Tag: Playoffs
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Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact: Two Solitudes Derby Time – Can TFC Erase The Memory of Last Year’s Debacle?
Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact ~ 3pm ET ~ Stade Saputo ~ TSN2 Two games left. Two points out of first. A sub-par homestand over and a tiny, goal-scoring machine finally back to fitness. So of course it means a game on the road against Montreal to try to stay in the race for one…
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THE STARTING 11: Similarities Between Toronto FC and the Toronto Blue Jays
You’ve got a diamond. You’ve got nine men. You’ve got a hat, and a bat, and that’s not all. We’ve got chip buttys and the Trillium Cup so… whatevs. For the second year on the trot, Toronto’s foot and ball team AND their rounders team are simultaneously in the post-season! This sudden kinship seemed unlikely…
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Toronto FC vs DC United: TFC Need A Strong Effort To Stave Off A Surging DCU Side
Toronto FC vs DC United ~ 730pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN4 Will today be the same as the last few? Another draw, more points lost and that coveted home playoff game still not settled? If this was the DC United of a month ago, then I’d feel more confident in saying no, that…
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Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC: Can TFC Take Advantage of a Faltering Orlando Team?
Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC ~ 730pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN4 Toronto FC are having a pretty good season; not just by TFC standards, but by MLS standards – second in the East, third best goals against in the league, already in the playoffs (oh a win tonight gets them a home…
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Episode 156 – 16/09/21 #birdGenderNeutral
Three-quarters of the gang is present as Tony nurses a hang-over to reflect on the game against the Beverages, look ahead to Philadelphia, prematurely look ahead to qualifying for the playoffs and the usual malarkey. In this episode, Mark dares to insult the Union, Kristin brings up animal copulation, and Duncan leaves abruptly, unrelated, in…
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Toronto FC vs New York Red Bulls: Can TFC Clinch A Playoff Spot Today?
Toronto FC vs New York Red Bulls ~ 5pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN2 So TFC fans, this is a weird place to be in eh? A winning team, a team in first, a team legitimately challenging for the Supporter’s Shield – as we like to say (or sing): is this the real life,…
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Episode 113 – 15/11/12 #TokyoSexwales
The gang is in full attendance for this one where we talk about the press conference, discuss MLS playoffs, look ahead to Canada’s first group stage match in World Cup Qualifiers and start with end of season grades for the forwards. In this episode, Kristin bestows upon herself a nationalist title, Mark loses his crap…
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THE STARTING 11: Prior TFC Playoff Highlights
“AT LAST!” was the slightly naval-gazing refrain from TFC brass after qualifying for their first ever playoff berth. Of course the full unedited version was “At last, we can raise ticket prices on you miserable, unwashed rubes!” But for that shoe to drop we had to wait a whole 12 hours after clinching. That’s beside…
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Episode 112 – 15/11/04 #humanVictoryCigar
RAAAAAAGE! After stewing for the better part of a week, we unburden ourselves over the ass-whupping in Montreal. We dissect the corpse plenty, talk about what the playoffs look like elsewhere and postulate the future of management. In this episode, Duncan segues with a segway reference, Mark takes a try at Gregorian chanting and Kristin…
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South Couch Report – Montreal v Toronto (Playoff Edition)
Guys, we’re finally gonna do it! Now that we’re about to lose our #playoffVirginity, let’s hope they shoot early, and often. Let’s not let anyone go home disappointed. Years of mediocrity culminates to a one-off game at Montreal midweek. OHMYGODJUSTSTARTALREDY… At least Vic Rauter is there working the sidelines. Voice like butter. Like triple churned…