Friday Fun -- post your top 5 TFC memories

[Parkdale]

okay... it's Friday before a long weekend. Let's do something FUN


Post your TOP 5 TFC Memories



walking into BMO on opening day, and seeing that first full house
Dichio 23:14
The pitch invasion post NER
My first roadtrip (the first NER trip last year)
seeing my video handywork on the jumbotron and at the 90minute party


yeah. post yours!

[Carts]

My Top-5...

+ First Road trip to Chicago (Mo Edu's tying goal)
+ Second Road Trip to Columbus (cool kids at the back of the bus party)
+ Dichio's NE last minute goal (plus field invasion, tailgate party, post party)
+ Finding out I got season tickets (jumping out of my office chair and screaming!)...
AND FINALLY...
+ Showing up at Bluenose's door at 5am saying "...hi, I'm McCartney from the board..." and then jumping in with the Bluenose Brigade for the DC trip with strangers that are now my friends... Priceless!

Carts...

[Reg_Sims]

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

MY TOP 5 Memories:
1 - Opening Day, seeing the Sea of Red for the First Time
2 - Seeing Hundreds of Seat Cushions being tossed onto the field.
3 - Road Trip To Columbus This year
4 - Danny Dichio anytime he's on the field.
5 - Corn on the Cob at BMO...

[TFC Cityboy]

1-Dichio 23.14 and the seat cushion / frisbees
2-Pitch invasion end of 2007 season
3-Columbus tailgate- the sea of red
4-The 4-0 over Dallas last year - repeat this weekend please..
5-atmosphere at the LA home game last season- electric

[TFC_Junky]

Definetly 5 great memories!

1 - Opening Day (of course)
2 - First road trip to Columbus (opening day this year)
3 - The 4-0 win over FCD (took my dad to his first game)
4 - Getting autographs outside of gate 4 last year
5 - 90 minute party at the end of last year
6 - Playing in door on BMO this winter
7 - RPB TAILGATES
8 - Trying to get a beer at shoeless after a home win last year
9 - seeing my picture playing foosball against Dunivant on the TFC website (see left)
10 - watching the replay of Dichio's first goal from a wedding in Windsor (sigh)

[Parkdale]

okay fuck it.... I'm adding 5 more because there's too much good shit!



getting a VIP tour of BMO and having Paul B say "how the hell did you get in here?"
going to the all-star after party and hearing Marc say "how the hell did you get in here?"
yelling at Mo from the stand 'Sub out Welsh' and having him grimace at me
going to the open (really open) practice in Carolina
I guess meeting a bunch of you numbskulls was pretty cool too.

[Mrs. Workie]

- "TFC" clap clap clap post National Anthem at the Montreal game a couple weeks ago.
- Setting up last year's (failed) tifo before the last game of the season, and watching the sun rise over BMO- and the eerie silence.
- The Atmosphere of Montreal Away
- Dichio's First Goal
- Dichio's Last Goal

*Edit

- Pre-season in Carolina
- watching practice in Carolina

[Parkdale]

- The Atmosphere of Montreal Away


yea. that was a great one.

I'd also have to add standing front row in Chicago and giving it the whole game

[olegunnar]

In chronological order

1. Dichio's first goal
2. Edu's goal that sealed our first ever win
3. The Father's Day Massacre 4-0
4. Dicho's NER goal and pitch invasion
5. Guevara's free kick against KC that sealed that win

I guessed I'm obsessed with winning. My top 5 are W, W, W, draw, W
The good moments from the loses seem tainted.

[ManUtd4ever]

Good thread!

1. Dichio 23:14
2. Cunny's late game winning goal in LA earlier this season
3. TFC's 4-0 victory over FC Dallas last season
4. Brennan's free kick goal against Columbus last season (TFC's first in history)
5. Rohan Ricketts' 2 goal outburst against Colorado at BMO earlier this season

[TFC_Junky]

Great topic Parkdale!

[BC101]

1.Away trip to Montreal-obvious reasons

2.Away trip to Chicago(despite the loss felt like old times following United away just with a more intimate number)

3.Dichio last second equalizer vs NER last season.

