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09-08-2008, 06:00 AM
Titus's soccer odyssey runs through Toronto FC
LARRY MILLSON
TORONTO — Rick Titus is 39 and has been around. His soccer odyssey has included a stop in Major League Soccer with the Colorado Rapids in 2002.
The defender was back in the MLS on Saturday with Toronto FC for a one-shot deal and played the full match for the depleted team in a 3-1 loss to Chivas USA before a crowd of 19,863 at BMO Field.
Tuesday night, he will return to playing with one of three teams he has competed for this season, Real Toronto, at the Ontario Soccer Centre.
Titus was one of three late additions to Toronto FC after nine players were called up to their national teams for World Cup qualifying matches over the weekend. Toronto had tried to have the game postponed.
Toronto chief scout, Tim Regan, 27, who played in MLS as recently as last season, came out of retirement to join Titus and another defender, Diaz Kambere, 22, who was on loan from the Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer Leagues.
Read more (http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080907.torfc08/GSStory/GlobeSportsSoccer/home)
Amateur Gives TFC Day's Work For Free
Eric Koreen, National Post TORONTO - If there is a segment of the North American sports community that does not take Major League Soccer seriously, this certainly will not help: Rick Titus played in a league game on Saturday.
He did so for free.
With nine regulars called up for international duty, Toronto FC was left with just one healthy defender for its game against Chivas USA, a 3-1 defeat. TFC was allowed to bring in two emergency defenders to help ease the burden. But that still left the team one defender short of a full starting unit.
Read more (http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=776169)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)
LARRY MILLSON
TORONTO — Rick Titus is 39 and has been around. His soccer odyssey has included a stop in Major League Soccer with the Colorado Rapids in 2002.
The defender was back in the MLS on Saturday with Toronto FC for a one-shot deal and played the full match for the depleted team in a 3-1 loss to Chivas USA before a crowd of 19,863 at BMO Field.
Tuesday night, he will return to playing with one of three teams he has competed for this season, Real Toronto, at the Ontario Soccer Centre.
Titus was one of three late additions to Toronto FC after nine players were called up to their national teams for World Cup qualifying matches over the weekend. Toronto had tried to have the game postponed.
Toronto chief scout, Tim Regan, 27, who played in MLS as recently as last season, came out of retirement to join Titus and another defender, Diaz Kambere, 22, who was on loan from the Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer Leagues.
Read more (http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080907.torfc08/GSStory/GlobeSportsSoccer/home)
Amateur Gives TFC Day's Work For Free
Eric Koreen, National Post TORONTO - If there is a segment of the North American sports community that does not take Major League Soccer seriously, this certainly will not help: Rick Titus played in a league game on Saturday.
He did so for free.
With nine regulars called up for international duty, Toronto FC was left with just one healthy defender for its game against Chivas USA, a 3-1 defeat. TFC was allowed to bring in two emergency defenders to help ease the burden. But that still left the team one defender short of a full starting unit.
Read more (http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=776169)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshinegirl/)