Author: Tony Walsh
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II Way Street – TFC makes use of USL affiliate with loan of seven
It seems like the partnership between Toronto FC and its USL affiliate TFC II (“The Search for Mo’s Gold”) is already proving beneficial at both levels. The organization announced today that the big club would be sending seven players currently on its roster on loan to the USL side as they prepare for their club…
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Look Out Below! Depth Charge Exposes TFC’s Structural Weakness
While it’s not quite Toronto FC’s “Perfect(ly bad) Storm”, the list of potential absences in the squad for the next match is certainly a stern warning. When The Reds travel to The Holy Kingdom of Utah next week to face Real Salt Lake, the plane may be a lot emptier than usual. Due to…
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THE STARTING 11: Ways Toronto FC Players Are Spending Their Bye Week
SPRING BREAK!!! Yeah!!! Ok, not quite a kegger on Daytona Beach but TFC players and staff have a few extra days off to relax this week as the nutty MLS schedule has handed them a March Break bye week. So while you toil away in whatever corporate ant farm is slowly destroying your soul from…
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“I Will Remember Crew” – A Requiem to Crew Cat
I have a grudging respect for much of what Columbus Crew has done to update the feel of their club over the past couple of years. The supporters on the Mid-Ohio Riviera have stepped up their game and deserved a football club that better reflected their, um… spirit. They ditched the Right Said Fred construction…
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II Unlimited: USL Affiliate TFC II Adds Eight To Roster
Whether you call them “The Baby Reds”; “The Deuce” or the name that all the kidz on the streetz are calling them – “Wunderland AFC” (ok, maybe that’s just me) – TFC II, Toronto FC’s USL affiliate, is starting to take shape. With the inaugural season kicking off less than two weeks from now against…
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Who’s Your Derby?: “The New Soft” and TFC’s Rivalry Matches
When you are the lone club in a province that is geographically larger than all of England, the idea of a local football derby becomes slightly amusing. But such is life for the North American supporter where – except for a few cases – the idea of “The Away Day” as perfected in Europe, is…
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THE STARTING 11: Surprising Clauses In The New MLS CBA
When it was all said and done, the new collective bargaining agreement negotiation was a lot like Mista. Lots of talk about its impact; a long-drawn out process filled with frustration; no strikes to be seen. Yes, Major League Soccer and its Players Union managed to save the season by agreeing to a new deal…
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Get Your F-IX: Know Your TFC 2015
As your brand spanking new Tee Eff Cees embark on their “Quest for a Play-In Match”, we bring you this handy A(ltidore) to Z(avaleta) guide to the 2015 squad. Chock full of hard-hitting investigative journalism, fascinating statistics* and shocking facts* (*not necessarily statistical) (* not entirely factual), we urge you to print up this list,…
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Not Necessarily the Eastern Conference: Your Guide to Some-Things MLS
West may be best for baby (We saw it on Wikipedia) but the East is where it’s at yo! That’s right, hot off the heels of our highly factualish and influentialesque MLS Western Conference preview, we shift focus to the continent’s eastern seaboard… also Columbus. Whatevs – we’re inclusive. Everyone on this continent knows east…
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Not Necessarily the Western Conference: Your Guide to Some-Things MLS
Cup your groins in your hands North America – you’re about to be First Kicked. The most majorest of this continent’s major league soccer leagues not in Mexico – Major League Soccer – is back for 2015! That’s right, Commissioner Don Garber has been busy buffing balls as another season is set to begin –…