Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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Morrow’s red card no excuse for tactically naive Toronto FC
Did Justin Morrow get the ball? Yes he did. Did he also get the man? Yes he did. Did he get the man first? It was close, but yes, yes he did. Was it a foul? Personally I think it was a good tackle, but I’m an old man with standards that are much more…
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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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The South Couch Report : Columbus v. Toronto
Welcome to the first EVER match review, by me, your trusty… um… whatever role I had on that other site, it’s the same one here. Everyone else is off drinking. Someone said they couldn’t do it because it was pre-pre-pre St. Paddy’s day. Weak? Of course, but what else could I do? Last week, your…
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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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Toronto FC vs Columbus Crew SC: Time For A True Test
Now that everyone has settled down after last weekend’s surprise win over the Whitecaps it’s time to turn our attentions to a tougher test and look ahead to the match against our Eastern Conference rivals, the new (new name, new badge, new mascot!) Columbus Crew SC. I’m delighted that TFC managed a decisive win last week…
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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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Canada gets to play in Toronto! wow! Also, yikes, tough group.
The news came out a while back that Toronto would get to play host to a Gold Cup double header this year, featuring two games from Costa Rica’s group. Very exciting, but just who might be the other 3 teams that would emerge from what was surely a fair, random and in no way rigged draw…
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Episode 77 – 15/03/12 #PartBInTheBedroom
The gang reel from the shock of a first win of the season coming this soon even in the face of the first 45 minutes, they preview the Columbus match and the usual malarkey. In this episode, Tony reveals the restaurant players can now afford with the new CBA, Kristin gives us some choice soundbytes…
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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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Kit Nerd Corner : San Jose Earthquakes away
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. San Jose Earthquakes away In a nutshell : OK no. Here’s what is good about this kit : the embossed pattern found in the club badge that’s supposed to represent fault lines. Now that that is out of the way, let the white kit garbage go.…
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