Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC: Can A Return Home Help Put Things Back On Track?
In typical Toronto FC fashion this has been an up and down season – it doesn’t seem to matter who’s hurt, who’s suspended or if they’re playing at home or on the road – there’s been little consistency in the quality of their performances. Their past two games have not been exactly things of beauty…
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Episode 99 – 15/08/04 #CrossingTheLion
This week, the gang is all here, reviewing the poop-show that was New England, reflecting on the new broken-ish acquisition and looking ahead to the Purples and the Sporks this week. In this episode, Mark channels Madonna, Tony channels Murray Head (he’s real), Kristin channels some version of a Canadian Atlas and Duncan channels the…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 22
As always if you’ve got no time for this reading thing, you can hear this all as part of this week’s Vocal Minority Podcast, available soon in all fine podcast storing places. Frank Lampard’s here and finally playing but no-one really cares so let’s move on and right into a massively entertaining and goal filled…
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THE STARTING 11: Toronto FC Civic Holidays
For a good portion of us in the Toronto FC geographic area, today is a holiday. While generally known across the parts of Canada that participate as a “Civic Holiday” it is more specifically known in Ontario as Simcoe Day. This of course marks the day in the Dark Ages when a magical knight named…
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The South Couch Report: New England Revolution vs Toronto FC
Your regular South Couch updater Mark is absent so Duncan again takes the reins from his East Side Couch. Last time this happened was against new England as well, Mark’s clearly terrified of the the Gillette Stadium pitch. Injuries, suspensions and 11 goals conceded in our last 3 away games, that’s the backdrop here, what…
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Toronto FC vs New England Revolution: Can A Depleted Lineup Come Back From Southie With Points?
Vive la revolution! Oh wait, wrong thing. What were we talking about? Oh yeah, Toronto FC’s last road game before an August filled with 5 home games – this time against the New England Revolution, or tea terrorists as 1/4 of the VMP Panel call them. The Reds are off to foxy Foxborough to take…
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In praise of Vanney and the 3-5-2.
When TFC’s lineup was announced last Saturday, and announced as a 3-5-2, there was a lot of consternation and snark from some people on twitter (hi!) with many predicting doom and some (hello!) questioning whether the change was forced on Greg Vanney due to the fact he only had one healthy and competent full back at…
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Episode 98 – 15/07/30 #whelming
The gang is all here and Tony plays the role of director this week, recapping the action thrill ride that was the Columbus match, recapping the drama that was the Gold Cup, and looking ahead to the potential horror that is the turf at Foxborough. In this episode Duncan is apparently the Kristin-whisperer, Tony refuses…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 21
As always, you can listen to the increasingly odd audio version of this as part of this week’s Vocal Minority Podcast, out later this week. Mmmm, Andrea Pirlo made his debut for New York, mmmm, he was majestic out there, a man amongst boys, so smooth, so cultured, clearly man of the match, mmmmmm. That’s…
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Chicago Fire Acquire Gilberto Off Waivers: Welcome Back Gil, Maybe It’s Really Your Time To Shine!
It was inevitable wasn’t it? That Gilberto would come back to MLS but in no way would he be able to come back to Toronto FC – Core DP or no. And well, he’s baaaack (in pog form!). After rumblings the past few days that things had soured at Vasco de Gama – not to mention…
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