4.Montreal standing by the player enterance as our boys came off the bus 5 of us strong singing the T-O-R-O-N-T-O TFC song at each and everyone of the players then having JC, JimmyB, Dichio,Ricketts turn and smile at us as we did, Then a few mins later seeing Connie Roogs and Shane(dinodoc) coming down that road leading to Saputo.

5.Pitch Invasion last season.

No particular one better than the other.

[pekduck]

Stealing Parky's format, in no particular order

Post your TOP 5 TFC Memories



BMO home opener, the atmosphere!
Dichio 23:14! Right in front of my corner!!! Everyone is jumping up and down, strangers hug, high-five, pat on the shoulder of each other, beer shower, seat cushions flies out, the camaraderies of supporters
Streamer shower opposition corners, managed to hit a few perfect tosses
Toronto FC 4, FC Dallas 0!
Montreal Road Trip!!!!
(Actually, impromptu singing of O Canada over and over again at ASG too, everyone's united. although it's a misunderstanding, but the mixed emotion of anger and patriotism at the moment is memorable, not TFC but oh well)

[canadian_bhoy]

1. Elephant and Castle Toronto FC v Chivas USA - First game ever, so many months of anticipation realized. The bar being louder for the "coming up next TFC v Chivas" being on the screen than it was when the leafs beat the habs 10 mins earlier to almost squeak into the playoffs

2. First ever goal - jumping in the air, getting bumped and falling into the row in front of me and not being able to get up because I was cheering on the ground. looking up and seeing all the seat cushions.

3. Dichio's final goal of the season v NE

4. Home opener this season 08

5. TFC 4-0 Dallas

[FluSH]

1. Winning a game
2. Winning a game
3. Winning a game
4. Winning a game on the road!!
5. Winning a game

[Shaughno]

1. Winning a game
2. Winning a game
3. Winning a game
4. Winning a game on the road!!
5. Winning a game


:lol: Yep.

1. Winning for the first time
2. Chicago away '08
3. Montreal away '08
4. Winning away LA '08
5. Winning, period.

[Mrs. Workie]

OMG I can't believe I forgot this one:

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FUCK THE GALAXYYYYYY
FUCK THE GALAXY
FUCK THE GALAXY
FUCK THE GALAXYYYYYYYYYYY

[Mrs. Workie]

And Blanco's Streamer Shower

[Mrs. Workie]

And losing my Black and White Express Viginity :D

[CoachGT]

okay fuck it.... I'm adding 5 more because there's too much good shit!



getting a VIP tour of BMO and having Paul B say "how the hell did you get in here?"
going to the all-star after party and hearing Marc say "how the hell did you get in here?"
yelling at Mo from the stand 'Sub out Welsh' and having him grimace at me
going to the open (really open) practice in Carolina
I guess meeting a bunch of you numbskulls was pretty cool too.


I'm surprised that you didn't mention getting into the private boxes in Carolina, getting beer, and having security say "how the hell did you get in here?":D

[Nodoubtguy]

1st game....I didn't know what to expect and I was blown away
Dichio's goals.....1st and last of last season
Pitch invasion
Streamers
Meeting Ricketts downtown the day he was announced and talking to him for a while

[Oldtimer]

1) Seeing TFC lose our first 4 games ever
2) The goal-less streak
3) The game where half the stadium walked out (during the streak)
4) Lombardo miss the net for what seemed the 500th time
5) Cunningham missing an open net costing us a CL spot.

oooohhhhh! Did you mean "top 5" positive things? :lol:

[Damien]

yelling at Mo from the stand 'Sub out Welsh' and having him grimace at me

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/a9/Grimace.jpg

[Jay P]

1. Opening Day in 07
2. Dichio's 1st Goal
3. DC Roadtrip #1
4. DC Roadtrip #2
5. last game of the season '07

[Parkdale]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention getting into the private boxes in Carolina, getting beer, and having security say "how the hell did you get in here?":D


it was more like Get the hell out of here!

but yeah, that was a definite highlight too. the whole Carolina trip really has too many great memories to count.

Watching RPN London puke before the match while the security guard just shook his head... that was a classic too!

[Mrs. Workie]

but yeah, that was a definite highlight too. the whole Carolina trip really has too many great memories to count.



