Today’s News, Monday , Mar. 02.

**denime** · 03-02-2009, 06:38 AM

Mornin'

Soccer is taking over the nation

By GARETH WHEELER

Hey puckheads -- Montreal Impact midfielder Sandro Grande has a message for you:
"This (Canada) is not a hockey nation. This is a soccer nation."
What?
Questioning hockey's status as the undisputed No. 1 in Canada is sacrilegious. Hockey always has been top dog.
Sure, Grande was coming off a high, after beating Mexico's Santos Laguna in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League in front of over 55,000 jacked up fans at the Big 'O' in Montreal.
But there's truth to it -- Canada is a soccer nation, and maybe how important we're told hockey is to Canadian culture isn't reality.

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Toronto Football Club—TFC Fans Can Smell the Pitch Thawing!

BMO field the home of the Toronto Football Club is under preparation for the third season of MLS play. Being such a multicultural, diverse city, Toronto, and its Football club has people from all over the world cheering for the same team, and uniting under one front, consisting of the colour red, not communism!

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MLS: Expansion Benchmarks Are High

MLS's remarkable run of success with its expansion teams will be put to a test when two new teams join.
In mid-March, two more teams are expected to come aboard. Vancouver and Miami head the list, Portland is a possibility, and St. Louis and Ottawa are still in the hunt.
Whichever of those five are chosen will have high benchmarks to attain, particularly with 2009 debutant Seattle projecting average attendances of 25,000 per game.

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SUNSHINE

Miss-COED

**ensco** · 03-02-2009, 07:28 AM

Is this true?

"About 2,000 members of its "Red Army" traveled to Columbus last year and so thoroughly out-chanted and out-cheered the three Crew fan clubs that they banded together for subsequent games to form the Nordecke ("North Deck")"

**denime** · 03-02-2009, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by ensco

Is this true?

"About 2,000 members of its "Red Army" traveled to Columbus last year and so thoroughly out-chanted and out-cheered the three Crew fan clubs that they banded together for subsequent games to form the Nordecke ("North Deck")"

No, it's not it was actually 2500 members of Red Army vs 9 member's of Srews fans and 100 soccer moms.

ENJOY

**sidvan** · 03-02-2009, 07:57 AM

Thanks, as always Denime.

**Lucky Strike** · 03-02-2009, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by ensco

Is this true?

"About 2,000 members of its "Red Army" traveled to Columbus last year and so thoroughly out-chanted and out-cheered the three Crew fan clubs that they banded together for subsequent games to form the Nordecke ("North Deck")"

^^That and Nordecke means North Corner, but who's nitpicking?

**Oldtimer** · 03-02-2009, 08:24 AM

The Canadian Press has learned Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General is looking into the sale and pricing of tickets for entertainment and sporting events in the province.
Attorney General Chris Bentley "is exploring options right now to address mounting concerns about access to tickets and the cost of tickets," a source close to the minister said Sunday.
It's not known whether those options would include legislation or a formal investigation into the sale and resale of tickets.
Bentley is expected to have more to say on the matter when he meets with reporters following Monday's question period at the Ontario legislature.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/can...4dv6rKVxQAeI9g

Good news, if something is done!

**Super Cereal** · 03-02-2009, 08:37 AM

That's a laughably biased article, but when it started out with 'Hey puckheads..." I kinda expected that.

**Stouffville_RPB** · 03-02-2009, 08:48 AM

Good morning all,

SSG = 27 pics!

Co-ed = check out the bum in the mirror!

**JDG** · 03-02-2009, 08:49 AM

Mornin' denime!

This article was a good read, but there is one mistake that they need to be set straight on - Toronto Football Club refers to one team only, and that is the Toronto Argonauts.

The full name of our beloved TFC is expanded to Toronto FC, and no more.

Originally Posted by denime

Toronto Football Club—TFC Fans Can Smell the Pitch Thawing!

BMO field the home of the Toronto Football Club is under preparation for the third season of MLS play. Being such a multicultural, diverse city, Toronto, and its Football club has people from all over the world cheering for the same team, and uniting under one front, consisting of the colour red, not communism!

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**scooter** · 03-02-2009, 08:57 AM

morning all

**keem-o-sabi** · 03-02-2009, 09:07 AM

and since the co-ed girl didn't get updated on their site (although she is still yummy) the co-ed daily snapshirt girl is yummy too. Yes they have 2 sections of hot ladies pics on their site. Too much to look at

**Workie** · 03-02-2009, 09:09 AM

Morning everyone.....

**gtaguy** · 03-02-2009, 09:21 AM

Denime thanks as always for the daily morning news. (Real news that matters!!)

