Vocal Minority

Author: Mark Hinkley

  • Soccer United Fan Council : Ask for my $0.02, get $7.88 instead

    One of the many marketing arms of Major League Soccer is a panel called Soccer United Fan Council.  Their purpose can be summed up by this bit of malarkey: This is an exclusive online community where you can share valuable opinions, ideas, and experiences with Major League Soccer (MLS) to help us better serve you…

  • Episode 101 – 15/08/19 #becauseNarrative

    Episode 101 – 15/08/19 #becauseNarrative

    The gang is all sobered up to review New York Red Bulls, look ahead to Orlando again and postulate the future of the head coach. In this episode Mark confuses his historical footballing injuries, Duncan pulls no punches on the gaffer, Tony has a song for the opposition and Kristin brings us a time-proven medical…

  • Contest : Joe Bendik Meme

    Contest : Joe Bendik Meme

    I’m going to go out on a limb here, and suggest that Toronto FC could very well be one of the most memeable teams in all of sport.  The dysfunction, the quoteables, the invisible cheque-signings, Mista – the list goes on and on. In the Pulitzer-esque writing of the South Bar Report, I remember distinctly…

  • South Barstool Report : New York Red Bulls v Toronto

    Welcome to the annual #VMPissUp as we are #DrinkingWithKristin in an unnamed pub somewhere in hot and humid Toronto.  Joined by such luminaries as @grawsee, @bigwulliestyle and @redwineroz for this event, the drinks were cold and the football was lacklustre… unless you were pulling for the opposition, in which case, it was glorious.  Celebrating VMP…

  • Episode 100 – 15/08/13 #unspectacularSpectacular

    Episode 100 – 15/08/13 #unspectacularSpectacular

    This is our longest episode to date (and for that we are very sorry), but there was much to cover in our “100th episode”. We’re all present and accounted for to recap Orlando, Kansas City, say good-bye and hello to a few players and preview the future of New York Red Bull. In this episode,…

  • South Traffic Report : Toronto v Kansas City

    Yeah it’s late. You see, somebody was trying to actually get to the game on time.  They left early, gave themselves, what they thought was, plenty of time to get down to the stadium.  Who knew that one set of road closures would have screwed up everything. At 3:00 I had exited the Gardiner and…

  • South Stand Report : Toronto v Orlando

    It’s a beautiful day for footy.  Better than the last 5 matches I’ve been to anyways.  Toronto is coming off a confusing sloppy whopping from Boston Minutemen or whatever they’re called.  Doesn’t matter. Orlando somehow beat Columbus over the weekend. You know what, I don’t care about the before right now. I’m in my seats,…

  • Episode 99 – 15/08/04 #CrossingTheLion

    Episode 99 – 15/08/04 #CrossingTheLion

    This week, the gang is all here, reviewing the poop-show that was New England, reflecting on the new broken-ish acquisition and looking ahead to the Purples and the Sporks this week. In this episode, Mark channels Madonna, Tony channels Murray Head (he’s real), Kristin channels some version of a Canadian Atlas and Duncan channels the…

  • Episode 98 – 15/07/30 #whelming

    Episode 98 – 15/07/30 #whelming

    The gang is all here and Tony plays the role of director this week, recapping the action thrill ride that was the Columbus match, recapping the drama that was the Gold Cup, and looking ahead to the potential horror that is the turf at Foxborough. In this episode Duncan is apparently the Kristin-whisperer, Tony refuses…

  • The South Couch Report : Columbus v Toronto

    This day would come. Columbus and their high-flying offense colliding with Toronto’s assassin-like offense (when it’s working). I boldly predicted a high scoring game.  They’ve got Kamara, we’ve got Giovinco.  They’ve got Trapp, we’ve got Giovinco.  They’ve got Higuain, we’ve got Giovinco.  It’s pretty evenly matched. On to the match! 8’ – their Findlay exposes…