Kit Nerd Corner : Vancouver home, Los Angeles away, DC away & Columbus home
Mar03

Kit Nerd Corner : Vancouver home, Los Angeles away, DC away & Columbus home

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Vancouver home   In a nutshell : triangles EVERYWHERE!!!! The inside collar says : Our All. Our Honour. The outside back collar has : Flag of Canada The jock tag position has : since 1974 Compared to previous kit : A step backwards Rain. Not mountains, why would it be mountains? Mountains are in the badge. It’s supposed to represent rain. I first thought of a dress shirt from the 60s...

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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #20 – Josh Williams
Jan10

VMP 2016 Final Countdown #20 – Josh Williams

Tony: 20 – Just kind of drifted off into the ether after a useful 2015 Bloodclot! Was a former health concern of Josh Williams. Despite 24 appearances in 2016, it’s almost like Josh Williams wasn’t here. As the younger duo of Hagglund and Zavaleta improved and moved into the starter’s roles, Williams gradually shifted further down the bench. Much like over coagulated blood in veins – he had trouble breaking through. As the...

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Episode 148 – 16/08/03 #That’llDoSig
Aug02

Episode 148 – 16/08/03 #That’llDoSig

  Mark’s hamstring is worse than Jozy Altidore’s so once again we’re down to 3 to revel in the Trillium Cup glory, look ahead to the visit from the Saltiest of Real Lakes and the tea terrorists as well as a quick look at the Olympics and of course a sentimental and thoroughly respectful salute to VMP legend Sigi Schmid. In this episode, Duncan gets ridiculous with his squad rotation suggestions, Kristin gets so...

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The South Stand Report : Toronto v Columbus
Aug01

The South Stand Report : Toronto v Columbus

The manufactured cup. So unimportant and uninspiring to me and many others, I’m not even capitalizing it. Trophies are nice but meaningful trophies get me amped. This is not one of them. Nonetheless, it is a long weekend and the weather is cooperating so Hooray! A game! Toronto FC are coming off the Mr. Hyde of a two game performance (or a Dr. Jekyll, which is the better of the two?) so who can tell what edition of the mighty...

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Toronto FC vs Columbus Crew:  Again? So soon?
Jul30

Toronto FC vs Columbus Crew: Again? So soon?

Didn’t we just play these guys?  Can we not have a different team be designated rivals and thus be one of the teams we play three times every bloody year? Ah well, it is what it is and thus on Sunday we’ll play again, the 3rd time this year, second time in July and there’s still everything to play for, the Trillium Cup, the second leg of the still possible quad is of course up for grabs here if TFC can get the win....

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