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__wowza
05-02-2015, 09:16 PM
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MORGAN REACHES 100 GAMES: THE FIRST TFC PLAYER TO HIT THE MILESTONE


congratulations are certainly in order. with 8 voyagers cup games, 17 champions league appearances, 75 MLS appearances during his 5 years with the club, ashtone becomes the first player in TFC history to hit 100 matches. 1 ahead of stefan frei and 2 ahead of our other hometown hero, dwayne derosario. well done ashtone, looking forward to you smashing that fuckin record well into the future. long may you run brother!

SirBobSaget
05-02-2015, 09:39 PM
Put in a good performance as well.

PopePouri
05-02-2015, 09:42 PM
Was excellent today.

jloome
05-02-2015, 10:06 PM
One of our best players the last two games.

jazzy
05-03-2015, 12:44 AM
well deserved....

Jack
05-03-2015, 12:48 AM
I am very pleased with his performance his season. He's showing the skill that had us all so excited about him early on. Congratulations to Ashtone for reaching a great milestone as a Red.

Alixir
05-03-2015, 02:04 AM
This game had a lot of meaning to him and his play was a reflection of that!
Fantastic effort today and played with determination! Grats to him!

BuSaPuNk
05-03-2015, 09:39 AM
Hige congratulations to Ashton. Hes been excellent since getting back in the 11. Glad to see the reborn #NastyLeftBack

ensco
05-03-2015, 10:20 AM
I have always had faith in Morgan. He blew me away in 2012 when he was assigned Donovan in the CCL, and totally handled him. Never understood what happened to him more recently, and am thrilled he is back in and doing the job.

I hope this continues for a long time. We need a guy to be the glue, a 10 year heart and soul vet. Who better than a local kid with class?

PopePouri
05-03-2015, 10:32 AM
Never understood what happened to him more recently

Between 2013 and 2014? Maybe one specific coach.

Maybe it's being simplistic, but under Nelsen, both Morgan or Henry were still raw and overaggressive.

Brooker
05-03-2015, 01:10 PM
Surprising he's the first. Pretty telling that it took until 2015.

BuSaPuNk
05-03-2015, 01:15 PM
A great achievement by a player in a TFC jersey.

jloome
05-03-2015, 02:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Rr1MT_W_U

Message from Doneil.

Jamaicanadian
05-04-2015, 07:53 AM
Yes Ashtone! Proud a you!

MKR
05-04-2015, 08:04 AM
Anyways congrats to Morgan. It's fitting that it's an academy product and a local kid to reach the milestone first. My neighbor was his high school gym teacher and says that he was a great character back then too.

Auzzy
05-04-2015, 08:08 AM
Let's stay on topic! Congrats to Ashtone, representing Northern high school in Toronto! I'm really happy that he seems to have landed back on his feet, after getting few chances to play for a long time, and not looking so great when he did.

Jack
05-04-2015, 08:14 AM
BuSaPunk has already stated it once. This is a thread to congratulate Ashtone Morgan for his accomplishment. I have cleand this up and any further comments on Montreal support will be deleted with warnings/infractions. Geez, guys. Crap in another thread, not in a milestone celebrating something positive.

Ultra & Proud
05-04-2015, 08:18 AM
Amazing that he's lasted long enough over the past couple years to reach this milestone. Good on him and even better on him to rejuvenate himself as much as he has this year. I am not sure if there is a Comeback Player of the Year award but if there is then he has to be leading the way so far.

Phil
05-04-2015, 09:04 AM
Great achievement and well deserved!

Now lets make the lad captain for a day and break out the rum LOL

Red CB Toronto
05-04-2015, 09:38 AM
It was great being at PPL Park for it. Congrats to Ashtone !!! Forever Red

Richard
05-04-2015, 09:38 AM
Congrats to Ashton, hopefully he continues to play well and solidifies his place in the lineup for years to come.

If not for the mismanagement by Mariner and Nelsen I think Ashton could have been on the same trajectory as Henry, its too bad he lost a couple years.

Initial B
05-04-2015, 01:24 PM
Good to see Ashton hit that milestone. Only fitting he's Canadian. Here's to 100 more.

Walms
05-04-2015, 10:50 PM
Happy for him, he is definitely having a rebirth this year and thats great to see!!

Bishop Blaize
05-05-2015, 06:43 AM
looked very good in his last few games, good to see him continue to improve. What happens when Bloom gets back, does Morrow go back to left back and Morgan drops out, or will they stick with Morrow at right back and Morgan at left back. personally I'd stick with the way it has been last 2 games.

Captain Cook
05-05-2015, 07:03 AM
That's great, his performances in the last three games have been good as well.


