THE STARTING 11: Ways Euro 2016 Would Be Different if TFC Were Hosting
It’s not that crazy an idea. BMO Field has hosted all kinds of weird jazz such as Genesis, a Bill Clinton speech and whatever TFC’s 2012 season was all about – so why not the Euros?! Ok there’s the one tiny detail about not being in Europe but in this age of supersonic passenger flight and Twitter – that’s minor. After missing out on “The Great Lakes World Cup” why not host...
The Starting 11: Ways To Improve The Voyageurs Cup Right Away
The Voyageurs Cup, The Canadian Club Championship, The Tournament Formerly Known as Nutcan; whatever you call this tournament it is Canada’s premier club competition. However, despite the Cup’s prize – a trip to the CONCACAF Champions League and an autographed Edmonton Brickmen jersey – it is a tournament that still has issues. The Cup faces a substantial amount of unfair mainstream media maligning but worse, some fan apathy in the...
THE STARTING 11: Best Things About Giovinco’s Injury
“Nooooooooooooooo!!!” was the shared refrain of many a TFC supporter when the club’s talisman and leading anti-top shelf crusader Sebastian Giovinco pulled up lame on Saturday. When the wee Italian tore the captain’s armband from his tattooed bicep he may have been tearing the club’s hopes for success along with it. Luckily – like TFC’s depth – the injury isn’t too significant and...
THE STARTING 11: Ways TFC Would Be Different In The Victorian Era
Happy Victoria Day to those of you that recognize the British Monarchy and her place in Canada’s political landscape. Go make a republic in the Arctic to the rest of you. It’s a long weekend – what else you got goin’ on? Anycrowns, it is indeed the day where we celebrate an old lady in a big chair by shooting fireworks in the air. Old ladies love that stuff. As we celebrate Victoria, it made us wonder what...
THE STARTING 11: New TFC Narratives
It goes like this: You, the supporter, feel a certain way about a certain aspect of TFCdom. This is most often followed by a member of the local established TFC media telling you how wrong you are and that you are a maroon with only a rube-like knowledge of the sport. In turn, this is rebutted by indignation and a thumbing of the nose by those who consider actually paying money to go to matches as the ultimate truth-teller. The cycle...
THE STARTING 11: Things the BMO Field Canopy Unsuccessfully Repels
Never has so much been said about so little a roof. So little is the roof in question that it’s not even a roof at all but a canopy. The South Stand architectural wonder does a nice job on some levels including holding in the crowd noise. However, in science there are just some things that 2/5 of a roof simply can’t keep out… 11. Rain at angles 10. Seagulls without borders 9. Canadian football 8. Smoke bomb lung 7....
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