TFC @ Rapids Game Thread

[Inswingingwingman]

Fuck why can't sportsnet have at least some after match interviews.....

I hate it when you are left freaking hanging.

[rocker]

i feel we will lose.

BWAAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!

[Boondaddy]

..and what quality from Barrett!

[Yeoman]

I don't think I've yelled that much at the TV since they were playing Galaxy at LA this year
what a fucking beauty of a goal!

[ag futbol]

Check the FSC stream, they seem to be following up with more coverage.

[GBV]

i want tomorrow's sun to have a photo of chad running to hug carver with the headline "grin and barrett!"

[Strikers]

I forgot to mention that Nana played well, he did make a few mistakes, but that's
normal for a kid.

[ManUtd4ever]

Chad Barrett, Julius James, and Greg Sutton were the difference today. Honourable mention for Robbo who acquitted himself very well in the unfamiliar role of central defender...

[Dub Narcotic]

This could be a game changer in a couple of ways. First, a tough win on the road, finally, could break a psychological barrier. Second, to show Carvston that some of the kids can step up and play with heart and talent. Next time Robert is loafing around, pull his ass.

Also, Robinson, Sutton and James are MEN.

[GBV]

here here! gala was impressive on the ball.

word.

[Hooligan69]

Maybe this board WON'T be crowded with get rid of _____ threads this week.

People will find something to complain about even though we won.

Wow. I can't believe we won this game today. :eek:

[kitchener-TFC]

Right before Barrett took that free kick, I wanted Robinson to take it, and to repeat the free kick goal he had last year. Barrett's goal was almost identical to Robinson's goal last year :)!

[Stouffville_RPB]

This game was a message from the reservers to the rest of the roster. If the regulars don't perform they will. The attack in the 88th minute was brilliant. I personally have been saying all season that they need to do more of this. It was the attack lead by Ibby, who ran out of room and passed it back to Smith. With the use of short, smart passes we got the ball inside the box and were a better cross away from a real quality scoring oppurtunity.

Sutton's gloves of glue were huge for us. Almost no rebounds. Everything that came his way was held or controlled.

This could be the game that turns the whole season around we are now tied for 4th with DC and could give our boys the confidence they need to go the rest of the way.

It is not all good however as once again the officiating was questionable. There were calls on both sides that should have been called and weren't called. MLS needs to get on top of the officiating issue. If they hope to compete with the other "Big 4" sports the need to take care of this.

For now let's enjoy the win. It's been a long time coming. Good work REDS.

TFC!!! TFC!!!

[mclaren]

Two VERY poor sides, but well played to the team today - got what we wanted. The strikeforces were awful on both sides however. Robinson played well at centre back.

[RPB_Brantford_08]

great effort by the lads today, julius james at the back had to be man of the match,
as craig forrest says the biggest win in TFC's short history.....

[tlear]

Finally luck turns our way! What a game!

[rocker]

ya neither side looked that pretty today... but we were the expected losers, given the record we have on the road, given the guys missing due to callups and injury, due to the altitude and heat.... yet they fought through... massive!

[mclaren]

On another note, the crowd was awful today - only 11,000!

[ag futbol]

FSC is doing a good job with the post game coverage. I know everyoen loves to bash them, but honestly they do MLS coverage better than anyone else.

[Hooligan69]

On another note, the crowd was awful today - only 11,000!

11,000? Are you sure that wasn't a misprint? It looked more like 1,000.

[Stouffville_RPB]

The Good
-3 pts!!!
-Barrett's stunning freekick
-Attakora-Gyan standing tall like a man in the defence, with good sub appearance by Gala
-Dichio making his return
-Sutton making another good performance

The Bad
-Not creating enough from open play, esp not being able to exploit Colorado's 3 man D on the flanks
-The ref, as usual

The Ugly
-being pinned back by Colorado... when they are only playing with 10 men
-Marshall's injury
-Thuggery by Colin Clark


As far as the bad/ugly it's hard to pin back and think offensively when you are playing to protect the win with the inexperience we played today.

The good, you're right on.