It's kind of weird to see history being made like this, never seen it from this perspective anyway.

KevinOHH
05-05-2015, 07:21 AM
Great to see this record go to a Canadian player first.
Well Done Ashtone!!!
:tfc:

PopePouri
05-05-2015, 09:56 AM
looked very good in his last few games, good to see him continue to improve. What happens when Bloom gets back, does Morrow go back to left back and Morgan drops out, or will they stick with Morrow at right back and Morgan at left back. personally I'd stick with the way it has been last 2 games.

It's worked so far. If it ain't broke...

gate7
05-05-2015, 07:04 PM
I have always had faith in Morgan. He blew me away in 2012 when he was assigned Donovan in the CCL, and totally handled him. Never understood what happened to him more recently, and am thrilled he is back in and doing the job.

I hope this continues for a long time. We need a guy to be the glue, a 10 year heart and soul vet. Who better than a local kid with class?

Nelson happened

gate7
05-05-2015, 07:07 PM
Congrats Ashtone.......He was dynamic with Koevermans.

ensco
05-05-2015, 07:33 PM
Nelson happened

Nelsen wasn't bad for Doneil.

It's weird, really, Ashtone didn't look like himself the few times he got in under Nelsen.

ensco
12-17-2016, 02:52 AM
Ashtone Morgan signed today.

Props to Ashtone, Mr TFC , and to Bez/Vanney.

This is what the best teams do. Take care of the right guys quickly.

Ashtone is TFC's Ed Kranepool (obscure reference, I know)

ensco
07-19-2017, 09:51 PM
Great goal, calmly taken on the volley.

So happy for our guy.

dupont
07-20-2017, 12:35 AM
Great goal, calmly taken on the volley.

So happy for our guy.

It was a nice calm goal. Exactly what he had to do. Must feel good for him

Brooker
07-20-2017, 12:57 AM
Was so happy for him.

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/7/24/6/anigif_enhanced-buzz-9250-1374662896-10.gif



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEowjNrrynM

ensco
04-26-2018, 07:56 PM
Ashorne Morgan gave us stellar performances throughout the CCL run.

Special hat tip to him - all those injuries and he just stuck with it - he gave us 90 minutes at the Azteca, and 90 minutes at Chivas, and never got beat once.

What a great player.

Richard
04-27-2018, 07:14 AM
Yeah great performances. He was being attacked the whole night from Chivas and kept composure.

notthesun
04-27-2018, 02:55 PM
His goal against America is in my top 5 all-time.

C.Ronaldo
04-27-2018, 04:16 PM
He got in their heads.
Never expected that from him

ensco
05-03-2018, 04:54 PM
Ashtone getting some shine from Vanney and Bradley
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toronto-fc-ashtone-morgan-earning-playing-time-through-consistent-play/

To me it’s kind of a miracle that Ashtone didn’t lose his spot when Vanney came in and Ashtone got hurt repeatedly. It’d have been so easy for Vanney to move on, as he mostly did with everyone else he inherited.

TFC Tifoso
05-04-2018, 12:52 PM
Ashtone getting some shine from Vanney and Bradley
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toronto-fc-ashtone-morgan-earning-playing-time-through-consistent-play/

To me it’s kind of a miracle that Ashtone didn’t lose his spot when Vanney came in and Ashtone got hurt repeatedly. It’d have been so easy for Vanney to move on, as he mostly did with everyone else he inherited.

I'd say its a testament to how well respected a guy like Morgan is to the rest of the players....

Remember hearing in the broadcast from one of the CCL games that when Jozy came in a couple years back, the 2 guys he said he was most looking for appreciation from were the hometown boys, Morgan and Osorio......something like that speaks big to me, especially considering neither one at the time (or now even) was a "top" player for us.....

ensco
07-25-2021, 04:36 PM
Check out the RSL highlights last night. Our man got his first start out there, played 72 minutes, and whoa did he SHINE.

Had a key outlet pass on the counter RSL’s second goal (the first was another GK back pass howler btw, strange we are seeing a lot of those)

Then he had a critical header off the line preventing a certain goal.

https://twitter.com/realsaltlake/status/1419138363534151687?s=21

Always nice to be part of a clean sheet as a defender. If somebody watched the whole game they can give more colour.

btw it was kind of a TFC 2016 scrimmage. Colorado subbed in Benezet and Beitashour got subbed in. Moor and Irwin (and Fraser of course) on the bench.

All Ashtone does is battle battle battle, and when he gets the call … he delivers.

jloome
07-25-2021, 05:31 PM
Don’t know why we let him go.

BritSOL
07-25-2021, 06:45 PM
Don’t know why we let him go.

Incompetent back office?

jloome
07-25-2021, 07:08 PM
Incompetent back office?