Like Yelling at O'Brian (right before his team scored)

And our Tifo :)

[Parkdale]

Like Yelling at Poz (right before he scored)

And our Tifo :)


I believe you mean O'Brien before he got the assist. then he came back and winked at us.

[Mrs. Workie]

I believe you mean O'Brien before he got the assist. then he came back and winked at us.


Ya, sorry...that's what I meant.

[MisterMacphisto]

My top 5

1. NER Post game field pitch - Pure jubilation
2. Raining seat cushions / first goal jubilation.
3. Father's day massacre, being at game with my daughter
4. My first road trip - MLS Cup - going to DC
5. Setting up for the TIFO last game of last season... being at BMO at 7 AM and just hanging around, walking on the pitch

Bonus items:

6. Night game last year against LA.
7. In front of shoeless last year before LA game, throwing streamers across the street
8. Sitting down with the NEE at the All Star Game. Exchanging jokes with Drew Carey and telling Rachael McAdams she hasn't called me in awhile.
9. Throwing a black streamer at Don Garber on live TV during his half time ESPN interview
10. Watching the quality of football at the All Star game. I don't care what anyone thinks, watching goals is fun. :)

[Parkdale]

10. Watching the quality of football at the All Star game. I don't care what anyone thinks, watching goals is fun. :)

totally.

and watching a game where it doesn't matter if you win or lose is kind of enjoyable too. It takes the pressure off and you can just enjoy a good play for what it is.

[olegunnar]

Not TFC related...but it was pretty awesome when Dero scored against the Ticos.

[mdc 77]

1. D.C. away last year, the trip fell apart and came together several times but we made it. A small group, but the most passionate TFC supporters made it a trip to remember.

2. Watching the first ever match at BMO

3. Dichio/TFC's first goal

4. First away match in Columbus last year

5. Last match of '07...Tying goal, pitch invasion etc...

Honorable mention for the double decker bus to the Galaxy game

[gtaguy]

1 First ever game at BMO (After 30 years of Waiting)
2 Dichio's last game goal (07)
3 Seeing the newest additions to the team a Duck and a Squirrel /seperate events
4 seeing my tfc buds return for another season
5 All star was cool. Goals are nice to watch...
6 Getting the DP striker we'd been waiting for so long ..( damn sorry where still waiting)

[NateDoGG]

1 - dichio scoring our frist goal
2 - dichio scoring our last goal in the last game of the 2007 season in injury time to get the draw
3 - 2008 first home game of the season, roberts free kick goal
4 - doin the league double over LA GALAXY!!!!
5 - rohan ricketts 2 goal game

[jaahuuu]

#1 Buying my 1st TFC item (a training jersey - I walked from the Skydome to ACC, during the '07 auto show)
#2 First home game
#3 Turning on my tv at the exact time Dichio scored the first goal
#4 '08 road opener road trip (but not the speeding ticket)
#5 any day I get to watch TFC in person

[werewolf]

First game at Chivas last year - with all the pre-season hype and planning, the team was finally a reality.
Dichio's first goal/seat cushions
Dichio's last goal
Edu's equalizer in Chicago
Jimmy's equalizer in Columbus
Bonus

When I see them win on the road
Tryout's in December, a warm-up shot whizzed in between Brennan and Pozniak's heads as they were watching from beside the net, and Mo watching our game.

[Rawkus_420]

[quote=McCartney;117407]My Top-5...


+ Second Road Trip to Columbus (cool kids at the back of the bus party)

What bus were you on??..."the procrastinators"?? BUS #5 ..was it the bus with our big styrofoam cooler that we had???? Your comment about the back of the bus party made me think it was my bus.