[MG42]

Anyone recognize Colorado's coach?

http://i.timeinc.net/ew/img/review/981016/roxbury.jpg

[gardooney]

That free kick was absolutely amazin. Barrett is my new hero. Finally a week without a sinking feeling in my stomach. New York here we come. It says on the site that there were 11,000 fans there. Sure didn't look like it to me.

[Dub Narcotic]

I think the games have been pretty well played recently, but Colorado was just terrible, the weather was way too hot, the fans sucked and the referee was a mess. That pretty much encapsulates the bad side of the MLS experience. It was exciting, though.

[NateDoGG]

great win!!!!!!!!!!

[RedLion]

I'm so happy I could cry. What a character performance. What a great feeling to not be focused on the officiating - terrible though it was.

Well done lads, well done Chad!

I hope Mo is going to have the busiest week of his life ahead of him so we don't end up in this situation too often, but that's a thread for another day.

For today, fuck yeah! :grouphug: :thumbsup:

[Dub Narcotic]

I would guess 6-7000. I'm sure they count tickets sold.

[TorontoUnitedScout]

good game reds

[jloome]

Huge effort in the second half, good constant defensive pressure, a lot of help from Colorado playing lifelessly. We seemed to handle the climate reasonably well.

Barrett? What can you say? Outside of the fucking beautiful free kick -- which no one would've stopped, curled right into the side netting -- he was also directing traffic upfront through the game, pointing out space to Ibrahim and Smith, holding the ball up when necessary. I wish, to an extent, that his lateral movement had been there; he was mostly backwards and forwards, despite making a couple of nice diagonal dashes.

Smith was shaky in the first half, more solid in the second, and his runs through the middle in the second half used up a lot of the clock.

Gala was extremely impressive, holding off a guy as strong as Ihemelu until he shoved him over in anger (and didn't get a card) and booted the ball away (and didn't get a card). Great with the ball at his feet and looking alert to the possibilities offensively; moved the ball around.

Ibee is going to be a hell of a striker, eventually; his movement and ideas are superb, and he passed with really good weight. But he seriously, seriously needs to add some muscle to that frame.

James was excellent in the second half. A couple of those tackles were truly sick.

Having said all of this, of course, we didn't have enough creativity to create much offensively, past the first 10 minutes or so. If we'd had Guevara out there it would've helped, and even though he's not a forward I'd still prefer Robert to Smith. Was he injured? He was on the Sportsnet roster at the beginning of the game but I didn't even see a shot of him on the bench.(Please Mo, don't send him to LA for Ruiz. I'd have to buy a sniper rifle with a scope specially designed to heat-seak Guatemelan cliff divers.)

Harmse did pretty well, and had a couple of impressive runs. He second-guessed himself a couple of times and almost took a couple of legs off, but otherwise good. Robbo deputized well at the back; I believe they're wrong about him never having played there, I could swear I remember him having filled in there at Norwich or Wolves.

Ricketts was in and out of the game, and managed to be dangerous a few times.

We need as striker. But then, we all knew that already.

[kitchener-TFC]

11,000? Are you sure that wasn't a misprint? It looked more like 1,000.
I agree.
Did anyone remember that this game is a huge accomplishment for our club?
Last season, we had 6 wins.
This season, we have 7 wins!

Another TFC record!

[Boondaddy]

On another note, the crowd was awful today - only 11,000!

fat americans can't handle the heat...need to loaf in the AC.:rolleyes:

[mclaren]

That free kick was absolutely amazin. Barrett is my new hero. Finally a week without a sinking feeling in my stomach. New York here we come. It says on the site that there were 11,000 fans there. Sure didn't look like it to me.

I think the stand where the camera was was a lot fuller than the one opposite.

[bhoybobby]

ya neither side looked that pretty today... but we were the expected losers, given the record we have on the road, given the guys missing due to callups and injury, due to the altitude and heat.... yet they fought through... massive!

You clearly have no clue.

I guaranteed the win, it was there to see, you mis-read again Rocker old boy.

[mclaren]

how many away games did we win last season?

