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denime
06-02-2010, 05:23 AM
Mornin'



Preki's interview TFC TV (http://torontofc.neulion.com/tfc/console.jsp?catid=2&id=1971)


TFC players getting used to ‘really weird’ new soccer ball (http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/mls/torontofc/article/817682--tfc-players-getting-used-to-really-weird-new-soccer-ball)


TFC kids get the call (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer/2010/06/01/14221886.html)


Meet The Select Seven (http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2010/06/meet-select-seven)


South Africa 2010: Celebrating How Far Canada's Come (http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/blog/sow_experts/post/South-Africa-2010-Celebrating-How-Far-Canada-s-;_ylt=An4FgOzcQF6YFw670xlELLn74414?urn=sow,244926)




SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)

drek
06-02-2010, 05:29 AM
Mornin'

denime
06-02-2010, 05:36 AM
TFC TV Episode 10 (http://torontofc.neulion.com/tfc/console.jsp?catid=2&id=1968)

Smuttynose
06-02-2010, 05:42 AM
Best line in the article about the world cup ball


But, Barrett added quickly: “Really, it’s just a matter of shutting up and playing.”

love it!

Wagner
06-02-2010, 05:42 AM
We get some hardware today...presented at home!!!

DichioTFC
06-02-2010, 06:18 AM
Meet The Select Seven (http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2010/06/meet-select-seven)

Nice to see a feature on the kids, must have made their day for sure... but FFS, how old do I feel seeing the years 1992 and 1993 in the TFC lineup...:(

On a side note, it looks like Brennan McNicoll will be using his TFC picture as his facebook picture very soon
:D

keem-o-sabi
06-02-2010, 06:21 AM
good morning everyone, yay hardware tonight and coed girls today 1 (http://coedmagazine.com/2010/06/01/miss-coed-tatiana-ambrosio/) and 2 (http://coedmagazine.com/2010/06/01/candice-swanepoel-hottest-woman-on-earth-11-photos/)

Keystone FC
06-02-2010, 06:26 AM
South Africa 2010: Celebrating How Far Canada's Come (http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/blog/sow_experts/post/South-Africa-2010-Celebrating-How-Far-Canada-s-;_ylt=An4FgOzcQF6YFw670xlELLn74414?urn=sow,244926)
I read this yesterday and thought, 'Has Canada come that far to warrent this article (blog mind you).' Yeah, Ontario will relax alcohol laws for the World Cup and we have TFC nad grass at BMO and just before the WC starts there will be the official announcement of Vancouvers MLS logo and kits but is that REALLY coming far. I remember seeing the streets of Toronto filled with Itallians last WC after the Italian national team won the WC. Whoever wins this WC will be no different.
I believe Canada will have come from a long ways when:
1. The CMNT is in the quaterfinals of a WC.
2. The CSA is now the FCF (Federation of Canadian Football)
3. The CSL is reborn
4. TFC/Vancouver/Montreal win the MLS Cup and/or the CCL.
Until then Canada still has quite a ways before they can celebrate.

DichioTFC
06-02-2010, 06:32 AM
I read this yesterday and thought, 'Has Canada come that far to warrent this article (blog mind you).' Yeah, Ontario will relax alcohol laws for the World Cup and we have TFC nad grass at BMO and just before the WC starts there will be the official announcement of Vancouvers MLS logo and kits but is that REALLY coming far. I remember seeing the streets of Toronto filled with Itallians last WC after the Italian national team won the WC. Whoever wins this WC will be no different.
I believe Canada will have come from a long ways when:
1. The CMNT is in the quaterfinals of a WC.
2. The CSA is now the FCF (Federation of Canadian Football)
3. The CSL is reborn
4. TFC/Vancouver/Montreal win the MLS Cup and/or the CCL.
Until then Canada still has quite a ways before they can celebrate.

spot on. this is a very premature article.

Hell, I'll settle for WC qualification. Once Canada gets that, I"ll be more inclined to believe the writer's BS. But really, the "accomplishments" that he mentions are more MLSE's and MLS' accomplishments.

