Today's News,Sunday, July. 12

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Mornin'


Reds pick up much needed road victory
Eight of the final 13 games are away from BMO Field
Milenko Martinovich / MLSnet.com Staff
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Much has been made about Toronto FC's inability to win on the road and against the Western Conference.
Toronto certainly killed two birds with one stone with its 3-1 victory over San Jose on Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium.
And if Toronto is to solidify a playoff spot, it will have to duplicate performances like Saturday's. Eight of Toronto's remaining 13 games are on the road and against Western Conference teams.
Even with Saturday's victory, Toronto is a woeful 2-5-1 against the Western Conference and just 2-3-2 on the road.

Read More (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090712&content_id=5836332&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280)



Barrett strikes twice in TFC victory
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Chad Barrett had two goals and assisted on the go-ahead score to lead Toronto FC to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.
Barrett, who had two goals and two assists in Toronto's first 16 matches, scored in the fifth and 69th minutes as Toronto FC (7-6-4) climbed above the .500 mark.
Pablo Vitti also scored as Toronto matched a season high for goals.

Read More (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2009/07/12/tfc_sanjose/)


Barrett breaks through in Toronto FC road win
CBC.ca
Chad Barrett scored twice and Pablo Vitti broke a tie early in the second half as the Toronto FC earned a much-needed road win on Saturday in San Jose.
Toronto prevailed 3-1 in the match at Buck Shaw Stadium, snapping a five-game road losing streak. Dwayne De Rosario set up two of the goals for the winners.
Toronto (7-6-4) moved into a first-place tie in the East with the Chicago Fire, who have played one less game. D.C. and Columbus are one point behind.

Read More (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2009/07/11/sp-tfc-sj.html)


Toronto FC downs San Jose 3-1
SANTA CLARA, California (AP) -Chad Barrett scored either side of halftime as Toronto FC downed the San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 in Major League Soccer on Saturday.
Barrett scored in the fifth and 69th minutes, and Argentina's Pablo Vitti found the net in the 54th.
Darren Huckerby returned from injury to score for the Earthquakes.

Read More (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/wires/07/12/2080.ap.soc.mls.roundup.0277/index.html)



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[rocker]

i wonder when NE starts catching up to the pack in games played.
they are still hanging around but if they don't win those 2-3 games in hand, they are going to be in trouble.

[Oldtimer]

Great to read about Barrett without the accompanying word "embattled."

More unrest in LA:


EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- David Beckham said Los Angeles Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan was "unprofessional" for speaking out without confronting him first.
Beckham, who was making his first public appearance in Southern California since returning from his five-month loan with Italian club AC Milan, said he had not spoken to Donovan, who called him a bad captain and portrayed him as stingy in an upcoming book "The Beckham Experiment," written by Grant Wahl.
"It's unprofessional in my eyes. In every soccer player's eyes throughout the world it would be unprofessional to speak out about a teammate especially in the press and not to your face," Beckham said.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/07/11/beckham.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc

Would be a might uncomfortable in their dressing room, one would think.

This quote should be "corrected:"


But in 17 years, I have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players and not once have I been criticized for my professionalism. It's important to get this cleared up and I will be speaking to Landon either this evening or over the next couple of days.""Corrected" version:


But in 17 years, I have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players and not once have I been criticized for my professionalism. It's important to get this cleared up and my lawyers will be speaking to Landon's lawyers either this evening or over the next couple of days." :)

[Redcoe15]

A good road win last night and a nice lookin' SSG. Can't complain! :thumbsup::D

[Yohan]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=261945&cc=5901

San Jose 1 - 3 Toronto FC



SANTA CLARA, Calif. (STATS) -- After watching forward Chad Barrett endure an eight-match scoreless drought, Toronto FC veteran Dwayne De Rosario made a point of checking in with his younger teammate prior to kickoff against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.

"He's been getting a little down on himself," De Rosario said, "And I'm like, 'Kick that to the curb, because the main thing is you're creating chances. The hard part's finishing.' Today, thankfully, he did it."
more on article

"It seems like I've been scoring kind of spontaneously," Barrett said. "Of course I want to put together a run. The good thing is that even though I haven't been scoring, the team's still been doing well."aint that the truth


seems that DeRo has been taking Barrett under his wing to help him develop mentally and it's paying off, the way those two are hooking up offensively

[Super]

DeRo is the gift that keeps on giving. Maybe he can help Barrett and turn him into a goalscoring machine.

Umm, well, a few goals would be good too :)

[Oldtimer]

seems that DeRo has been taking Barrett under his wing to help him develop mentally and it's paying off, the way those two are hooking up offensively

Since Barrett's problem is 99% mental (he's physically capable of doing very well in this league), DeRo is helping him where he really needs it.

[Yohan]

DeRo is the gift that keeps on giving. Maybe he can help Barrett and turn him into a goalscoring machine.

Umm, well, a few goals would be good too :)
it'll take an act of god to turn Barrett into a 15 goal scorer

and since DeRo is god, this is very much possible ;)

good to see Barrett finishing off a breakaway for his 2nd goal (he also had a breakaway goal at Dallas)