Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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Kit Nerd Corner : Canada home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. In a nutshell : Red with a weird collar and an off-center vertical white stripe One of the things that usually trouble kit designs of national teams is the concept of tradition. One of my favourite misconceptions is that Canada should always and only wear…
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THE STARTING 11: Rejected Kansas City Stadium Names
When the good folks of Kansas decided that they just couldn’t get behind Lance Armstrong’s pro-syringe agenda, they ditched their ground’s name of Livestrong Sporting Park. For a while after their flirtation with performance enhanced stadia ended, it was just plain old Sporting Park. However, that just sounded too much like a place for wealthy…
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South Couch Report : Kansas City v Toronto
Stupid Sporting KC Wiz. Their stupid home graph paper kits and their stupid team with Dom Dwyer. So much stupid here. Toronto is in Children Mercy Park, which is a terrible name that is supposedly known as “The Blue Hell”. Any park for a kid’s mercy it probably a shade of hell. The good news…
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Toronto FC vs Sporting KC: Will TFC Be In Heaven, Or Blue Hell?
Sunday March 20 – TSN2 – Children’s Mercy Park – 7pm ET Can Toronto FC’s dream start to the season continue this evening in Kansas City? Unlikely – but then again I’d have called you crazy two weeks ago if you said that TFC would be undefeated at the moment; including a 2-0 win over…
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Episode 128 – 16/03/17 #TinySwitchblade #HandGestures #MoreBadAccents
The gang is all intact for this one as they review the game and tiny pitch of NYCFC, look ahead to Sporting KC *spit*, and partake in the usual malarkey. In this episode, Kristin secretly wants the ant to dance, Mark defends his best buddy BennyBalls (TM), Tony invokes a rare biblical text and Duncan…
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THE STARTING 11: Other Things Giovinco May Have been Doing During His Goal Celebration
Wheeeeeeeeeee! You can only assume this was the noise Sebastian Giovinco was making in his “little mouse” voice as he celebrated the opening goal vs. Red Bulls last week. And who could blame him? The wee Italian not only opened TFC’s 2016 account but continued where he left off from his record-breaking 2015 season. His…
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South Couch Report : NYC v Toronto
Undefeated, top of the table, highly unlikely. These are all phrases used to describe Toronto FC. Today the indomitable Robins take on the only team in New York at the tiny confines of Estadio del Yankees. After stealing all the points from the only team in New Jersey, you can’t help but be a wee…
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Toronto FC v NYC FC: Can The Reds Take Another Bite Out of the Big Apple?
TFC vs NYCFC, Yankee Stadium, 5pm ET, Sportsnet One Well last week was fun wasn’t it? It really was; a surprising win (and clean sheet!) to start the season? What’s not to like? Today in their second game of the season, Toronto FC make the trek to the house the Pirlo built, historic Yankee Field…
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Episode 127 – 16/03/08 #TheLovitzRole
The gang is all here with a special “Live” while we’re watching the first match of the season and a “Live” studio audience. Relive all of the insanity as if you were standing there with us at a match, canopy and all. In this episode, Tony can’t handle the initials, Kristin mumbles, Mark loves the…
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To beat the press, Vanney and TFC starved it.
Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, won’t be fooled again. Wise words George, wise words. And yet, here I am, after TFC won their season opener away from home for the 3rd year in a row and feeling good. In fact, feeling much better about TFC’s prospects for the year than I…
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