Like what Keystone wrote about the Italians last WC, I remember a few WCs ago when the Serbian team had an underdog win and the streets of Mississauga were literally taken over by what seemed like the Serbian army. The greatest accomplishment that Canada has in the soccer world is the fact that we can truly celebrate with anyone who has great success because of our global communities. We'll all have our favourite squads and dissenting opinions, but when one team wins, their fans take to the streets and the people that had opposed them celebrate alongside (...except the second place team, of course :D)

Steve
06-02-2010, 06:47 AM
I read this yesterday and thought, 'Has Canada come that far to warrent this article (blog mind you).' Yeah, Ontario will relax alcohol laws for the World Cup and we have TFC nad grass at BMO and just before the WC starts there will be the official announcement of Vancouvers MLS logo and kits but is that REALLY coming far. I remember seeing the streets of Toronto filled with Itallians last WC after the Italian national team won the WC. Whoever wins this WC will be no different.
I believe Canada will have come from a long ways when:

1. The CMNT is in the WC.

Until then Canada still has quite a ways before they can celebrate.

Fixed your post

koryo
06-02-2010, 06:50 AM
Nice to see a feature on the kids, must have made their day for sure... but FFS, how old do I feel seeing the years 1992 and 1993 in the TFC lineup...:(

On a side note, it looks like Brennan McNicoll will be using his TFC picture as his facebook picture very soon
:D

If you're half-way serious about blooding the bairns, then today is the day to do it.

Hopefully one or two of them impresses enough to graduate.

Fort York Redcoat
06-02-2010, 07:07 AM
I believe Canada will have come from a long ways when:
1. The CMNT is in the quaterfinals of a WC.
2. The CSA is now the FCF (Federation of Canadian Football)
3. The CSL is reborn
4. TFC/Vancouver/Montreal win the MLS Cup and/or the CCL.
Until then Canada still has quite a ways before they can celebrate.

Disagree Keys,

Canada out of the group stage.
I'd settle for the CSFA.
The CSL/PCSL merging and becoming National in a tournament.
TFC gets to Semis or further in the CCL. A win in the league is not really a National feat.

I think you're seeing this in comparison to the States. Canada's rate of growth does need to increase but what we've seen in the last two cycles is such a big improvement.

Think of it this way- Way more people KNOW there's problems with our National program and now they're putting baby steps in effect to correct them. Future's bright.

Oldtimer
06-02-2010, 07:26 AM
2. The CSA is now the FCF (Federation of Canadian Football)


You know that the CSA was originally named the Dominion of Canada Football Association? They changed the name to avoid confusion with CFL gridiron.

Globetrotter
06-02-2010, 08:08 AM
Every time they change the ball, every time, there's complaints, especially goalies, and then the press has something boring to write about. You've played with that ball for 6 months now... just shut up already. They change the ball every two years, as often as they do team jerseys. Deal with it!!

sulfur
06-02-2010, 08:15 AM
From SoccerNet (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=791925&sec=mls&cc=5901):


Major League Soccer has fined New York Red Bulls coach Hans Backe $2,500 for criticizing officiating after his team's 3-2 loss to the New England Revolution. New York was forced to play much of the second half of Saturday's game without defender Carlos Mendes and midfielder Roy Miller, who were sent off with red cards. Mendes earned his in the 56th minute for a flagrant trip of Marko Perovic, and Miller in the 75th minute for a foul on Zak Boggs.

Fort York Redcoat
06-02-2010, 08:24 AM
You know that the CSA was originally named the Dominion of Canada Football Association? They changed the name to avoid confusion with CFL gridiron.

Bring it back!!!

Jamaicanadian
06-02-2010, 08:41 AM
Mornin'


TFC kids get the call (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/soccer/2010/06/01/14221886.html)

The author forgot some important stuff hahaha

Allando Matheson is of Jamaican background and played at the same O.S.L club as O'Brian White; M.A.G.I.C. AC. He has repped Canada @ U17.

greatwhitenorf
06-02-2010, 09:08 AM
Until we have something more than memories of Irapuato to treasure - and what meagre, fleeting ones those are - we'll have gone nowhere. MLS still hasn't reached the heights of NASL at its peak.