1: dichio 23:13 /seat cushions ( is till have a bunch , and no you cant have any)- i was fortunate to be there as I didnt have a seat then
2: Season opener to Columbus this year.....very drunk great partying with lots of fans- picked up some hot american chick at bar
3: The dallas thrashing
4: The unbeaten streak this year(before things went sour, I was flying high)
5: THE SIGNING OF OUR DP STRIKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AL-MO]

1. Dichio 23:13
2. Opening day
3. First away trip last year (DC) PUNXATAWNEY!!!
4. Thrashing FC Dallas 4-0 last year (couldn't even hear the PA announcer one bit)
5. Pitch invasion

[CoachGT]

In no particular order

- The bus from Shoeless to the LA game last year
- Danny's season ending goal last year
- RPB London doing a lap around the Charleston pitch after TFC's first goal
- Giving Jimmy B his RPB POTY scarf in front of the team
- Having Danny come over and sign my daughter's "Dichio for PM" poster in Columbus last year

[jayeden]

- dichio 24
- pitch invasion
- double decker busses
- july trip to chicago 08 - 300 tfc supporters singing the u.s national anthem louder than edit:15000 strong

[Parkdale]

- dichio 24
- pitch invasion
- double decker busses
- july trip to chicago 08 - 300 tfc supporters singing the u.s national anthem louder than 20000 strong

there's no way that place was 20,000 people.

[jayeden]

there's no way that place was 20,000 people.

edited, 15k, now im going to go find errors in YOUR happy events.

[TheHollister]

In no particular order...

1. My first-ever game this year.
2. Montreal away
3. Taking the GO out to Ajax for banner making, meeting Carts "So I'll be the white guy with the black SUV..." in a parking lot, and then getting somewhat lost in Flush's neighbourhood because all the houses look the same. :p
3.1 Painting the Fortress Banner (that font was crazy!)
4. Watching a game in the rain and getting cold to the point where I couldn't feel my feet hit the ground as I walked to the GO station afterwards.
5. Chanting/singing every game!

[Brooker]

1.) Dichio 23:13
2.) Dichio vs NER last game of 2007 and the ensuing Pitch Invasion.
3.) TFC vs Dallas- Dichio header during his song
4.) Guevarra FK against KC
5.) Ricketts- 2 goals 1 game OR Laurent Robert FK goal vs RSL

[edmundo]

1) dichio scoring the first goal first goal ever and tossing seat cushions

2) then security tossing them back to us so we tossed them back on the field again

3) all we are sayyyingggg, is give us some goalssssssss...best chant ever

4) toilet paper pregame celebrations at shoeless before the first ever "beckhamless" game

5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ycJ3IcD9z8...nuff said

[Technorgasm]

1-Dichio 23.14 and the seat cushion / frisbees
2-Pitch invasion end of 2007 season
3-Columbus tailgate- the sea of red
4-The 4-0 over Dallas last year - repeat this weekend please..
5-atmosphere BEFORE the LA home game last season- electric


YEP! me too!

I would add the MARCH to the Impact game. . .but the result sour'd it.

[Technorgasm]

Wait. . shit. . THE FIRST TFC GAME EVER AT ELEPHANT AND CASTLE!!!

Loss to Chivas but. . when I saw that TFC logo on the screen for the first time. . I almost cried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1j_HptsCk

[Damien]

edited, 15k, now im going to go find errors in YOUR happy events.

It's against the rules to be happy on THIS board! ;)

[edmundo]

Wait. . shit. . THE FIRST TFC GAME EVER AT ELEPHANT AND CASTLE!!!

Loss to Chivas but. . when I saw that TFC logo on the screen for the first time. . I almost cried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1j_HptsCk

ooo ye i was there too man, i took some video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSp7nkUpOiU

[MisterMacphisto]

My top 5 Future Happy events:

1. Winning the league at home and invading the Pitch for a 2 hour celebration
2. DeRo coming home to Toronto and being a huge part of #1
3. Learning that the Argos will never play at BMO field
4. Having real grass on our pitch. I swear, I will get down on all fours and kiss the grass.
5. Having all fans in attendance belting out to an almost deafening degree the same TFC chant

Bonus:

6. Signing a big name DP
7. Being in my 50's and still going to TFC games with my grand kids and talking about the early glory days and the legend that is Danny Dichio etc..
8. Have a roof at BMO
9. Having a Go Train run from Kitchener to Toronto
10. Winning every single Canadian Championship from here on

[NateDoGG]

1.) Dichio 23:13
2.) Dichio vs NER last game of 2007 and the ensuing Pitch Invasion.
3.) TFC vs Dallas- Dichio header during his song
4.) Guevarra FK against KC
5.) Ricketts- 2 goals 1 game OR Laurent Robert FK goal vs RSL

ur list is always the same as mine lol

[gardooney]

1. Watching the first game from outside BMO,cuz I didn't want my boys to miss it.
2. Columbus trip,did so much in such short time.
3. L.A. game last year the whole day was a blast,from the double decker bus ride. Our heads inches away from the live streetcar wires,to taunting Landycakes.
4. The GOAL...........
5. Pitch invasion, and losing a kid,and Workie getting everyone to help find him.

