Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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Sponsors and armbands and mascots? Yes, they matter.
For those of you who enjoy (genuinely, ironically, snarkily, however you like) the more esoteric sideshow attraction aspects of football, the side dishes and condiments to the fat steak of the actual game itself, it’s been a fantastic week or so to follow TFC, practically headspinning as the hits have just kept on coming. Let’s re-cap.…
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Red Hot Reds’ Supporters Romance Quiz 2015
“BMO Field is for Lovers”… said no t-shirt ever. Despite that, today is the day to stop fretting over the Gilberto transfer and dote upon that special person in your life. And no – we don’t mean Sebastian Giovinco. It’s Valentine’s Day – the day to celebrate all things amour… because French stuff is so…
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Episode 73 – 15/02/11 #mmph #monicaSeles
The gang talks about all things ant-related, ad-related and playing along side kids-related. In this week’s episode, Kristin tugs at nostalgia’s pizza-tied heartstrings, Mark briefly hijacks the podcast with his often threatened meta-podcast, Duncan gives a former TFC legend a new last NSFW name and Tony uses a safe word that will cause more problems…
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Captain America. TFC give armband to Michael Bradley
We all knew this was coming. Michael Bradley seemed like the obvious successor to Steven Caldwell as club captain, as much due to his pricetag and reputation as to his (inconsistently last year) inspirational play on the pitch. There’d been chatter of his opinion being very valuable to Tim Bezbatchenko last season, and this off…
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THE STARTING 11: Giovinco-esque nicknames for other Toronto FC players
By now you’ve heard it hundreds of times – “The Atomic Ant”. That is of course the nickname long bestowed upon TFC’s minute midfielder/odd tattoo enthusiast Sebastian Giovinco. Based on an obscure television cartoon, the moniker is meant to illustrate how The Reds’ 5’5″ superstar overcomes his minute stature to perform tasks far beyond his…
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Kit Nerd Corner : TFC Home (leaked!)
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Toronto FC Home In a nutshell : vanilla, not gaudy, but may be limited-time special If there is one time-honoured tradition with the internet, it is the perpetual gift that is “the leak” and today the gift arrived early. I admire MLS feeding my desire…
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Episode 72 – 15/02/05 #brosts
Another round of hard-hitting analysis, as we discuss the surprise signing of Marseille’s Cheyrou, the expidited role of Giovinco and all the other madness that has made TFC, the greatest MLS off-season club of all time. In this episode, Tony learns that it’s not about Irish gentlemen, Kristin regrets giving us a key for last…
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Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill: Five Keys to Giovinco’s TFC Success
The jewel of Toronto FC’s off-season manoeuvres has barely had time to plant his tiny feet on the frozen tundra that is his new home but it is already time to look forward. While the pomp and circumstance of the club’s manufactured airport greeting (after what we assume was a comfortable L’il Alitalia flight),…
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Voyageurs Cup schedule released.
So, it’s a big day for soccer in Toronto, are you all excited? A plane is indeed arriving from Italy, as many of them do every day, TFC are trying to turn ‘Seba’s arrival into a big thing, I’m intrigued to see just how much of a crowd their prompting will induce, obviously him signing…
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MASCOT HYSTERIA: Cozmo v Roelio
Welcome back all fans of plush pugilism for the latest round of Mascot Hysteria! This is the destination for football fans that have an unquenchable desire to see the planet’s fuzziest, googly-eye-iest and often mentally unstable mascots do battle in a head-to-whatever-the-other-one-has matchup. After last week’s debut round, we have crowned our first Mascot Hysteria…
Work in progress…