks At BMO Field

Is there a stadium in all of football that enjoys more useless pyrotechnic displays than BMO Field? Daytime? Sure! Anthems finished? Go to town! In the grand scheme of TFC/BMO Field ills this ranks pretty low but it was during the post-match of TFC’s Voyageurs Cup elimination last week where the ridiculousness of it all came to a head. While TFC did win the match 3-2, they had just been knocked out of yet another tournament and...

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THE STARTING 11: Ways to Make The Voyageurs Cup More Popular
May11

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...

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THE STARTING 11: Headlines MLSE Will Use To Make Argos To BMO Seem Positive
May04

THE STARTING 11: Headlines MLSE Will Use To Make Argos To BMO Seem Positive

The day that none of us have been waiting for since 2007 seems likely to be confirmed any moment now (if it hasn’t already by time you read this). BMO Field, Canada’s first “soccer specific” stadium will soon be downgraded to a “soccer first” stadium and then, sometime in the summer of 2016, a “kinda, maybe, sorta also soccer stadium” once the Toronto Argonauts are gleefully invited in...

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THE STARTING 11: Proposed BMO Field East Stand Concessions
Apr27

THE STARTING 11: Proposed BMO Field East Stand Concessions

When not pretending that they aren’t remodeling BMO Field with the Argos in mind, MLSE continues to beaver away on the multi-million dollar stadium expansion. With only a year remaining before the stadium goes from “soccer specific” to “soccer first” to “soccer also”, the first phase is nearly ready and TFC fans will be the first to experience the new double-deck East Stand. Of course with...

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