Toronto FC Discussion Thread

Kaizen · Post #621 » by **Kaizen** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:34 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_CONCA ... ampionship

Our under 17 team is currently playing in the Concacaf championships. They beat Barbados 8-0 today and Honduras only beat them 2-1 on a goal they scored in the 90th minute. Hopefully that is a sign that this team may have some talent and they can qualify for the World Cup.

MonkeyBallZJr · Post #622 » by **MonkeyBallZJr** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:47 pm

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Our youth teams have tended to be pretty competitive, but that has not really translated well onto the senior level. IIRC we beat the Brazil U20 team 3-2 in Edmonton just before the 2007 U20 WC. I'm still hoping Jonathan De Guzman will play for us, he still eligible to play for us and I'm not sure if he's good enough to play for Holland with their stack midfield talent.

A midfield trio of the De Guzman brothers and Hutchinson is arguably as good as any on paper in the CONCACAF. The rest of team needs an injection of fresh talent, which does not seem to be happening.I was hoping David Edgar would break out, but hasn't been the case. I like Dejan Jakovic a lot and he should be marshalling that backline for years to come, just needs a decent partner.

It's frustrating watching the explosion of basketball talent coming out of Canada these days, but soccer is still lagging far behind in player development infrastructure, considering it's the most played sport at the grassroots level we should be seeing a lot more talented players, but the incompetency of the CSA has been setting us back for years.

Kaizen · Post #623 » by **Kaizen** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:51 pm

I only meant the under 17 World Cup. I could not care less about the Men's or Women's senior teams at the moment.

Kaizen · Post #624 » by **Kaizen** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:34 pm

Canada and Honduras tied 0-0 so we finish 1st in the Group. Based on the limited information I have found it sounds like they outplayed us by quite a bit. I am not sure how much to read into that though because the player who scored a hat trick in the last game came on as a sub. I hope our coach did not play our best players and that is why we were outplayed. We will play Jamaica or Guatemala or Trinidad and Tobago to determine if we make the Under 17 World Cup.

Kaizen · Post #625 » by **Kaizen** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:46 am

Canada will play Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday at 12:00 EST.

http://www.concacaf.com/page/Under17s/N ... 65,00.html

I now know never to trust Honduras posters. Based on that I would say we played well and our top scorer did not even play in the 1st half.

Kaizen · Post #626 » by **Kaizen** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:23 pm

Canada just took the lead 1-0 in the 15th minute and have been playing well.

Kaizen · Post #627 » by **Kaizen** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:27 pm

2-0 Canada on a beautiful goal by Kevin Aleman. He also plays for TFC's academy team. He has played really well the whole game. I think he will be the next player signed to TFC's senior team.

Kaizen · Post #628 » by **Kaizen** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:56 pm

Canada won 2-0 to qualify for the under 17 World Cup for the first time since 1995.

Post #629 » by **LittleOzzy** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:09 am

TFC looked like crap tonight and I hate how much Stefan Frei is on the ball now in the new system.

Kaizen · Post #630 » by **Kaizen** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:01 pm

Canada beat Panama 1-0 today and are into the final of the tournament. They will play Jamaica or the US in the final and it would be awesome to win a Men's Concacaf tournament again.

Kaizen · Post #631 » by **Kaizen** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:27 am

Canada will play the US at 7:00 on Sunday.

Kaizen · Post #632 » by **Kaizen** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 12:15 am

http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2011/03/ ... eaves-c-0/

Bankai · Post #633 » by **Bankai** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 1:20 am

If he signed the current contract, he should honour it I guess. He feels that he is worth more since he unexpectedly had a breakout season last year, his ego is starting to talk to him. Hope this ends up not being blown out of proportion.

sideshow · Post #634 » by **sideshow** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 7:24 pm

so much drama.

Kaizen · Post #635 » by **Kaizen** » Tue Mar 8, 2011 5:26 pm

Canada's group for the Gold Cup includes the US, Panama and Guadeloupe.

Kaizen · Post #636 » by **Kaizen** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:58 am

http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2011/03/09/tfc_signings/

I have a feeling that this season is going to be a disaster. MLSE is ruining what could have been a great thing with all the support TFC was getting at the beginning.