**Pachuco** · 03-02-2009, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Oldtimer

http://www.google.com/hostednews/can...4dv6rKVxQAeI9g

Good news, if something is done!

This is interesting news. Now let's see if they follow through and do something about it. All it says here is that they "may" investigate it.

**rocker** · 03-02-2009, 10:08 AM

from Goff..doesn't really affect TFC i guess since they are below these numbers...but still, some moves may get made...

*The MLS roster compliance deadline is today. Teams must be under the salary cap and have no more than 20 senior players and four developmental players under contract. Some teams will not have to make any moves. Trials and signings will continue throughout preseason and roster changes are allowed until late in the season.

**Steve** · 03-02-2009, 10:12 AM

I don't want to offend anyone here, but who wrote the article "TFC Fans can smell the turf thawing"? Seriously, it's terrible. Was there no editor? No-one who could give it a quick proof-read and fix the ridiculous number of grammatical mistakes? Reading it kind of made my head hurt.

**MartinUtd** · 03-02-2009, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by JDG

Mornin' denime!

This article was a good read, but there is one mistake that they need to be set straight on - Toronto Football Club refers to one team only, and that is the Toronto Argonauts.

The full name of our beloved TFC is expanded to Toronto FC, and no more.

So what does the FC stand for? Is it just for decoration?

**Pigfynn** · 03-02-2009, 10:53 AM

I don't give a shit what the front office says it stands for...It stands for Football Club for fuck sakes.

**JDG** · 03-02-2009, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by MartinUtd

So what does the FC stand for? Is it just for decoration?

Essentially - Yes

The Argos have a long history with the name, and it's copywritten, so the use of Toronto FC was a compromise to get a legit sounding Football name without risking embarassing legal action.

**MartinUtd** · 03-02-2009, 10:56 AM

C'mon, it's Football Club. Who are ya kidding? If it was Toronto SC we wouldn't be having this conversation so why is it different when adopting the more worldly term for the sport?

**JDG** · 03-02-2009, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by MartinUtd

C'mon, it's Football Club. Who are ya kidding? If it was Toronto SC we wouldn't be having this conversation so why is it different when adopting the more worldly term for the sport?

They obviously know the value of using FC to mean Football Club. Maybe they should have gone with Futebal or some non engilsh varient, but they didn't.
They couldn't use Toronto Football Club for legal reasons. It has nothing to do with TFC being a more legit "Football" team than the Argos. It's simply that the Argos have been using the name since 1873. It's theirs to use, and protect.

**Roogsy** · 03-02-2009, 11:05 AM

JDG...considering our first year membership scarf has "Toronto Football Club" on it I would probably shy away from complaining too much about that...my bigger problem is with the douchebags at the Star that continue to use "FC".

**Stryker** · 03-02-2009, 11:13 AM

Morning peoples.
No word on our high profile european CB huh?

**drewski** · 03-02-2009, 11:18 AM

Tannenbaum say it stood for "futbol" club, though jokingly I think

**Debacle** · 03-02-2009, 11:20 AM

Pitch Thawing !?!? ... Great quote when it's minus a thousand degrees outside !!!

Some players on the team must be wondering about the first home game in April ...

**flatpicker** · 03-02-2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by JDG

They obviously know the value of using FC to mean Football Club. Maybe they should have gone with Futebal or some non engilsh varient, but they didn't.
They couldn't use Toronto Football Club for legal reasons. It has nothing to do with TFC being a more legit "Football" team than the Argos. It's simply that the Argos have been using the name since 1873. It's theirs to use, and protect.

Aren't the technically Toronto Argonauts Football Club?

**tfcmanu** · 03-02-2009, 11:24 AM

Toronto Footbal Club - drop one of the L's..Changed different name, sorry Argos.

**drewski** · 03-02-2009, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by tfcmanu

Toronto Footbal Club - drop one of the L's..Changed different name, sorry Argos.

I believe the law requires more then just that. There has to be a noticeable difference, and one letter dropped just looks like a typo

**JDG** · 03-02-2009, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by flatpicker

Aren't the technically Toronto Argonauts Football Club?

Yes, but I'm talking about what the TFC front office announced to us and the press back in the beginning. They were very careful in getting the point "on the record".

**MartinUtd** · 03-02-2009, 11:41 AM

Sigi Schmid says there's better turf at Quest

"The surface played really well. It's for sure the best turf surface in the league," Schmid said. "The surfaces in Toronto or Giants Stadium aren't even close to comparable. This place is as close to grass as you can (get)."

http://www.tribalfootball.com/nate-j...ounders-229095

I thought ours was supposed to be "as close to grass as it gets" but all along there was a better product already in existence in a high profile league.

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