[jloome]

Ok, for that to be 11,000, the other side of the stands would have to be packed to the rafters; it's a bowl-style arena and seats 18,000. And there's no way there was more than 2,000 on the sunny (camera) side.

[Terry]

I'm ecstatic right now, well done!

[rocker]

You clearly have no clue.

I guaranteed the win, it was there to see, you mis-read again Rocker old boy.

what the fuck are you talking about old man? still haven't learned to read yet?
I didn't say TFC would lose, I said everyone else said TFC would lose. We were expected to lose this game if you read the boards. Go back to the first page in the thread and read my message, cunt.

[Urtdachig]

Ugly game but a huge win, gutty performance and great experience for some of the bench players

[mclaren]

We still desparately need a new striker before the window closes.

[Batman]

chill, rocker.

[zeelaw]

We Can Be Heros!!!!!! Just For One Day!

[bhoybobby]

Rocker,Sec 226, row 1. seat 8, I'll spell it out for you

[MFG1]

Jeff who? what a nailbiter boys, congrats!!!

[rocker]

chill, rocker,

chill if a guy tells me I don't have a clue?

as barbarez says, fuck off

[zeelaw]

guys take your internet battle to private messages

[kitchener-TFC]

Cunny leaves-we win!

[pekduck]

sutton should be MoM... 13-14 amazing saves!

(get rid of cunningham, and the curse is lifed! :D)

[mclaren]

This was one of the few games this season when I never thought the opposition would score - they were pretty toothless (reminded me of us a bit).

[Redcoe15]

:stogey:
YES! YEEEEES!!!!!
Victory! Just as I predicted! :icon_bs: Ok, just as long as you don't scroll back to my pre-game post on this thread.

[Hooligan69]

Cunny leaves-we win!

Does this mean Dallas will lose all the time now? :lol:

[Batman]

chill if a guy tells me I don't have a clue?

as barbarez says, fuck off

A LITTLE DOWN TIME TO BE HAD.

2 day ban.

[RPB_Brantford_08]

sutton should be MoM... 13-14 amazing saves!

(get rid of cunningham, and the curse is lifed! :D)


Julius James played well too...co MOTH?

[boban]

i'm gonna crap myself
How big was it?

[Hooligan69]

Woooooooooo. A draw for Canada at the Olympics and a huge away victory for TFC. Well, Canada should have won but a draw is still good.

Awesome day despite the terrible weather. ;)

[Cashcleaner]

I agree.
Did anyone remember that this game is a huge accomplishment for our club?
Last season, we had 6 wins.
This season, we have 7 wins!

Another TFC record!

Haha! I like that attitude. And luckily we still have 11 games to stretch that record with. :D

[Boondaddy]

typical that some still want to be negative on the board, even on victory day. sad...

focus on stuff that really matters....FFS

[summer sunrise]

If we beat NY in the next game, we're 3 points ahead of DCU! We can do this!!!

[kitchener-TFC]

What was up when we got the free kick a few feet away from their net?

[bhoybobby]

Brain cramp by Barrett, all is forgiven

[zeelaw]

BWAAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!

lol, im glad i was wrong

[profit89]

(get rid of cunningham, and the curse is lifed! :D)

Amen!

[gardooney]

I still don't get why he was a yard behind the ball for the free kick? Stand right beside the ball and they have no chance of reacting. He gave them too much room.

[loconet]

WE WIN!

wow, what a game. Those last two minutes were brutal! Fucking Ref added a good minute and a half.

Although there were some scrappy moments i think our boys really played with heart today.

Did anyone else watch the game on FSC? They interviewed Carver, he was quite emotional.

[Redcoe15]

Did anyone else watch the game on FSC? They interviewed Carver, he was quite emotional.
In a good way, or a bad way?

[RealG-TFC]

WE ARE VICTORIOUS!!

[chip_butty]

> They interviewed Carver, he was quite emotional.

In a good way, or a bad way?

yes, details please

[RealG-TFC]

In a good way, or a bad way?

considering he smiled for the first time in a long time and hugged everybody around him when we won, I can only imagine it was in a good way.