Yeah, basically. Same with Dan Lovitz. He was a good utility player for us, rarely put a foot wrong. If I said I thought he'd improve at fullback at the same sort of rate Osorio did, I'd be lying, but he was both a good player for us and had upside to come, so why we let him go for nothing is just head scratching.

I think Greg Vanney was a great coach, but he did not have an eye for youth development or see much value in depth players. I also think Ashtone was just undevalued; he'd had a couple of injuries, a stupid red card once healthy. But it's not like we're screamingly deep, considering he could probably play anywhere wide and inside on a pinch, like Lawrence. He had great read of the game.

Smokecell
07-25-2021, 08:47 PM
The posts above romanticize Ashtone Morgan’s time here quite a bit. He’s not a starting left back on a contending team, period - now or then. Great hometown boy, and will never forget his CCL contribution but best for all parties involved to move on.

Slick
07-25-2021, 09:58 PM
The posts above romanticize Ashtone Morgan’s time here quite a bit. He’s not a starting left back on a contending team, period - now or then. Great hometown boy, and will never forget his CCL contribution but best for all parties involved to move on.

Couldn't agree more.

ensco
07-25-2021, 10:19 PM
The posts above romanticize Ashtone Morgan’s time here quite a bit. He’s not a starting left back on a contending team, period - now or then. Great hometown boy, and will never forget his CCL contribution but best for all parties involved to move on.

This is absurd. Show me where anybody is saying he should be a starter.

He is an excellent depth player, who consistently played (and it seems still plays) well when inserted because of injuries or absences. These guys don’t grow on trees in MLS, and we should have kept him in that role.

It isn’t always just about talent, there are people you don’t move to make a marginal upgrade. Ashtone is one of a kind, he remains the only guy we ever developed who stayed for any real period and is, by all accounts, a super high quality human being. These things matter.

He also has shown incredible tenacity, I mean on an epic scale. He survived 5 regimes here. He was done here, multiple times, he had injuries, fell out of favour. Then he goes to RSL and was buried, he couldn’t get in the 18 there much last year. We all agree, it's not like he is a big talent.

He just never lets any of it stop him. A role model when facing adversity for us all.

Anyway, believe what you want, it's a free country. It's not like I have ever met him, but this kind of player, this kind of person, is important to me, as a fan. I hope he is a meaningful part of the setup here when his career is done.

OgtheDim
07-26-2021, 06:05 AM
4 decent FB's should be enough on the squad - not sure you can carry 5 just to have a 3rd for the games during international breaks

Not sure why Ash was let go but the 4 we have do the job - when healthy & here

Lawrence is coming back today

Smokecell
07-26-2021, 08:55 AM
This is absurd. Show me where anybody is saying he should be a starter.


The point is that it was in everyone’s best interest for him to leave the club and pursue a greater role in the football world. That role was clearly not going to be here, nor should it have been. What’s absurd is suggesting that he should stay and essentially be a mascot.

jloome
07-26-2021, 09:50 AM
The point is that it was in everyone’s best interest for him to leave the club and pursue a greater role in the football world. That role was clearly not going to be here, nor should it have been. What’s absurd is suggesting that he should stay and essentially be a mascot.

Mascot?

He made 125 appearances for us. He's had one start since moving to RSL and it's not because the guys ahead of him have been great.

Even in spot appearances for them he's been solid, as he was for us.

He was probably never going to win the fulltime job because there's always a dude a little better out there. In our case, it was Justin, who was a multiple league all-star already.

But as Ensco says, you need your depth to actually BE depth. The dude was a really solid defender.

(And people who say we don't need another Richie Williams, he was also great depth, which is why he actually starts occasionally in Columbus.)

We can't try to sign two team of starters. And our depth has been shit for three years now (coincidentally around the time we started letting go just about everyone marginal at the end of their deal).

Get rid of Warren Crevalle or Eric Avila or Joe Bendik? Fine. They were too inconsistent to not be damaging.

But we've had a bunch of guys who never looked like starters but nevertheless performed with competent consistency. We need some of them now, quite obviously. Why the fuck anyone would let a Lovitz or Morgan get away in this league is beyond me.

ensco
07-26-2021, 11:07 AM
I want to generalize this beyond any particular poster, this is not directed at anyone in particular...

What I am advocating is adapting the non-North American football culture, it's what I have done, anyway.

In most places, guys that are developed in the youth system and become first team players are automatically special, those that are also nice guys become real fan favourites, and those that are all of that and stay for more than 5 years .... are BELOVED. Management of those teams would not move on from guys like that for the sake of marginal upgrades.

In most places, this is not something one would have to argue/discuss.

