Tag: Playoffs
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South Couch Report: Toronto vs New York, 2nd leg.
The Part I Write Before The Match : South Couch again? Yeah, there are reasons, they should be overcomeable but for whatever reason, I seem to have lost the idea that going down to BMO Field rather than watching on tv is something that I HAVE to do. Shocking drop off in standards, or welcome…
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Toronto FC vs NY Red Bulls: With TFC In Control Expect The Home Leg To Be (Wet) and Wild
Toronto FC vs NY Red Bulls ~ Nov. 5th ~ 3pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN1/4 It’s Super Sunday in the land of MLS playoffs as the remaining three series are all scheduled today – nice going MLS scheduling gods – which means that we’ll know the conference final matchups by the end of…
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Episode 211 – 17/11/02 #everySingleJuanOfThem
The gang mostly here for this Halloween recording to talk the victory of New York Red Bulls, look ahead to the second leg, talk MLS award nominees and the usual silliness. In this episode, Mark goes to the washroom, Duncan discusses horror movie tropes and Kristin stumps the panel in Where Are They Now like…
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South Couch Report: New York vs Toronto
The Part I Write Before The Match : Alright then, finally. After a season of no particular challenge, no real drama, where no game really meant all that much, where a defeat would have led to a mere shrug, where the games often felt unimportant enough to not be worth the hassle of going down to…
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The South Stand Report : Toronto v Montreal, 2nd leg
I’m not about to write anything you haven’t already heard or don’t already know. You know what happened. You know. It’s been a blur. It’s incredible. This is still bonus time. I just wanted one home playoff game. Just one, and I’d be happy. Everything else is bonus time. Now we’re on the cusp of…
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Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact: Eastern Conference Final Leg 2 – Aaaahhhhhh!!!
Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact ~ 7pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN Anxiety level: High That’s it really – the excitement, the nerves, the ANXIETY! But at the same time I’m strangely relaxed – tonight’s game (historic, one of the games we’ve longed for the past 10 seasons, etc) is much more than…
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Episode 164 – 16/11/29 #IsItVanneyTacticsNow
The gang is mostly here as Tony secretly enjoys the Grey Cup by himself to review the Montreal game, review the Western Conference final, look ahead to the second leg at home, lament the departure of Jurgen Klinnsman and the usual silliness. In this episode, Kristin is selective with the reigns on the show, Mark…
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The South Couch report: Montreal vs Toronto, 1st leg.
So, a couple of weeks back, in the podcast we wondered what other events might cause a scheduling conflict at the big O. One of the options put out was ‘Just for Laughs gags. Live!’ Guess what we got today at ‘the Big D’Oh’ (TM Vic Rauter). Yes, with the game just a few minutes…
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Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact: Eastern Conference Final Leg 1
Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact ~ Tues. Nov. 22nd ~ Stade Olympique ~ 8pm ~ TSN These are heady times for TFC fans; after what’s felt like non-stop futility for close to a decade, the team has become the sum of its parts and are poised to head to the MLS Cup – assuming that…
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THE STARTING XI: Advantages To Playing In Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
For good, bad or (really) ugly, the first leg of what is arguably Canada’s most important club fixture (for this week) is set for Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The Impact decided to move indoors onto the turfy goodness and le cha-ching of 60,000 paying customers despite the general crumbliness of “The Big Owe”. However, while it…