Toronto FC Discussion Thread

Post #1621 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:32 pm

Feel like suffering? TFC plays tonight at 7PM.

DIEHARD_005 · Post #1622 » by **DIEHARD_005** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:30 pm

Red Hot Red Bulls against....us. This should be fun.

SportsFan9 · Post #1623 » by **SportsFan9** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:47 pm

Excellent start from TFC, this is what I like to see!

T-d0t · Post #1624 » by **T-d0t** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:49 pm

Both Toronto teams are getting whooped 2-0 so far.. OH goody!!

EDIT: Now Leafs down 3-0 LOL

SportsFan9 · Post #1625 » by **SportsFan9** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:51 pm

T-d0t wrote:Both Toronto teams are getting whooped 2-0 so far.. OH goody!!

EDIT: Now Leafs down 3-0 LOL

If it wasn't for the Raptors, I don't know what I'd do...

T-d0t · Post #1626 » by **T-d0t** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:53 pm

Mattd97 · Post #1627 » by **Mattd97** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:57 pm

.....yup

Post #1628 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:35 am

Hasn't this season just been so fun

LLJ · Post #1629 » by **LLJ** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:31 pm

So despite all the hoopla and all the excitement to begin the season...

Post #1630 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:13 pm

Want to suffer? Toronto FC plays at 2pm.

Post #1631 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:32 pm

False hope will continue for awhile longer.

TFC leading 1-0 currently.

Post #1632 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:01 pm

Season over, couldn't even beat a 10 man Montreal side in the final 10 minutes.

Baldomero Toledo went a little crazy in the final few minutes. He should not be an MLS referee.

Shimso · Post #1633 » by **Shimso** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:51 pm

Continuing with the MLSE tradition of finishing 1 place out of the playoffs....

Brew666 · Post #1634 » by **Brew666** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:58 pm

Anyone else see that Henry was sold at the beginning of the year, loaned to TFC and it was kept from the public?!?

What an embarrassment of a franchise. Fans are dying to support a quality club in the city and all they do is make themselves constantly look amateur.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jasondevos/status/525325187500486657[/tweet]

Post #1635 » by **LittleOzzy** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:59 pm

Brew666 wrote:Anyone else see that Henry was sold at the beginning of the year, loaned to TFC and it was kept from the public?!?

What an embarrassment of a franchise. Fans are dying to support a quality club in the city and all they do is make themselves constantly look amateur.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jasondevos/status/525325187500486657[/tweet]

It was a good deal, but the secrecy was just extremely stupid.

BMO field is going to look deserted next season.

Post #1636 » by **LittleOzzy** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:58 pm

Mother at the centre of Jermain Defoe drama

Powerful voices in soccer on both sides of the ocean cautioned Toronto FC against cracking open the vault for Jermain Defoe late last year.

They weren’t down on Defoe, the English striker who consistently electrified the Premier League with an astronomical strike rate.

Instead, they warned about Defoe the overtly loyal son; Defoe the mamma’s boy.

But the club’s top brass and coaching staff didn’t see a threat in Sandra St. Helen, who was often all smiles and bubbly outside TFC’s dressing room post-game.

Toronto executives never dreamed the woman would pose enough of a problem to pass up an opportunity to transform the team’s fortunes. And with the Toronto franchise having never qualified for the post-season during its eight years in Major League Soccer, TFC bosses were desperate to see a positive change — and fast.

Several high-placed sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, admitted they underestimated St. Helen’s influence over her son.

Over the course of 10 months, the Reds’ $10-million acquisition, touted in massive promotional campaigns as a “bloody big deal,” has turned into a bloody nightmare for the embattled Toronto franchise.

The Reds rigorously vetted their one-time prized signing, getting references from some of the biggest names in world football last winter, according to a source in the position to know.

Defoe checked out fine every time, the informed source added, but everyone warned against his mother.

St. Helen, the unturned stone in Toronto FC’s biggest off-field saga yet, was the principal reason Queens Park Rangers’ summer swoon turned into a Clash tune for TFC fans.

Would Defoe stay? Would he go? What should he do after the Reds rolled out the red carpet to get him — and more importantly, his mom — to BMO Field?

The Reds doled out more for the Englishman’s signature than the L.A. Galaxy did to bring David Beckham stateside back in 2007 — a move that’s still heralded as the greatest in MLS history.

Further to that point, MLSE went above and beyond great lengths to settle Defoe’s family back in January.

As a well-placed source explained to the Toronto Sun, the Reds basically inked two Britons last winter — with Defoe receiving a dump-truck full of cash and his mom a new Toronto home close to her son’s humble abode.

After all, St. Helen has always appeared to have influence over what her son does. Multiple English media reports undeniably outline the mother-son combo’s extremely tight bond.

Defoe’s brief foray into MLS was no different, an informed source acknowledged.

There she was, outside the players’ dressing room after most home fixtures — sometimes receiving a kiss on the cheek from top Toronto FC suits who were beginning to receive a first-hand look at Defoe’s and his mother’s close relationship.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/23/mo ... ma-sources

Another mother getting involved in Toronto sports, trying to ruin it from the inside. Very sad to see Defoe's career in Toronto like end this way. Just like Vince

Brew666 · Post #1637 » by **Brew666** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:03 pm

Well that doesn't sound good.

As much as I know Larson is a respected source if not THE respected source for MLS, so it's probably an accurate story. I tend to be weary when reading articles that blast players/mgmt from local media that didn't meet expectations who are on their way out but I don't see being the case here.

It definitely adds fuel to the fire especially after Defoe made a lazy effort to appease fans by saying he's happy to be here. I don't buy it and think he's done w/ the MlS. I think his expectations were way off and you can point a finger at MLSE as well as himself. He was probably oversold on some aspects and probably didn't expect the adversity this season.

I'm looking forward to the presser and what TL has to say. He was proudly wearing this team on his sleeve and more or less deemed them fixed. With him on the outs I don't know what else he can do at this point other than say he believes in Tim Baz.

For the sake of the fans and team, I hope this team gets on the right track before it's too late. This could have been [and still could] the best soccer environment in North America. I don't think this season did much for the rep of the city or franchise sadly.

Hue Durant · Post #1638 » by **Hue Durant** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:03 pm

with leiweke gone and this season a failure they're probably going to suck even more for the next 5+ years and fold

Post #1639 » by **LittleOzzy** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:09 pm

Brew666 wrote:
For the sake of the fans and team, I hope this team gets on the right track before it's too late. This could have been [and still could] the best soccer environment in North America. I don't think this season did much for the rep of the city or franchise sadly.

Sadly, I think it's already too late.

Next season will be like building again from day one to win the fans back. It's going to take a long while I think.

Brew666 · Post #1640 » by **Brew666** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:22 pm

Hue Durant wrote:with leiweke gone and this season a failure they're probably going to suck even more for the next 5+ years and fold

I hear ya. W/ TL going on how they were going to lose money this year b/c of the transfer fees and then it blows up in their face...the board could be even more stingy w/ the club but no signs of that so far [still going fwd w/ the stadium expansion]. If MLSE is serious about being a quality club in the MLS as well as having a rep internationally, they can't go back into their shell but have to continue investing and taking the sport and league seriously.