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07-17-2009, 06:57 AM
Mornin,
Battle of top teams in MLS this weekend
Reds look to avenge loss to Houston earlier this season
MLS.com
Fresh off a victory in San Jose that moved them to the top of the Eastern Conference table, Toronto FC return home for a quick stop to take on the best in the Western Conference, MLS overall leaders Houston Dynamo. The Reds have won three of their last four, this their only BMO Field appearance in a five-game span. The shorthanded Dynamo have just one win in their last four after a five-game winning streak. The teams have met already this season, Houston rolling to a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Robertson Stadium.
Read More (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5892998&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280)
Barrett happy to be finding form
Striker has now scored four MLS goals this season
By Mark Polishuk
TORONTO -- Chad Barrett has been a target for some criticism in Toronto this season, as the striker's season-long finishing problems had resulted in just two goals through his first 15 games. And, true to form, even after Barrett scored a brace in Toronto FC's 3-1 win against the Earthquakes in San Jose last Saturday, his finishing prowess still received some barbs -- though of a slightly more good-natured variety.
Read More (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5890694&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280)
White nears debut for Toronto FC
Striker was drafted No. 4 in 2009 MLS SuperDraft, hasn't played due to ACL tear
By Mark Polishuk
TORONTO -- When Toronto FC conclude their morning training sessions, O'Brian White is still going. As other players leave the pitch to do some gym work or to grab a bite in the change room, White can be found at one of the end of the field in a group that includes strength and conditioning coach Paul Winsper, athletic therapist Carmelo Lobue and perhaps one or two other players getting in a bit of extra work themselves or just helping put their rookie teammate through his paces.
Read More (http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5896862&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp)
Barrett discovers scoring touch
Striker breaks out of early-season slump just as competition for jobs starts to heat up
Daniel Girard
Toronto FC striker Chad Barrett is not known as a troublesome sort of guy. But he's causing some headaches for his boss, Chris Cummins.
And the coach couldn't be happier.
Barrett, maligned for much of the first half of the Major League Soccer season, had his best game in a TFC jersey last Saturday, netting a pair of goals in a 3-1 victory in San Jose and bagging player-of-the-week honours for the first time in his five-year career.
Read More (http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/667714)
Time off helped Toronto FC's Barrett
'I came back with a huge smile on my face and it's been there since'
John Molinaro
It's a right of passage for students who are about to go away to school for the first time. But in Chad Barrett's case, a summer trip proved to be the perfect tonic for his scoring woes.
Having gone eight consecutive Major League Soccer games without a goal, Barrett finally found the back of the net last weekend, scoring twice in Toronto's 3-1 road win over the San Jose Earthquakes.
Read More (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2009/07/16/sp-barrett-tofc.html)
Gerba feeling at home with Canada
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PHILADELPHIA -- Ali Gerba has always been a soccer nomad, looking for a home. He seems to have found it with the Canadian national team and hopes Toronto FC will be an equally comfortable fit.
It's been a long road getting there for the 27-year-old from Montreal.
He is Canada's top gun at the Gold Cup with two goals in three games heading into Saturday's quarter-final with Honduras (Rogers Sportsnet, 5 p.m. ET).
Read More (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2009/07/16/gerba_canada/)
Canada soccer all Hart
By STEVEN SANDOR
Canadian national team coach Stephen Hart is keeping his plans for tomorrow's Gold Cup quarterfinal match against Honduras awfully close to his vest.
He doesn't want the Hondurans to have idea of who he plans to start or what formation he's going to use.
Will Canada play a 4-4-2 in Philadelphia? Or will forward Ali Gerba, who scored winning goals in two group-stage matches, be alone up front?
"We have come up with something we like -- for the first half, anyway," said Hart, giving nothing away.
Read More (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer/2009/07/17/10164341-sun.html)
Live and learn
TFC to take lessons from loss and turn tables on Houston
By FRANK ZICARELLI (frank.zicarelli@sunmedia.ca)
Adrian Serioux is serious when he says he has yet to see the video evidence of Toronto FC's most recent game against the Houston Dynamo.
When a team gets spanked 3-0 and yields all three goals in the blink of an eye, Serioux feels no need to review the carnage.
The scars, afterall, from Toronto's May 30 visit to Texas are so fresh that the defender doesn't require any reminders.
Read More (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer/2009/07/17/10164351-sun.html)
TORONTO FC PREPARES FOR TOUGH HOME MATCH AGAINST HOUSTON
TSN.ca
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto FC has won three of its last four games to climb to first in the Eastern Conference, and hosts the Houston Dynamo - the MLS overall leader - on Saturday afternoon in a crucial match at BMO Field.
Toronto (7-6-4) sits atop the Eastern Conference with the Chicago Fire but D.C. United and the Columbus Crew are both one point back, leaving the title chase wide open.