Smokecell
07-26-2021, 02:51 PM
I want to generalize this beyond any particular poster, this is not directed at anyone in particular...

What I am advocating is adapting the non-North American football culture, it's what I have done, anyway.

In most places, guys that are developed in the youth system and become first team players are automatically special, those that are also nice guys become real fan favourites, and those that are all of that and stay for more than 5 years .... are BELOVED. Management of those teams would not move on from guys like that for the sake of marginal upgrades.

In most places, this is not something one would have to argue/discuss.

This is not a thing. I get where you are going, but it's way too broad. The part I've bolded - 100% agreed but this is the case anywhere in any sport. The rest, not at all. Someone like Totti is what I'd call beloved, but for every Totti you have a Jack Wilshere. Sports is a business at the end of the day and the globe is too large to generalize and say that there's a formula that North Americans don't understand. Further, when talking about beloved, you'd be hard pressed to find a club anywhere in the world consider the 27th guy on a 30 man roster beloved.

Btw, marginal? Dude Morgan was displaced by a guy who came in and taught MLS what a proper FB/WB looked like. Morrow in the 3-5-2 that Vanney ran in '17 was an absolute clinic on the position. You move on from guys like Morgan because they've already taken you as far as they can (he peaked in the #NastyLeftBack days). This is no slight on Ashtone Morgan, the guy deserved to compete for a greater role somewhere and keeping him here benefited neither himself/his career or the club.

ensco
07-26-2021, 03:12 PM
^Multiple things here I disagree with.

Ashtone Morgan didn’t lose his spot at TFC to Justin Morrow (I don’t know why I have to keep repeating this… nobody is arguing he ever was or is a starter). He lost it to whomever you think was the depth replacement in 2020. In this case, Tony Gallagher on loan.

Comparing Ashtone to Jack Wilshere, cmon, we are not talking about guys targeted to be World XI players at age 18. They are in a whole other galaxy in terms of pay and the fan expectation game. I am really not talking about Super League clubs. There is no such thing as a depth player on a Super League Club.

Pick any club in the lower half of the table -Brighton, Burnley, Palace etc. Look at the utility depth players, find the ones that came up through the youth system, have been there for years, are likeable, on lowish wages, and still do the job when intermittently called upon.

They are all …. Sorry I know you don’t seem to believe this…. BELOVED.

ensco
07-31-2023, 04:00 PM
Hat tip to jloome who pointed this out:

https://twitter.com/ForgeFCHamilton/status/1686060587485216775?t=xgEm_Yw-XLaptjpyxjStKw&s=19

Godspeed to Ashtone in the next part of his life.

Also, he scored one of the great TFC goals, one that gets a bit lost in the noise... god knows Ashtone didn't score much, but THIS is how you go to the net




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3f7Q8zxUhE

benito
07-31-2023, 04:24 PM
Congrats and good luck to Ashtone!

jloome
07-31-2023, 05:09 PM
Rarely got beaten for pace, underrated generally.

ensco
07-31-2023, 07:14 PM
I hope there is an appropriate entry-level coaching role for him here, if that is what he wants.

Initial B
07-31-2023, 07:18 PM
I'm glad I got a chance to see him in Ottawa when Forge played Ottleti. He only came on as a late sub (unlike the Final), but it was good to see him one last time.

Mr. Inbetween
08-01-2023, 10:59 AM
I hope there is an appropriate entry-level coaching role for him here, if that is what he wants.

Both Bobby Smyrniotis and Michael Singh seem to have suggested Ashtone Morgan would be around, in Toronto?, post-retirement. That this likely won't be the last time seeing him; that an opportunity has presented itself. He did retire 'in-season', so I would not be surprised if he has/will become involved with TFC is some front-office capacity.

jloome
08-01-2023, 12:05 PM
Both Bobby Smyrniotis and Michael Singh seem to have suggested Ashtone Morgan would be around, in Toronto?, post-retirement. That this likely won't be the last time seeing him; that an opportunity has presented itself. He did retire 'in-season', so I would not be surprised if he has/will become involved with TFC is some front-office capacity.

He's opening a second branch of his coffee shop, the first did so well. That might also be what they're referring to.

Mr. Inbetween
08-01-2023, 01:44 PM
He's opening a second branch of his coffee shop, the first did so well. That might also be what they're referring to.

Maybe. I seem to recall that event being mentioned though; perhaps in the TTID podcast? My impression was that it is something else. However, it could just be that his coffee shop side passion now has legs, even some investor backing, to give a real go at additional local expansion; more than two locations.

ensco
08-13-2023, 05:47 AM
https://www.torontofc.ca/news/calling-time-on-a-career-tfc-legend-ashtone-morgan-announces-retirement

They did a nice job with this