Tag: Michael Bradley
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Toronto FC vs DC United: TFC Face A Tough Test Against A Top Team
What can kill a nice run of form and dampen supporter spirits? Why a road game against the best team in the league missing multiple key players! Whee! It’s one of those “do we have to play this game now?”, kind of situations. Normally I’d actually look forward to TFC taking on DC United (7pm…
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Toronto FC vs San Jose Earthquakes: Can TFC Escape Being Shaken?
It is an odd thing to be looking ahead to a game with some positivity; but even given the large number of injured TFC players and a decent San Jose Earthquakes team coming to town there’s not the usual sense of foreboding….Wait, what’s that? Hold on! Due to what I can only presume was a…
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Toronto FC vs Houston Dynamo: After Six Long Months TFC Finally Return Home
Finally! Finally we get to head down to BMO Field – sorry, the newly renovated, improved, shiny, tunnel club having BMO Field – to watch our Reds. After more than six months, a silly amount of drafts, player signings, player injuries and eight games on the road we finally get to watch our Toronto FC…
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Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC: Will TFC Be Celebrating With A Trip To The Magic Kingdom?
Brand new week, new city and a new team to face. And I really mean new. This weekend Toronto FC journey off to sunny Florida for their first game (Sunday, 7pm, TSN2) against the latest expansion club, Orlando City SC in their stadium the Citrus Bowl – which honestly makes me think it’s New Year’s…
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Toronto FC v FC Dallas: Will TFC Falter In Frisco?
After weeks – well, two weeks – of waiting, Toronto FC are finally back in action this weekend. Can I say again how much bye weeks are the devil? Even though they mean less games that TFC have to play on the road to start this season, but this stop and start nonsense is…
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Toronto FC vs Columbus Crew SC: Time For A True Test
Now that everyone has settled down after last weekend’s surprise win over the Whitecaps it’s time to turn our attentions to a tougher test and look ahead to the match against our Eastern Conference rivals, the new (new name, new badge, new mascot!) Columbus Crew SC. I’m delighted that TFC managed a decisive win last week…
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Greg Vanney – Master tactician?
Before the Vancouver game, there were 4 things I was mainly going to be looking at as harbingers of good or bad things to come, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Greg Vanney’s tactics and the Caldwell/Perquis partnership. It was a mixed bag for sure, but I’d say the good outweighed the bad. As with anything, it’s…
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They’re Baaaack!! Toronto FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps – Let The Games Begin!
It’s been a long cold winter and I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am more than ready to once again watch Toronto FC every week. Amazing how long four months feels without your team to watch. It is a relief to be through with all of the off season madness and…
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Sponsors and armbands and mascots? Yes, they matter.
For those of you who enjoy (genuinely, ironically, snarkily, however you like) the more esoteric sideshow attraction aspects of football, the side dishes and condiments to the fat steak of the actual game itself, it’s been a fantastic week or so to follow TFC, practically headspinning as the hits have just kept on coming. Let’s re-cap.…
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Captain America. TFC give armband to Michael Bradley
We all knew this was coming. Michael Bradley seemed like the obvious successor to Steven Caldwell as club captain, as much due to his pricetag and reputation as to his (inconsistently last year) inspirational play on the pitch. There’d been chatter of his opinion being very valuable to Tim Bezbatchenko last season, and this off…