[Corcai]

1. 1st season, first match attended watching us win against Dallas 4-1 in 112. I was dehydrated, but it was because I actually forgot my beer under my seat ( saw it second half but it was like hot Tea by then.

2. Columbus trip with Flush, Rooney and Mrs, and the Scottish Rangers fan. Classic was me asking Flush to drive home and he still got a speeding ticket doing 50km in Pennsylvania. Needless to say it was 35km per hr until we hit Canadian soil "playing some pick up footy in the Casino parking lot until 2:30am until "security" finally drove up asking "what the fuck are ya doing here"

3. Watching Danny D score the match tying goal against (too drunk to remember) in the handicapped seats on the east side.

4. Going to the Vancouver match and watching us almost score in the last minute. View was obstructed by big titted women who constantly were walking to their seats after buying refreshments during the match. (actually didn't mind, compared to what was happening on the pitch.

5. This Sundays match.............................................

[TOBOR !]

There are tons of highlights (and sadly many lowlights), but for me they all flow from this one moment. I've said it before on some other nostalgia thread, so I'll mention it again here. It was great to get a team in Toronto - a team of our own - a team for us to cheer for - but we didn't know what to expect.

There were three road games to start the season and we lost them all - failing to score a single goal. Then there was the home opener - where we also didn't score, and we also lost - but the single biggest memory for me is the aftermath of Eddie Johnson's goal. When he went to the south-west corner and jeered at the crowd and the beer came flying out of the stands.

That was awesome. That is the precise moment that I knew what we had, and what we were going to do.

That is Tobor's top memory, and always will be.

Everything else comes second - be it goals, games, tailgates, whatever. For me, even though we'd lost our 4th on the trot without ever scoring, I felt like I belonged.

I was home.

[twistedchinaman]

1. 24"
2. Los Angeles.
3. Dallas gets done. Hard.
4. Being a Western supporter when everyone here thinks I'm nuts
5. Guevara's brace v KC

[morgank1986]

In no particular order.

1. Dichio 23:13. (Had a friend with me who knew nothing about soccer. But she was overwhelmed by the noise and seat cushion raining down)
2. Ricketts 2 v. Colorado. (Had 20 friends with me, who've only hear my talk about TFC games, and looking over at them with they're jaws dropped as BMO erupted)
3. Dichio's goal in additional time v. New England to end the 2007 season.
4.Mentioning TFC while watching a Leafs game in March of 2007 and having 3 other people know what I was talking about and being excited about it.
5. The March over to BMO on July 22nd of 2008. Great show of unity between the supporters groups.

[king dave]

Starting from,

5 The double-decker buses from Joe's to BMO last year.
Can't remember quite who organized it but thanks and I think I owe
someone 5 bucks, no?

4 Getting the upgrade to full-sized vans in Charleston for the CCC in
March after having reserved full-sized cars initially. Never would
have made it with those Taurus' what with all of Mrs. Workies
luggage:D, you know I'm teazin'. Thanks to Parkdale too.

3 The bus trips.
I still feel a tingle when I think of all the unbelievabley good times
aboard those motorized tubes of decadence.
Met so many people that I might not have met. Wow, good times.

2 Stealing beer in Charleston, that Parky is a baaaaad influeance:rolleyes:.

And last but not least,

5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIYNzTMTgUs

KD.

[Mrs. Workie]

Never would
have made it with those Taurus' what with all of Mrs. Workies
luggage

Hey Now, I wore every pair of the 8 pairs of shoes I brought!! :D

[Carts]

3 The bus trips.
I still feel a tingle when I think of all the unbelievabley good times
aboard those motorized tubes of decadence.
Met so many people that I might not have met. Wow, good times.


