Episode 91 – 15/06/11 #Sasic
Jun11

Episode 91 – 15/06/11 #Sasic

The whole gang is here, causing mischief and mayhem while reviewing the DC United game, looking way ahead to NYCFC, and talk about the Women’s World Cup. In this episode, Mark invents a new hybrid profession, Kristin’s accurate pronunciation leads to a hilarious misunderstanding, Tony performs a plethora of voices and Duncan lets some of the others in one of his segments – for better or worse, you decide. Click here to download...

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WWC 2015. Group A and B review and preview. Canada wins, just, and the Elephant graveyard.
Jun11

WWC 2015. Group A and B review and preview. Canada wins, just, and the Elephant graveyard.

4 days down, everyone’s played once, time for a brief look at what’s happened so far before we get into the second round of games. I’ll do this group by group as the games come along over the next few days. Opening ceremonies. A bit dull really weren’t they? These things are often so earnest and sincere that they’re easy to laugh at, and overly earnest and sincere is very much what Sarah McLachlan does at...

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The South Couch Report : Toronto Barca Canada v D.C. Juve China (mash-up edition)
Jun07

The South Couch Report : Toronto Barca Canada v D.C. Juve China (mash-up edition)

OMG So much delicious footie yesterday.  I passed out by the end of it.  I really couldn’t take any more.  With my adrenaline dumping, I figured this report could wait until tomorrow morning. Here’s what I remember : 3′ – off of a free kick, Buchanan gets two big attempts on the far left of goal, forcing Chinese keeper Wang Fei to make 2 even bigger stops. 4′ – Inesta breaks into the box and lays...

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After all the narratives, I’m ready to open wide for some soccer. Canada v China kicks off the Women’s World Cup.
Jun06

After all the narratives, I’m ready to open wide for some soccer. Canada v China kicks off the Women’s World Cup.

The World Cup is here, the world cup is here. Finally some football to talk about as you’ve probably had your fill already of all the narratives fit or unfit to print as a lot of media kicks into big event mode to cover a sport they barely pay attention to on a regular basis. Not having games in Toronto is a disgrace and a huge blunder (sure, but come on now, we’ve known about this for a long long time, find a better way...

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Episode 90 – 15/06/03 #VeryLoudGiggles
Jun03

Episode 90 – 15/06/03 #VeryLoudGiggles

After surviving the threats of storm, the gang is all here to discuss San Jose, some of the side stories that came out of TFC, a little bit about FIFA and look ahead to D.C. United. In this episode, Mark deals in bread, Duncan tells a story about Faustino Asprilla, Kristin channels a former president to do some destruction and Tony impersonates a Belgian. Warning : There was a lot of giggling. No liquor stores, beer stores, or...

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