Cas87
06-02-2010, 10:17 AM
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2010/06/02/sp-cannavaro-juventus.html

Guess this isn't our second DP as some have been hoping

scooter
06-02-2010, 10:30 AM
mornin d

game day

Dub Narcotic
06-02-2010, 10:55 AM
The author forgot some important stuff hahaha

Allando Matheson is of Jamaican background and played at the same O.S.L club as O'Brian White; M.A.G.I.C. AC. He has repped Canada @ U17.

Matheson is full grown already. Wonder if that's given him an edge over less physically developed players or he is just a superior athlete. Hopefully we'll see tonight.

Technorgasm
06-02-2010, 10:55 AM
All this BS complaints abotu the WC ball . .. . (tired of it) . . . .are just the Portugese and Italians lining up their excuses for their early exits from the WC tourney. .

Portgies lose to Ivory coast on GD in the group stage. .
and Italy lose in the group of 16

Roogsy
06-02-2010, 11:11 AM
It's not just the Portuguese and Italians that are complaining though. Even our own players on TFC have mentioned the same things.

Stouffville_RPB
06-02-2010, 11:17 AM
All this BS complaints abotu the WC ball . .. . (tired of it) . . . .are just the Portugese and Italians lining up their excuses for their early exits from the WC tourney. .

Portgies lose to Ivory coast on GD in the group stage. .
and Italy lose in the group of 16

The English could use it as an excuse when they bow out in penalties. :D

bgnewf
06-02-2010, 11:19 AM
http://viewfromthesouthstands.com/2010/06/dickov-not-coming/

Paul Dickov is now officially not coming to TFC, however TFC still has lots of roster options... Plus I talk about the TFC Academy and why MLS needs to get with the Academy system before they have a club rebellion on their hands.

Comments always welcomed and appreciated.

Cheers
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Dickov Not Coming to Toronto FC

Well, for me at least, it was fun while it lasted. However if TFC fans were thinking that Paul Dickov was coming to Toronto they can now forget about it. English paper The Daily Mail is reporting today that the 37 year old former Leeds man will be the new manager at League 1 outfit Oldham Athletic.

After leaving Leeds United at the end of the English season Dickov stated that he was going to mull over options to either continue playing or to take on a coaching position. Obviously the opportunity to get immediately into a managerial position with a relatively large club so soon after leaving Leeds trumped any short term opportunity (whick realistically is all it would have ever been at Toronto FC) to continue playing. Interestingly, some reports are stating that Dickov will assume a player/manager role with the Latics, which would of course make the transition from player to manager that much more palatable for a man that probably feels that he could still contribute at some level as a player.

I wish him well.


Now that Dickov is off the radar the speculation begins anew about what Toronto FC may or may not do when it comes to bringing in new players for the rest of this season. Cap/allocation dollars are undoubtedly tight and Mo may not have much wiggle room in order to improve the squad to any significant degree. However there are a few things possible.


DeRo could be offered a DP Contract - The new Designated Player rules introduced by MLS earlier this season would allow TFC to both reward its Captain and top scorer with a salary increase and also free up some cap space. The oddity that is the MLS collective bargaining agreement would allow DeRo get get a salary increase that would see less of his salary count against the salary cap. This cap space could be used to bring in additional cover.
TFC could shell out for a DP other than DeRo for the second half of the season. Let the speculation begin on that one. The TFC fan message boards are always worth a chuckle when it comes to these types of rumours. I will wait until I see the player holding up the TFC jersey on the website before I believe any of it. I don't much care for the silly "Luis Figo was eating dinner in Yorkville last night" kind of stuff.
Some non DP players could be signed. My preference would be for a winger and a fullback . Whether TFC can find quality bargains like an Adrian Cann or a Dan Gargan for example remains to be seen.
Thoughts On The Kids & On The Academy Model


