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  • THE STARTING 11: Dwayne De Rosario Testimonial Gifts

    After a long, strangely quiet off-season where his future seemed unknown, MLS stalwart Dwayne De Rosario officially (this time it was for realsies) announced his retirement from the game. Proclaiming his contentment that he gets to retire from his hometown club – despite two mostly unfulfilling tenures with Toronto FC – De Ro accepted the…

  • 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…

  • Episode 90 – 15/06/03 #VeryLoudGiggles

    Episode 90 – 15/06/03 #VeryLoudGiggles

    After surviving the threats of storm, the gang is all here to discuss San Jose, some of the side stories that came out of TFC, a little bit about FIFA and look ahead to D.C. United. In this episode, Mark deals in bread, Duncan tells a story about Faustino Asprilla, Kristin channels a former president…

  • OVERHEARD AT BMO FIELD: Dichio vs. The Hulk vs. Mortadella

    Welcome back to another instalment of “Overheard At BMO Field” your regular eavesdropping on those strange snippets of actual conversation we’ve all heard floating around TFC Land. From strange to wacky to rather unsettling, here are this week’s #OHatBMO   “Why aren’t they allowed to have last names in Brazil?”   “You can fight Dichio.…

  • MLS Wins and Losses: Week 13

    As always you can catch this without all the links and videos and with terrible impersonations as part of the Vocal Minority Podcast, coming out later this week. The big winners this week were the Seattle Sounders. They beat Colorado midweek then took on the Red Bulls on Sunday. They trailed 1-0 before Marco Pappa…

  • THE STARTING 11: Proposed Names for Hamilton’s NASL Club

    “Pan-Am Ah! Pan-Am Ah-ha-haha-ha-ha!” No, TFC aren’t back in the Van Halen-utilizing CONCACAF Champions League but rather the Pan-Am Games are about to land in the Golden Horseshoe. Part of the sporting infrastructure built in Toronto and the outlying cities that comprise “Toronto Jr.” includes a new footy friendly-ish stadium – Tim Hortons Field –…

  • The South Stand Report : Toronto v. San Jose

    What a week. Controversy, DeRo retiring formally (and properly), FIFA corruption, multiple exhibitions, and to come down from an exciting week of Football… Toronto v.  San Jose.  Muggy.  In a lightning storm. A strong argument could’ve been made to stay home.  Hell, a weak one could’ve been successful as well.  But no, as a junkie,…

  • Toronto FC vs San Jose Earthquakes: Can TFC Escape Being Shaken?

    It is an odd thing to be looking ahead to a game with some positivity; but even given the large number of injured TFC players and a decent San Jose Earthquakes team coming to town there’s not the usual sense of foreboding….Wait, what’s that?  Hold on! Due to what I can only presume was a…

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