Read More (http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=284831)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)
Battle of top teams in MLS this weekend
Reds look to avenge loss to Houston earlier this season
MLS.com
Fresh off a victory in San Jose that moved them to the top of the Eastern Conference table, Toronto FC return home for a quick stop to take on the best in the Western Conference, MLS overall leaders Houston Dynamo. The Reds have won three of their last four, this their only BMO Field appearance in a five-game span. The shorthanded Dynamo have just one win in their last four after a five-game winning streak. The teams have met already this season, Houston rolling to a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Robertson Stadium.
Read More (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5892998&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280)
Barrett happy to be finding form
Striker has now scored four MLS goals this season
By Mark Polishuk
TORONTO -- Chad Barrett has been a target for some criticism in Toronto this season, as the striker's season-long finishing problems had resulted in just two goals through his first 15 games. And, true to form, even after Barrett scored a brace in Toronto FC's 3-1 win against the Earthquakes in San Jose last Saturday, his finishing prowess still received some barbs -- though of a slightly more good-natured variety.
Read More (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5890694&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280)
White nears debut for Toronto FC
Striker was drafted No. 4 in 2009 MLS SuperDraft, hasn't played due to ACL tear
By Mark Polishuk
TORONTO -- When Toronto FC conclude their morning training sessions, O'Brian White is still going. As other players leave the pitch to do some gym work or to grab a bite in the change room, White can be found at one of the end of the field in a group that includes strength and conditioning coach Paul Winsper, athletic therapist Carmelo Lobue and perhaps one or two other players getting in a bit of extra work themselves or just helping put their rookie teammate through his paces.
Read More (http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090716&content_id=5896862&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp)
Barrett discovers scoring touch
Striker breaks out of early-season slump just as competition for jobs starts to heat up
Daniel Girard
Toronto FC striker Chad Barrett is not known as a troublesome sort of guy. But he's causing some headaches for his boss, Chris Cummins.
And the coach couldn't be happier.
Barrett, maligned for much of the first half of the Major League Soccer season, had his best game in a TFC jersey last Saturday, netting a pair of goals in a 3-1 victory in San Jose and bagging player-of-the-week honours for the first time in his five-year career.
Read More (http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/667714)
Time off helped Toronto FC's Barrett
'I came back with a huge smile on my face and it's been there since'
John Molinaro
It's a right of passage for students who are about to go away to school for the first time. But in Chad Barrett's case, a summer trip proved to be the perfect tonic for his scoring woes.
Having gone eight consecutive Major League Soccer games without a goal, Barrett finally found the back of the net last weekend, scoring twice in Toronto's 3-1 road win over the San Jose Earthquakes.
Read More (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2009/07/16/sp-barrett-tofc.html)
Gerba feeling at home with Canada
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PHILADELPHIA -- Ali Gerba has always been a soccer nomad, looking for a home. He seems to have found it with the Canadian national team and hopes Toronto FC will be an equally comfortable fit.
It's been a long road getting there for the 27-year-old from Montreal.
He is Canada's top gun at the Gold Cup with two goals in three games heading into Saturday's quarter-final with Honduras (Rogers Sportsnet, 5 p.m. ET).
Read More (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2009/07/16/gerba_canada/)
Canada soccer all Hart
By STEVEN SANDOR
Canadian national team coach Stephen Hart is keeping his plans for tomorrow's Gold Cup quarterfinal match against Honduras awfully close to his vest.
He doesn't want the Hondurans to have idea of who he plans to start or what formation he's going to use.
Will Canada play a 4-4-2 in Philadelphia? Or will forward Ali Gerba, who scored winning goals in two group-stage matches, be alone up front?
"We have come up with something we like -- for the first half, anyway," said Hart, giving nothing away.
Read More (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer/2009/07/17/10164341-sun.html)
Live and learn
TFC to take lessons from loss and turn tables on Houston
By FRANK ZICARELLI (frank.zicarelli@sunmedia.ca)
Adrian Serioux is serious when he says he has yet to see the video evidence of Toronto FC's most recent game against the Houston Dynamo.
When a team gets spanked 3-0 and yields all three goals in the blink of an eye, Serioux feels no need to review the carnage.
The scars, afterall, from Toronto's May 30 visit to Texas are so fresh that the defender doesn't require any reminders.
Read More (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer/2009/07/17/10164351-sun.html)
TORONTO FC PREPARES FOR TOUGH HOME MATCH AGAINST HOUSTON
TSN.ca
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto FC has won three of its last four games to climb to first in the Eastern Conference, and hosts the Houston Dynamo - the MLS overall leader - on Saturday afternoon in a crucial match at BMO Field.
Toronto (7-6-4) sits atop the Eastern Conference with the Chicago Fire but D.C. United and the Columbus Crew are both one point back, leaving the title chase wide open.
Read More (http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=284831)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)