Tonight at BMO Field there will be as many as seven teenagers from the TFC Academy playing in the final game of the Canadian Championship. No matter the outcome at the end of the game TFC will be lifting for the second straight year the Voyageurs Cup. And as the game has no meaning for either club and as there is no impact upon the outcome of the tournament then this playing of the kids is nothing but a good thing. Here is a link from TFC that provides some bio information on the youngsters suiting up tonight for their biggest games as of yet in their young careers.


http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2010/06/meet-select-seven


Some may not think that this is going to be much of a game this evening to watch. If Preki does field these kids I think that this will actually improve the spectacle on offer. A bunch of hungry youngsters looking to make a name for themselves in what will undoubtedly be an early highlight of their young careers will certainly be playing harder than professionals who have nothing to gain and a lot to lose by playing hard in a meaningless game.


And the possibility of seeing so many young players this evening also got me thinking about one of the major problems MLS as a league is going to have to address over the next few years.


MLS to date, unlike most professional leagues around the world, has not spent funds on player development to any significant degree. MLS has relied primarily on the NCAA system in the USA for talent to stock its rosters. These players are on scholarships and are not compensated by the clubs until they are drafted. Club Academies have been severely restricted in how they can add prospects to the senior clubs. Some MLS sides have no academy structure at all. This has been okay up to now for MLS, but with three Canadian clubs soon to be in the mix and with the talent pool of players being steadily diluted, there simply has to be more room for clubs willing to spend the money to develop their own players. And worldwide this is done through the academy model. The current model is player development on the cheap, and it is about to start breaking down, to the detriment of the league and its fans.


Yet MLS seems to be resisting this system and to me this may very well be the issue most of all that may become the decisive point of conflict between the newer clubs and the original clubs within MLS. Garber has shown that almost above everything else he is interested in keeping the level playing field in MLS from ever changing. What he does not apparently want to consider is that the academy model can be both a profit centre for the league and of course improve the quality of the MLS product on the pitch.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have proven that a well run academy can produce talent and create a profit if players are sold overseas. As a TFC fan I hope that the TFC Academy can be as successful. I for one strongly believe that Canadian MLS clubs, as they have Canadian content restrictions on their rosters, should be allowed to sign more players to the senior rosters than American clubs can. Forcing Canadian clubs to rely upon primarily American kids coming out of US colleges to stock the ranks is not a sustainable strategy. There are not many players like Teal Bunbury out there.

MLS was created to grow the sport in the USA. It has a ways to go, but the fact that the USA is now perennially qualifying for World Cups is largely a result of the success MLS has had in developing talent. Most of the Americans in South Africa today with the national team have played or are playing in MLS at some point in their careers. Now MLS is a "North American League". The health and development of the Canadian game needs to be an additional focus for the league as with the expansion north comes a change in mandate.


Professional academies attached to the professional clubs in Canada, which can be used to generate prospects for the senior club, or to generate revenue for the league by selling prospects abroad is definitely the way forward.


Whether MLS agrees is certainly another matter.

Darlofletch
06-02-2010, 11:21 AM
This stood out to me form the Star article



And, even now in league action at sea level, he (Frei) said it’s important to stay in position as long as possible before committing to react on a ball “because it can move at any time.”


I've noticed him do that a few times this season when a low cross has come in to the box between him and the defenders, he'll wait to the last second before diving to knock the ball away, rather than getting in position to make a comfortable catch.

I presumed it was just him leaving it as long as possible to give him a chance at making a save if someone gets a touch, but I guess it's the ball moving by itself that he's worried about.

I must admit, i haven't noticed anything crazy with it at all, if we've been playing with this ball all season then it's fine. as Barrett said, just shut up and play.

Whoop
06-02-2010, 11:31 AM
All this BS complaints abotu the WC ball . .. . (tired of it) . . . .are just the Portugese and Italians lining up their excuses for their early exits from the WC tourney. .

Portgies lose to Ivory coast on GD in the group stage. .
and Italy lose in the group of 16

I don't support the Portuguese team but like Roogsy said they're not the only ones complaining about the ball.

But I agree with techno though. I'm tired of all the complaints about the ball. I mean before every World Cup there are complaints about the ball.