Post #637 » by **LittleOzzy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:52 pm

Come make some MLS/TFC predictions for the season.

viewtopic.php?f=266&t=1090586&p=27201011#p27201011

Kaizen · Post #638 » by **Kaizen** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:19 pm

http://tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=357555

It is sad and disappointing that nobody cares about TFC on here anymore.

alexintoronto · Post #639 » by **alexintoronto** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:25 pm

News: http://www.google.ca/#q=Toronto+FC&hl=en&biw=1276&bih=803&tbs=nws:1,sbd:1&source=lnt&sa=X&ei=Ym5-TbuKDsjxrAHd-4HVBQ&ved=0CBsQpwUoAQ&fp=edd4754b6ff5ac91

Standings: http://www.mlssoccer.com/standings

Season Tracker: http://www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/MLS/East/TorontoFC.html

MLS Regular Season: http://www.torontofc.ca/schedule

March
1. Mar 19 - Sat Toronto FC @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6:30 PM - TSN
2. Mar 26 - Sat Toronto FC v Portland Timbers 2:00 PM

April
3. Apr 2 - Sat Toronto FC v Chivas USA 1:00 PM
4. Apr 9 - Sat Toronto FC @ San Jose Earthquakes 10:30 PM
5. Apr 13 - Wed Toronto FC v Los Angeles Galaxy 8:00 PM
6. Apr 16 - Sat Toronto FC v D.C. United 7:00 PM
7. Apr 23 - Sat Toronto FC v Columbus Crew 4:00 PM
8. Apr 30 - Sat Toronto FC @ Seattle Sounders FC 10:00 PM

May
9. May 7 - Sat Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo 7:00 PM
10. May 11 - Wed Toronto FC @ FC Dallas 9:00 PM
11. May 14 - Sat Toronto FC v Chicago Fire 7:00 PM
12. May 22 - Sun Toronto FC @ Colorado Rapids 7:00 PM
13. May 28 - Sat Toronto FC v Philadelphia Union 12:30 PM

June
14. Jun 4 - Sat Toronto FC v Sporting Kansas City 7:00 PM
15. Jun 11 - Sat Toronto FC @ Los Angeles Galaxy 10:30 PM
16. Jun 15 - Wed Toronto FC @ New England Revolution 8:00 PM
17. Jun 18 - Sat Toronto FC v Seattle Sounders FC 7:00 PM
18. Jun 25 - Sat Toronto FC @ Real Salt Lake 9:00 PM
19. Jun 29 - Wed Toronto FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7:30 PM

July
20. Jul 6 - Wed Toronto FC @ New York Red Bulls 8:00 PM
21. Jul 9 - Sat Toronto FC @ Houston Dynamo 8:30 PM
22. Jul 20 - Wed Toronto FC v FC Dallas 8:00 PM
23. Jul 23 - Sat Toronto FC @ Sporting Kansas City 7:30 PM
24. Jul 30 - Sat Toronto FC @ Portland Timbers 11:00 PM

August
25. Aug 6 - Sat Toronto FC @ D.C. United 7:30 PM
26. Aug 13 - Sat Toronto FC v Real Salt Lake 7:00 PM
27. Aug 21 - Sun Toronto FC @ Chicago Fire 7:00 PM
28. Aug 27 - Sat Toronto FC v San Jose Earthquakes 7:00 PM

September
29. Sep 10 - Sat Toronto FC @ Columbus Crew 7:30 PM
30. Sep 17 - Sat Toronto FC v Colorado Rapids 1:30 PM
31. Sep 24 - Sat Toronto FC @ Chivas USA 10:30 PM

October
32. Oct 1 - Sat Toronto FC v New York Red Bulls 7:30 PM
33. Oct 15 - Sat Toronto FC @ Philadelphia Union 4:00 PM
34. Oct 22 - Sat Toronto FC v New England Revolution 12:30 PM

NCC: http://www.canadasoccer.com/championship/

Apr 27 - Wed Toronto FC @ FC Edmonton 11:00 PM
May 4 - Wed Toronto FC v FC Edmonton 8:00 PM

The FAN 590 will broadcast 18 games live on the radio with the remainder available live online at fan590.com.

Post #640 » by **Geddy** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:08 am

Vancouver is making TFC look like a bunch of amateurs out there tonight.

The atmosphere in Vancouver is great though, and I like their stadium better than BMO field. BMO needs to get rid of those useless terraces along the length of the field.