Category: Analysis & Opinion
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Kit Nerd Corner : Colorado home, Dallas home, DC United home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Colorado Home In a nutshell : no white sleeves make it better The inside collar says : Colorado For Life The jock tag position has : state flag of Colorado Compared to previous kit : drastic improvement The new Colorado home kit is clean and…
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Kit Nerd Corner : Philadelphia home, Atlanta away, Seattle home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Philadelphia Home In a nutshell : the bib is gone The outside back collar has : Join or Die with a snake The jock tag position has : coiled snake Compared to previous kit : an improvement, but different Some of my concerns with the…
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Kit Nerd Corner : Toronto away, LA Galaxy home, Chicago home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Toronto Away In a nutshell : still white without the red chest stripe The outside back collar has : All for One The jock tag position has : a maple leaf Compared to previous kit : slight improvement I long for the day that this…
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Toronto FC vs Colorado Rapids: CCL Leg 1; Can TFC Start The Year Off On A High Note?
Toronto FC vs Colorado Rapids ~ 10pm ET ~ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park ~ TSN2 They’re back! After the heady highs of the 2017 season Toronto FC are back in action this evening for the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League in the exotic clime of Commerce City, Colorado (ooh, so exotic) as…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 1 – Victor Vazquez
Highest: 1 Lowest: 5 Average ranking: 2.08 Kristin: 1 – As I say pretty much every time we watch him play; he plays in the Matrix. That’s the only (not really) explanation for his ability to see two, three steps ahead of everyone else, send in those delicious passes and bend the game to his…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 2 – Michael Bradley
Highest: 1 Lowest: 8 Average ranking: 2.52 (*Editor’s note: Bradley & Altidore were tied for average ranking score, but Bradley had more Number 1 votes, therefore he’s in second*) Duncan: 3 Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. What to say about Michael Bradley. I really shouldn’t have let myself get stuck with writing this one as it should be full…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 3 – Jozy Altidore
Highest: 1 Lowest: 5 Average ranking: 2.52 Kristin: 3 – Best. Speech. Everrrrrr. What a way to finish the season! I know that the season finished two days before that, with that thrilling goal that encapsulates Jozy Altidore’s season; a moment where any doubt in fans’ minds about Jozy’s abilities to score, to be a…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 4 – Sebastian Giovinco
Highest: 2 Lowest: 11 Average ranking: 4.12 Mark: 4 – I said on the podcast once that if there’s a single player that I would start any club over with, it’s Sebastian Giovinco. And technically, or statistically he’s not even the highest rated player on the club, but I stand by it. Seba didn’t have the…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 5 – Alex Bono
Highest: 2 Lowest: 8 Average ranking: 5.4 Kristin: 7 – Damn you Bones, you had to go and be good didn’t you? That may seem like an odd sentiment, but if you follow me or listen to the show then you know of my fondness for Clint Irwin (and yes for Q but I gave…
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VMP Final Countdown 2017: Number 6 – Justin Morrow
Highest: 4 Lowest: 10 Average ranking: 6.24 Kristin: 6 – Justin Morrow had a really good year. I know that I’m perceived as biased, but it’s hard to look at that season and not say great things about Morrow (I’m looking at you low rankers). Building off a very good 2016 season, Morrow put that…