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  • THE STARTING 11: Reasons Why There Is No Starting 11

    The Starting 11. It’s a feature that I have been writing faithfully and on a (mostly) weekly basis since 2009 – first on a little site called The Yorkies and now here. All in all, that’s about 3,850 quips about TFC that have drawn people to these sites in the dozen. Yup, people from Toronto…

  • THE STARTING 11: Other Jobs at TFC

    Labour Day, the day we celebrate bringing our first part-time jobs to their full nine-month terms. Thanks antiquated combined sex-ed/civics class curriculum! Anyjobs, with today being the day we celebrate the worker, we thought it was a great opportunity to honour some of the lesser publicized positions at TFC… 11. The guy that puts red…

  • THE STARTING 11: TFC Olympic Events

    Now that TFC are good and stuff we can shift our attention to the really big story in sports right now – the Summer Olympics in Rio. Despite the doom and gloom of toxic water and pestilence, the games have gotten off to a good start albeit with the same old sports we see every…

  • THE STARTING 11: Advantages That Could Help TFC Win

    God bless Greg Vanney’s salmon-coloured cotton socks. Our tactical “student of the game” is just so tactically tactile that he managed to make his “MLS Cup contender” side chase a game and lose beyond all odds to one of the league’s lesser clubs. Did we mention that said lesser side had NINE MEN for a…

  • THE STARTING 11: Ways Sigi Schmid described Saturday’s Match

    For those of you that listen to the Vocal Minority Podcast regularly, you’ll know that Sounders manager/lunch meat aficionado Sigi Schmid is a “friend to the show”. The big German-born boss often features and chews the fat on the past week’s MLS action. He talks a bit too. After visiting Toronto this weekend and seeing…

  • THE STARTING 11: Jacob Peterson Tips for Celebrating Canada Day

    TFC has always been a rich tapestry of cultures and nationalities that reflects the city and county it calls home. Hell, this club is so inclusive it made Maicon Santos captain. As Reds supporters prepare to celebrate Canada Day this week, we thought it would be interesting to ponder what one ex-international Red – American…

  • THE STARTING 11: Ways Euro 2016 Would Be Different if TFC Were Hosting

    It’s not that crazy an idea. BMO Field has hosted all kinds of weird jazz such as Genesis, a Bill Clinton speech and whatever TFC’s 2012 season was all about – so why not the Euros?! Ok there’s the one tiny detail about not being in Europe but in this age of supersonic passenger flight…

  • The Starting 11: Ways To Improve The Voyageurs Cup Right Away

    The Voyageurs Cup, The Canadian Club Championship, The Tournament Formerly Known as Nutcan; whatever you call this tournament it is Canada’s premier club competition. However, despite the Cup’s prize – a trip to the CONCACAF Champions League and an autographed Edmonton Brickmen jersey – it is a tournament that still has issues. The Cup faces…

  • THE STARTING 11: Best Things About Giovinco’s Injury

    “Nooooooooooooooo!!!” was the shared refrain of many a TFC supporter when the club’s talisman and leading anti-top shelf crusader Sebastian Giovinco pulled up lame on Saturday. When the wee Italian tore the captain’s armband from his tattooed bicep he may have been tearing the club’s hopes for success along with it. Luckily – like TFC’s…

  • THE STARTING 11: Ways TFC Would Be Different In The Victorian Era

    Happy Victoria Day to those of you that recognize the British Monarchy and her place in Canada’s political landscape. Go make a republic in the Arctic to the rest of you. It’s a long weekend – what else you got goin’ on? Anycrowns, it is indeed the day where we celebrate an old lady in…