Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football

  • Episode 186 – 17/05/09 #mormonFuzzy

    Episode 186 – 17/05/09 #mormonFuzzy

    We’ve got most of the gang back to review two games, look forward to two more, get hyped about the Canadian Premier League, told a rumour about a player’s return for next season, and the rest of the usual malarkey. In this episode, Mark makes a killer Irish rock music pun, Kristin suggests a late-night…

  • The South Couch Report : Seattle v Toronto

    The South Couch Report : Seattle v Toronto

    The Part I Write Before The Match : So Vanney has opted to rest Vazquez, Giovinco, Beitashour and some others.  Probably for the best. I’m not expecting much from this road trip since a home stand including a Wednesday home game and an upcoming Wednesday road game. Guys, the Canadian Premier League is for realz.…

  • Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders: Can TFC Keep On Rolling On Short Rest & Missing Key Players?

    Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders ~ May 6th ~ 3pm ET ~ CenturyLink Field ~ CTV  Three game homestand, three wins, nine points – really this homestand (their longest of the season) couldn’t have gone much better for Toronto FC.  Admittedly Wednesday night’s game against Orlando wasn’t the prettiest or the most dominant; but unlike…

  • The South Stand Report : Toronto v Orlando

    The South Stand Report : Toronto v Orlando

    The Part I Write Before The Match : For once, weather gods have been kind to us with this respite from precipitation to give us some lovely football weather.  I only mention this as an opening salvo as it’s been raining the last few days, and will rain for the next few days, well into…

  • Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC: Can TFC Win On Vanney’s 100th Game?

    Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC ~ May 3 ~ 730pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN Game three of Toronto FC’s longest homestand of the season kicks off tonight against Orlando City SC; the current league leaders come into town with a pretty shiny record (five wins at home, one win and one loss…

  • Episode 185 – 17/05/02 #badderWorser

    Episode 185 – 17/05/02 #badderWorser

    Some of the gang is still on vacation, so we’re joined by SuperSubTM Duane Rollins (@24thminute) to discuss the Houston match, look ahead to Orlando and Seattle, some salary talk and the usual malarkey. In this episode, Mark forgets to his record for part of it (we didn’t lose anything), Duane nails the Orlando sound…

  • The South Stand Report : Toronto v Houston

    The South Stand Report : Toronto v Houston

    The Part I Write Before The Match : I’m feeling much better about going into this match than the last one. All those fears were unfounded. Man, that was embarassing. This match, we have to deal with Houston, who are shooting out the lights… when they’re at home and on the road haven’t earned a…

  • Toronto FC vs Houston Dynamo: Can TFC Contain Cubo?

    Toronto FC vs Houston Dynamo ~ Friday April 28 ~ 730pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN4 Time for some more Friday Night Lights!  Can Toronto FC build upon last week’s strong performance and make some moves up the table?  Last week’s comprehensive win over the Chicago Fire was a very welcome change of pace…

  • Episode 184 – 17/04/26 #HamstringVsHamstring

    Episode 184 – 17/04/26 #HamstringVsHamstring

    We have not one, but two substitutions this week as SuperSubTM from MLSsoccer.com/reddit/&James$Grossi.net.org/~soccer/mls/soccer-mls.php&lang=en James Grossi (@grawsee) and TFC Talk’s Steve Gennaro (@_sgennaro) join us to reflect on the game against Chicago, look ahead to Houston and other random malarkey. In this episode, James habla espanol, Kristin rebrands Houston with the best name possible, Steve expresses disappointment…

  • The South Stand Report : Toronto v Chicago

    The South Stand Report : Toronto v Chicago

    The Part I Write Before The Match : “They need to light a fire under their asses.” “Once they can come together, there will be no stopping them.” [save this space for overused cliché regarding chemistry] The reality is that the match against Columbus was for naught. They looked unimaginative for large chunks of the…

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