Author: Kristin Knowles
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2016 MLS Schedule: Get Ready For The Excitement of Wednesdays & Sundays TFC Fans
Everyone ready to start booking those days off? A few surprises and maybe less than optimal dates – whee Wednesday and Sunday games – but we do get to finish the season at home which is always kind of cool. So here we go: TFC play their first eight games on the road, we knew…
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VMP Final Countdown: Number 9 – Collen Warner
Highest Ranking: 6 Lowest ranking: 14 Average Ranking: 9.52 Kristin: 9. *Our ‘holding winger’ – quietly effective and under-utilized. Solid depth piece, TFC definitively won that trade. Sorry Issey, don’t mean to be inhumane.* Collen Warner surprised me this year; he’d impressed a few times in 2014 but this year I found myself missing him…
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VMP Final Countdown: Number 12 – Ashtone Morgan
Highest Ranking: 6 Lowest Ranking: 25 Average Ranking: 12.79 Kristin: 10. *Nasty Left Back actually played! After being nailed to the bench the previous season, TFC’s defensive woes meant Morgan got to play. Saw some decent play – still has a future in the game.* I have a lot of time for Ashtone Morgan and…
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Sebastian Giovinco Wins MLS MVP: Seba Does The Treble!
Seba wins! Surprising no one it was announced this morning that Toronto FC DP Sebatian Giovinco was the MLS MVP for 2015: Other than potentially going to Kei Kamara there was no one else even close in this race. Seba led the league with 22 goals, and 16 assists, named to the best XI for…
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Ch-Ch-Changes! Toronto FC Release Konopka, Bendik, Jackson and Apparicio
And so it begins. After yesterday’s re-signing of Justin Morrow, Toronto FC wasted little time in releasing four players and exercising contract options to thirteen others. TFC made a somewhat surprising move in releasing both Chris Konopka and Joe Bendik – the two had shared starting duties this past season and it seemed likely that…
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Toronto FC Re-sign Justin Morrow To A Multi-Year Deal
TFC fans, start your (off-season) engines as the Toronto FC front office starts the process of assembling next season’s team. First – and very welcome – up is the absolutely great news that Justin Morrow has been re-signed to a multi-year deal. Morrow has been one of the bright spots over the past two years;…
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VMP Final Countdown: Number 17 – Robbie Findley
Highest Ranking: 10 Lowest Ranking: 27 Average Ranking: 17.01 Kristin: 14. *Just no. The invisible man, the player we had to have, one of the most polarizing players we’ve ever had. For the fuss and the price tag? Very expensive invisible man.* How did I ever rank him this high? That mushy middle really got…
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VMP Final Countdown: Number 20- Dan Lovitz
Highest Ranking 11 Lowest ranking 26 Average Ranking 20.84 Kristin: 25. *Who? No amount of individual ‘look at me!’ warming up from the subs bench (when he was a sub) could get him minutes this year.* Dan Lovitz; man of mystery. Seriously, he made little impression (although barely playing will do that) this past year. After…
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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…
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VMP Final Countdown. Number 23 – Nick Hagglund
Highest Ranking 11 Lowest ranking 27 Average Ranking 20.89 Kristin: 24. *My initial comment on the ranking was: ‘He’s never going to score a goal with these types of minutes. Never good enough to play much even with the backline desperation all season – not even when finally 100% healthy’, but as Nick is on…