Deal with it.

wzhxvy
06-02-2010, 11:47 AM
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2010/06/02/sp-cannavaro-juventus.html

Guess this isn't our second DP as some have been hoping

For those who think NY is this big attraction that European players just cant wait to get to...at the end of the day cash talks and the rest is BS. Would not surprise me if he was the one we were talking to...I presume he was being shopped, and TFC put in a bid ??? I dont know.

drewski
06-02-2010, 12:01 PM
All this BS complaints abotu the WC ball . .. . (tired of it) . . . .are just the Portugese and Italians lining up their excuses for their early exits from the WC tourney. .

Portgies lose to Ivory coast on GD in the group stage. .
and Italy lose in the group of 16


and the Brazilians..and the Spanish.

this is gonna be one surprising tourney apparently.

Luanda
06-02-2010, 12:15 PM
FYI

The AC Milan - l'Impact game tonight will be available at 8pm as a webcast:

www.radio-canada.ca/sports (http://www.radio-canada.ca/sports)

ag futbol
06-02-2010, 04:34 PM
and the Brazilians..and the Spanish.

and the English and Danish and the French.


http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/frattonlatest/James-hits-out-at-World.6337045.jp

http://worldcup.partybets.com/2010/05/players-criticise-world-cup-ball/

http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/worldcup/story/Busting-the-World-Cup-ball-controversy

Let's not mice words here. Adidas brings out these balls every WC, sometimes it's just bitching, other times they are legitimate pieces of crap. I remember the French World cup ball was ragged on for having no weight behind it. From my experience playing with it (and everyone else's) I found it to be true. It just floated away when you kicked it.

CretanBull
06-02-2010, 05:04 PM
I wonder if the people bitching about the Adidas ball are signed to Nike endorsement deals? :D

TFC07
06-02-2010, 05:40 PM
For those who think NY is this big attraction that European players just cant wait to get to...at the end of the day cash talks and the rest is BS. Would not surprise me if he was the one we were talking to...I presume he was being shopped, and TFC put in a bid ??? I dont know.

Dubai isn't such a bad place to live. It's clean, safe and has beautiful weather. I would rather live in Dubai than NYC. I am sure a lot of people who have been there would agree with me as well. NYC is overrated (it's dirty, has a high crime rate compare other major cities in the west and gets really cold during the winter)! Only Americans and Americanized Canadians who never traveled outside of North America and UK would think NYC is da shit! :rolleyes:

rocker
06-02-2010, 10:17 PM
Dubai isn't such a bad place to live. It's clean, safe and has beautiful weather. I would rather live in Dubai than NYC. I am sure a lot of people who have been there would agree with me as well. NYC is overrated (it's dirty, has a high crime rate compare other major cities in the west and gets really cold during the winter)! Only Americans and Americanized Canadians who never traveled outside of North America and UK would think NYC is da shit! :rolleyes:

NY is fabulous. Dubai doesn't have the creativity, the culture, the high level sporting events, the excitement, and most importantly, the freedom.

If you're rich, NY is clean and safe (a player is going to live in a beautiful condo, not the ghetto or riding the subway) and doesn't have to worry about personal security (when's the last time a player was hurt in NY by the public?). NY also has good weather from May to September. Rich athletes can go to warmer climates in the off season.

wzhxvy
06-02-2010, 10:50 PM
You cant even compare Dubai and NY. NY is ten times the city. Dubai is a manufactured location...no history, bunch of expats, artificial, superficial...its home to one but the few natives. Anyways...he didnt go to Dubai because of the beaches...its cash...as simple as that.

My point on NY...was that if you are rich, you dont want to commute to freaking NJ to play or work...thats why to me the Shite Bulls are not an attraction, and we should have as much of a chance as NJ if not more...

Roogsy
06-02-2010, 10:55 PM
Only Americans and Americanized Canadians who never traveled outside of North America and UK would think NYC is da shit! :rolleyes:


:out:

Sorry but this comment is pretty uninformed.

Auzzy
06-02-2010, 11:01 PM
New York's crime rate is quite low.