Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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Toronto FC v New York City FC: They’re ba-aaack.
These guys again. For whatever reason MLS seems to have scheduled a bunch of teams to play each other twice in quick succession round about now, Columbus-Philly, Orlando-Atlanta, probably others I’m too lazy to track down right now. For TFC, we get the joy of playing against the Pizza Rats again on Sunday, a mere…
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Episode 197 – 17/07/27 #cheersYouFuckinMuppet
The gang is all here to review the Gold Cup adventure, conduct an autopsy of the NYCFC and Colorado matches, look ahead to more NYCFC, and much more. In this episode, Tony crushes a theatre pun, Duncan tries to soften an trolling on Kristin with something she would favour, Kristin gives a Canadian rocker a…
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Duane’s World: Is Armando Cooper This Year’s Chad Barrett?
I want to talk about Chad Barrett for a moment. The Chad. Duncan’s beautiful, long-gone, but not forgotten Chad. The striker who couldn’t find a net too open to miss, a ball too far away to chase, or a bro too bro-y to out bro. Chad freakin’ Barrett. In hindsight, he’s become symbolic off the…
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The South Stand Report : Toronto v Colorado
The Part I Write Before The Match : Anything can happen, it seems. An undermanned Toronto can somehow hold their mettle to steal a point in historic legendary Yankee Stadium missing too much of their first team. So why not a thumping of Colorado. Bold Predictions : Colorado wearing their buttery Sweden kits Vazquez man…
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Toronto FC vs Colorado Rapids: Can TFC Take Advantage of the Sadsack Rapids?
Toronto FC vs Colorado Rapids ~ Sat. July 22nd ~ 7pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN1/4 It’s game day and Toronto FC are back home to take on the woeful Colorado Rapids. TFC are coming off a wild one in the Big Apple, in which they grabbed a road point (but looked like they…
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South Couch Report : New York v Toronto
Long day. No predictions. No insight. I called for a win on the road. Ambitious, I know. On To The Match : 12’ – GOAL – Ball finds its way into the box, first hit cross by Spencer, full volley to Ashtone Morgan, and buries it like a pro for his first goal and Kristin…
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Toronto FC vs New York City FC: Can TFC Overcome Player Absences To Get A Result in NYC?
Toronto FC vs New York City FC ~ July 19th ~ 730pm ET ~ Yankee Stadium ~ TSN4 MLS is back! Many of the players are still missing, but the league swings back into action tonight with seven matches (oh and there’s a couple of those Gold Cup games on too, but who wants to…
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Episode 196 – 17/07/20 #TheGoldenCodpiece
The gang is all here to discuss the glory of the Canadian Men’s National Team in the Gold Cup, talk some TFC administrative news and preview two games against NYCFC and Colorado. In this episode Duncan might know a Jamaican, Mark names his Canadian NBA centers, Tony wants Pele to pay for a wall, and…
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Episode 195 – 17/07/17 #TheOneWithTheCPLPrez #SickBeirneBro
In this episode, the gang is all present to interview their second president in 2017 as Canadian Premier League President Paul Beirne (@Paulbeirne) joins them to discuss his time at Toronto FC, a little bit of Brighton Hove & Albion, and ask the “hard-hitting questions” (as best as we could) about the CPL. In this…
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The South Couch Report : Orlando v Toronto
The Part I Write Before The Match : Got home late. No time! Bold Predictions : Larin scores Toronto wins Vazquez is amazing On to the Match : 18’ – GOAL – Giovinco takes a ball from Delgado, cuts a pretty pass through four defenders to Altidore, one touch to settle, one to put…
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