VMP Final Countdown. Number 21 – Steven Caldwell
Highest Ranking: 15 Lowest Ranking: 27 Average Ranking: 20.84 Kristin: 20 *Not his fault in the end as the brass failed to realize his limitations for the year. Last proper leader on the backline we’ve had and while we won’t miss the ‘oh dear gods make him stop waving his arms!’, miss the leadership.* Oh captain our (former) captain. It never was going to happen for you this year was it? It all...
Closing Time At The Caldwell Arms: Steven Caldwell Calls It a Day On Seventeen Year Career
Oh Captain, our Captain. In what has been possibly the most drawn out storyline for Toronto FC this season finally came to an end when earlier this morning Steven Caldwell announced his retirement after 17 years as a professional footballer: It’s not a surprising move; in fact it’s one we’ve all been expecting for some time. But as the season wore on and reports kept coming that he was ‘training with the...
Greg Vanney – Master tactician?
Before the Vancouver game, there were 4 things I was mainly going to be looking at as harbingers of good or bad things to come, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Greg Vanney’s tactics and the Caldwell/Perquis partnership. It was a mixed bag for sure, but I’d say the good outweighed the bad. As with anything, it’s early, one game is way too short of a time to come to any kind of definitive judgement. My thoughts on...
Sponsors and armbands and mascots? Yes, they matter.
For those of you who enjoy (genuinely, ironically, snarkily, however you like) the more esoteric sideshow attraction aspects of football, the side dishes and condiments to the fat steak of the actual game itself, it’s been a fantastic week or so to follow TFC, practically headspinning as the hits have just kept on coming. Let’s re-cap. Deep breath, here we go. New kit leak: It’s as simple as one could ever reasonably...
Captain America. TFC give armband to Michael Bradley
We all knew this was coming. Michael Bradley seemed like the obvious successor to Steven Caldwell as club captain, as much due to his pricetag and reputation as to his (inconsistently last year) inspirational play on the pitch. There’d been chatter of his opinion being very valuable to Tim Bezbatchenko last season, and this off season it seems like the decision was made to really play up just how influential he’d become....
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