Beauty bus trips - I'll never forget that ride to/from Columbus KD, best time on the bus by far...



5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIYNzTMTgUs
KD.

Beautiful...!!!
Carts...

[I_AM_CANADIAN]

1. Danny Dichio, 24th minute.
2. The 4-0 win against Dallas, Dichio scoring again in the 24th minute.
3. Dichio salvaging the draw against New England on the last day of the season with a spectacular volley.
4. Seeing 20,000 fans pack into BMO Field every home game.
5. Guevara sealing the win against Kansas City with a great free kick, officially stating that, yes, TFC are here for real in 2008.

[koryo]

5. Columbus I (May 2007). First bus trip... you always remember the first time. I would like to say Brennan's free-kick goal at the game, but I was off having a piss :(

4. Tearing through rural New York State and Pennsylvania over night en route to DC last year. We didn't see an interstate from Buffalo to Virginia.

3. Not being in town for the first goal/win against Chicago. But going f***ing nuts watching it on the tele.

2. The thrashing we gave Dallas last year.

1. Hanging out on the Compton border drinking a bubba of Heineken from a glass graciously donated by Nigel Reed.

On our way out of the Home Depot Centre, we see a group of five well-dressed guys waiting on the street corner. We slow down and realize it's Craig Forrest, Nigel Reed, Mitch Peacock and a couple of producers. They're stranded, no taxi will come and get them.

We shoot the bull for a bit and then get the great idea that some of us should stay behind while they get a lift to their hotel. I grab the mini-keg from the back of the van and, as they're about to head off, knock on the front window. "Out of curiosity, anyone have a pint glass?" I say, thinking so one would. Then an LA Galaxy glass emerges from the back seat of the van.

Croat, the Rooneys, myself and a few others (can't remember) sit in front of a KFC (across the street from houses with bars on the windows, choppers flying overhead) and spend an hour drinking ourselves stupid waiting for the van to come back.

[CoachGT]

how could I forget! Top of my list...

being present at the best ever miked singing of the national anthem on a road game - that done by the one and only King Dave on the pitch in Charleston!

[London]

1 first home game!!!
2 joining the RPB( and all the friend ive made)
3 dichio 23:13
4 Pre-season in charleston (puking in front of a state trooper and doing a lap with
the flag when cunny scored -actually the whole trip)
5 being on a damn billboard

[sidney]

....sorry...too lazy to read everyone elses....but my fave-moment is every home game's national anthem, as I hear the wonderul TFC-fans singing! and waving the scarves...I always count my lucky stars that this mass of people & passion are gathered for football in Canada!!!

[Cambridge_Red]

1.) First Goal
2.) Chicago Away 08, we lost but we discovered how great we can be as supporters
3.) Finding out my tickets were right beside the NEE
4.) Not really a moment, but meeting so many passionate supporters
5.) Making the playoffs :D

[twistedchinaman]

1. Hanging out on the Compton border drinking a bubba of Heineken from a glass graciously donated by Nigel Reed.

On our way out of the Home Depot Centre, we see a group of five well-dressed guys waiting on the street corner. We slow down and realize it's Craig Forrest, Nigel Reed, Mitch Peacock and a couple of producers. They're stranded, no taxi will come and get them.

We shoot the bull for a bit and then get the great idea that some of us should stay behind while they get a lift to their hotel. I grab the mini-keg from the back of the van and, as they're about to head off, knock on the front window. "Out of curiosity, anyone have a pint glass?" I say, thinking so one would. Then an LA Galaxy glass emerges from the back seat of the van.

Croat, the Rooneys, myself and a few others (can't remember) sit in front of a KFC (across the street from houses with bars on the windows, choppers flying overhead) and spend an hour drinking ourselves stupid waiting for the van to come back.


Nigel Reed = teh awesomeness.

Koryo you were there? (sorry my ADHD is getting to my memory again...)

[koryo]

Nigel Reed = teh awesomeness.

Koryo you were there? (sorry my ADHD is getting to my memory again...)

Yeah, I was the one who gave you shit at the McDonald's drive through because you were taking too long to make up your mind :D