COUNTDOWN: TFC @ FC DALLAS With road points already having been very hard to come by for Toronto FC this season, the Reds face the unenviable task of going into Pizza Hut Park without Dwayne De Rosario, Julian De Guzman and Nana Attakora,
with all three having been called up for
International duty by Canadian National Team
Head Coach Stephen Hart. With several other...
AROUND THE CSL WITH ROCKET ROBIN The Serbian White Eagles currently lead the Canadian Soccer League standings with 33 point in 16 games. The Toronto FC Academy are second in the league with 32 points, but have played 18 games. The York Region Shooters, Milltown FC and FC Hamilton Croatia are all in shooting distance of first place...
ACROSS THE POND It was something of a quiet weekend for Canadians overseas, with a number of players not starting or playing significant minutes. Notable performers included Josh Simpson, who scored in a 4-2 loss to Fenerbahce, and Lars Hirschfeld, who kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win over Molde...
TORONTO: XI OUT OF 10 With the majority of the remainder of TFC's matches to be played on the road, it was imperative that the team came out of this one with all three points. The fact that they did not does not bode well for the club's playoff hopes.
Once again it was the offense that let the team down. Even with Nana Attakora missing due to a suspension for the red card he...
ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING HOME DRAW INCREASES THE PRESSURE FOR TFC The reigning MLS Cup champions in the form of a formidable Real Salt Lake club arrived at BMO
Field looking for their first ever victory in
Toronto. Like TFC they are coming off what...
COUNTDOWN: TFC v REAL SALT LAKE Toronto FC return home to BMO field, after a more than forgettable display of football in Panama, to take on their tournament counterparts, Real Salt Lake, in league play. Both teams are coming off mid-week losses and likely feeling the effects of traveling from central America back to Toronto.
It will be a matter of who can put these game
behind them...
HART ANNOUNCES ROSTER FOR PERU AND HONDURAS MATCHES Men’s Canadian National Team Head Coach Stephen Hart unveiled the roster for Canada's upcoming friendlies
in Canada against Peru and Honduras via a media
conference call today. Canada's national roster
features a mix of veterans and young players
that are progressively making...
TIME TO PLAY TO OUR STRENGTHS It's easy to look at Toronto FC's loss to Arabe Unido and conclude that coach Preki gambled badly.
He sat Dwayne DeRosario. He sat Mista, perhaps over a tiff. He perpetuated in his effort to turn prospect Joseph Nane into a pro overnight, though he's mostly raw talent.
There are good reasons for all of these moves ... if a team can still forge a win...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURES A PLUS FOR CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM With Canadian National Team Head Coach Stephen Hart expected to name his rosters for Canada's friendlies
against Peru and Honduras at some point over the
next several days, it will be very interesting
to see if any of the Canadians plying their
trade with Toronto FC will be named to the
roster...
TFC LOSE AN UGLY ONE IN PANAMA CITY Coming off a very poor performance in league play against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, Toronto FC likely welcomed the opportunity to get right back into action only three days later in Panama City against Arabe Unido. Having had the luxury of being able to watch their Champions...
MISTA THE X-FACTOR IN TFC PLAYOFF HUNT One game does not a season make, but for anyone who watched the key role that Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez, aka Mista, played in Toronto's stunning win over Mexican powerhouse Cruz Azul on Tuesday evening, it's hard not to be excited about the stellar performance given by TFC's...
USSF LOOKING TO KEEP CANADA ON THE BENCH Maybe we'll see a new national Canadian soccer league sooner than later — if the United States Soccer Federation sticks to its guns, anyway.
A week after this column discussed the potential, the USSF has released its mandatory regulations for second division soccer in 2011...
