Toronto FC Discussion Thread

[Harold_and_Kumar]

just rest i believe

[Kaizen]

I think they were just giving Frei a rest.

[LittleOzzy]

I disagree with the notion that we were lucky to win. I thought they were extremely poor in the 1st half and we deserved our 2-0 lead. They were better in the 2nd half but not even close to 4-0 good.

Huge win and I am pumped now for the rest of the tournament. I got a few terrible pics but if any of them turned out then I will post them. I was behind the South goal so I did not get to take any pictures of the team celebrating the goals.

What I meant by losing 4-0 is that on paper before the game they looked like clearly the better team. Getting the win is huge for us and changes the whole tournament in my opinion.

[LittleOzzy]

Need the win tonight!

[Kaizen]

Lost 1-0 and got 2 red cards. I hate playing Central American teams. It is not soccer. It is who can dive and cry more while getting rewarded.

[LittleOzzy]

Lost 1-0 and got 2 red cards. I hate playing Central American teams. It is not soccer. It is who can dive and cry more while getting rewarded.

It was the worst game I have ever seen. I couldn't believe the Ref...

I knew it was coming but I was hoping it wouldn't. I hope TFC changes focus and forgets about this competition and focuses on the MLS playoffs.

[Kaizen]

Preki pretty much did that with some of the line-up choices he made today... The truth is we have no chance at advancing in this tournament or making the playoffs with our road form. You throw in that display on Saturday and I have my doubts about where we are good enough to make the playoffs.

[LittleOzzy]

I agree but we might as well try for something. I would focus on MLS right now and hope for the best.

I would go full out for the home CONCACAF games and send mostly the academy to the away games.

[LittleOzzy]

At least we didn't have a goal taken away like the Crew... What a joke...

[sideshow]

The cards were bad enough, but it was the tick tack free kicks that the ref was giving away all night that really slowed the team down. To be fair though, we kicked it a lot in the air, and you aren't going to get fouled while it is the air. It sucked playing on the turf again. It is so frustrating to see the ball bounce so much.

I thought Labrocca did the best he could to avoid taking the goalie out. He seemed to pull back his knees to avoid the collision. Typical to see the goalie get up pretty quickly with a smile on his face.

I thought that the take of of Attakora with two feet should have been a red card for them. That was a pretty vicious tackle.

I don't understand Fuad's red. Isn't the ref supposed to show a second yellow before the red? If not, I didn't see much done that warranted a straight red.

Also, I have no idea why Mista didn't play. We brought him in, lets us him. I know that he looked really frustrated with his teammates on Sunday.

[Kaizen]

I am really worried about our games against RSL. They had a goal disallowed against Cruz Azul even though the player was clearly onside. Cruz Azul scored a goal that was clearly off-side but still counted. Despite all this, RSL is still up 2-1. I never get to see them play but they must be a very good team.

[Kaizen]

http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/20 ... -salt-lake

It was a crazy game. Cruz Azul ended up winning 5-4. Everybody is tied with 3 points.

[Kaizen]

http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer ... 55896.html

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/27/21 ... ll-he.html

Two more players that do not want to play for Canada. Before everybody criticizes the CSA again, I feel this is a chicken or the egg situation. Players will not play for us because we are not very good and we are not very good because a lot of our players keep choosing to play for other countries. Hopefully somebody has a solution for this problem because it is becoming an epidemic.

We have had one of Canada best players ever have their kid turn us down and the brother of 1 of our best current players turn us down.

[LittleOzzy]

I can't believe the Canada friendly is on TV.

That's amazing for Team Canada.

[LittleOzzy]

Bad day for soccer.... Canada loses and then TFC loses again on the road.

This team is not moving on in CCL or making the Playoffs if this continues.

[LittleOzzy]

TFC played alright last night but couldn't find the back of the net.

We had plenty of chances which was nice but amounted to nothing anyways.

A tie on the road helps, but we needed the extra points.

[LLJ]

I remember during the summer when TFC was on this lengthy "unbeaten" streak and it sounded so impressive, the way the reporters put it. (Of course, you don't have to actually win any games to be unbeaten...) Now they're life and death for a playoff spot...

[Kaizen]

There is no chance at TFC making the playoffs. Yesterday was the last straw and I am not wasting anymore time this year on them. We should have had at least 1 penalty yesterday if not two.

Our defence also played the dumb offside trap that should have cost us a goal if Ljungberg did not suck now.

[Lionel Messi]

Other than the hand balls in the box by Chicago, there was nothing suggesting that TFC was a better team than the Fire.

The game was really boring and TFC lacked a lot of creativity. Hopefully they make the playoffs, but something needs to be done.
Maybe a full roster with Mista/Maicon Santos would do the trick but I'm not sure.

[dagger]

Mo and preki being sacked today. This will probably rate its own thread.