Vocal Minority

Category: Match Previews & Reports

  • Testify! De Ro Shakes ‘N Bakes into the Sunset

    There was a boy from Scarborough, And De Ro was his name-oh! De-Ro-Sario! De-Ro-Sario! And De Ro was his name-oh! – The National Anthem of Scarborough The long and winding road back to Scarborough (Toronto’s eastern inner suburb for our international readers) has finally come to its final curve. While the sun never sets on…

  • WWC 2015: Group stage review, round of 16 preview

    Alright then, almost 2 weeks in, everyone’s had a lot of fun (yes you have Ecuador! stop crying!), there’s been 36 games, a just about small enough to be respectable amount of blowouts, the odd surprise here and there, and after all that, we’ve got rid of 8 of the 24 teams. Yay. Now it’s…

  • WWC 2015: Poor, poor ecuador. Group E and F preview

    Friday started off with Australia vs Nigeria. The Aussies opened the scoring with a very well taken goal from Simon after de Vanna had a long run before passing it off. It should have been offside if the Nigerians were in any way able to maintain a disciplined defensive line, but still, they did well…

  • CanMNT win, CanWNT tie. Neither impresses.

    So then, Soccer day in Canada was a bit of a let down yesterday wasn’t it? I’ll start briefly with the men’s side of things. First off, thanks to Gavin Day for bringing us a stream to watch in the first place, that more or less held up for the whole game, but also for…

  • WWC 2015: War Elephants are the best Elephants! Group C and D preview

    Thursday’s action started with Germany and Norway, I didn’t see much of it, but the result is definitely a surprise, 1-1, good for Norway and a very nice equaliser direct from a free kick. The Germans picked up another injury to a midfielder that they’ll be hoping isn’t serious, but will still have enough to…

  • WWC 2015. Group A and B review and preview. Canada wins, just, and the Elephant graveyard.

    4 days down, everyone’s played once, time for a brief look at what’s happened so far before we get into the second round of games. I’ll do this group by group as the games come along over the next few days. Opening ceremonies. A bit dull really weren’t they? These things are often so earnest…

  • MLS Wins and Losses: Week 13

    In the words of noted student of the game Gregory J Vanney, MLS is all about streaks and that’s the theme running right through this week’s results in another busy week for MLS that saw pretty much all the Eastern Conference playoff contenders shit the bed and Baldomero Toledo really get his game going for…

  • The South Couch Report : Toronto Barca Canada v D.C. Juve China (mash-up edition)

    OMG So much delicious footie yesterday.  I passed out by the end of it.  I really couldn’t take any more.  With my adrenaline dumping, I figured this report could wait until tomorrow morning. Here’s what I remember : 3′ – off of a free kick, Buchanan gets two big attempts on the far left of…

  • After all the narratives, I’m ready to open wide for some soccer. Canada v China kicks off the Women’s World Cup.

    The World Cup is here, the world cup is here. Finally some football to talk about as you’ve probably had your fill already of all the narratives fit or unfit to print as a lot of media kicks into big event mode to cover a sport they barely pay attention to on a regular basis.…

  • Toronto FC vs DC United: TFC Face A Tough Test Against A Top Team

    What can kill a nice run of form and dampen supporter spirits?  Why a road game against the best team in the league missing multiple key players!  Whee!  It’s one of those “do we have to play this game now?”, kind of situations.  Normally I’d actually look forward to TFC taking on DC United (7pm…