Tag: Toronto FC
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Episode 77 – 15/03/12 #PartBInTheBedroom
The gang reel from the shock of a first win of the season coming this soon even in the face of the first 45 minutes, they preview the Columbus match and the usual malarkey. In this episode, Tony reveals the restaurant players can now afford with the new CBA, Kristin gives us some choice soundbytes…
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Who’s Your Derby?: “The New Soft” and TFC’s Rivalry Matches
When you are the lone club in a province that is geographically larger than all of England, the idea of a local football derby becomes slightly amusing. But such is life for the North American supporter where – except for a few cases – the idea of “The Away Day” as perfected in Europe, is…
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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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THE STARTING 11: Surprising Clauses In The New MLS CBA
When it was all said and done, the new collective bargaining agreement negotiation was a lot like Mista. Lots of talk about its impact; a long-drawn out process filled with frustration; no strikes to be seen. Yes, Major League Soccer and its Players Union managed to save the season by agreeing to a new deal…
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Jozy Altidore – Flat track bully?
2 goals from the debutant star striker and 3 points in the bag. The obvious comparisons to last year are obvious (and for anyone looking for a lazy ‘yeah, but’ can continue all year really, 9 points from the first 4 games, yeah 2014!, 19 points from 11? 2014, 3rd place and comfortably in a…
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The Inaugural, One-Time-Only, Super-MegaFun Vocal Minority, First Kick, Live-ish, Vancouver vs. Toronto Match Report
It’s here! The moment we have all been waiting for. The turning point of the young 2015 season. No, not Toronto FC’s opening match but the inaugural gathering of The Vocal Minority for a group match report. We’re sure that the TFC match will be something too. Sure, why not. In our first “live match”…
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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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Get Your F-IX: Know Your TFC 2015
As your brand spanking new Tee Eff Cees embark on their “Quest for a Play-In Match”, we bring you this handy A(ltidore) to Z(avaleta) guide to the 2015 squad. Chock full of hard-hitting investigative journalism, fascinating statistics* and shocking facts* (*not necessarily statistical) (* not entirely factual), we urge you to print up this list,…
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Eastern Conference Preview, predictions.
My Western Conference preview can be found here if you’re into all that hipster tree hugging and sunshine stuff. Now time to turn our attention to the East. It’s weird, before I put too much thought into it, I naturally thought, the west is way better, but there were a few teams that I don’t…
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The Deal Is Done! MLS Players Union and MLS Agree To A Deal
Put away those placards, stop looking up slogans to chant and cease making yourself dizzy by walking around and around in a circle; there will be no strike by MLS players this year! Barely an hour after I posted this word started to filter out all over twitter that a deal had been struck between the…