PRE/IN/POST GAME (CCL) TFC vs CD Aguila Wed. Aug. 1st @ 8:00pm

[WestStandGeoff]

Well it ain't price stopping people. $34 gets you into both matches.

The price isn't what's stopping me, it's a few other things...

1) I still feel like this group stage is a bit of a farce, they way it was designed to essentially give the Mexican and US teams an easy road to the knock-out round. Especially insulting when you look a the reforms UEFA implemented last year (with the winners' steam and best-placed stream) to give smaller nations a better chance of progressing.
2) I have 2 pairs of tickets, and TFC makes it difficult to buy only 1 pair (or 1 ticket for that matter)
3) Similar to point 2, without calling the ticket office, I have to buy both games, and can't buy just one (I already know I'm travelling with work when the 2nd game is on)
4) With my general displeasure about how the club is being run (again) this season, I'm (again) cutting back on my TFC spending beyond the season tickets purchase... in the past I've limited it to not buying food and beverages, but given my first point, I have a hard time getting enthusiastic about the Champions League this season

I would love for the team to win the group, and will plan to buy tickets if they make it to the next round, but for now I feel like CONCACAF stacked the deck against us, and I don't really feel like contributing to the farce.

[Phil]

Who are the right holders? Sportsnet?

I was poking around and it appears that the Canadian rights haven't been picked up. Hopefully someone does soon. TFC offred to air it and Concacaf refused. Its on Fox soccer in the states and online free at Concacafs site. I wanched both matches there last night and it was pretty good.

[Richard]

I was poking around and it appears that the Canadian rights haven't been picked up. Hopefully someone does soon. TFC offred to air it and Concacaf refused. Its on Fox soccer in the states and online free at Concacafs site. I wanched both matches there last night and it was pretty good.

Well atleast its on Fox Soccer(with commentary), i have watched a few ccl games in the past there.

[Jcm144]

What a mess, that they can't get this game televised. I thought Sportsnet had the original rights to CCL? I saw in the Toronto Star today, they misprinted that it is going to be televised on sportsnet 1 tonight. But of course that is wrong. Makes no sense because there is a perfect time slot to place this game in from 8 to 10. Considering the jays are on the west coast and play at 10.......and now I'm reading it was going to be Goal tv but they declined the rights to it.........pathetic

[Code Red]

Just got off the phone with my ticket rep. They're expecting 5,000-7,000 in attendance.

[mastermixer]

Just got off the phone with my ticket rep. They're expecting 5,000-7,000 in attendance.

Yeah... I bought two tickets last week from my rep and he pretty much forced me to buy tickets in the lower bowl because they are trying to keep people together. Lots of empty stadium talk tomorrow.

[Phil]

Well atleast its on Fox Soccer(with commentary), i have watched a few ccl games in the past there.

The commentary off of the Concacaf feed wasnt terrible. It sounded like an english guy commenting on the feed. Brave guy considering the names and how cluttered some of the jerseys are.

[OgtheDim]

The price isn't what's stopping me, it's a few other things...

1) I still feel like this group stage is a bit of a farce, they way it was designed to essentially give the Mexican and US teams an easy road to the knock-out round. Especially insulting when you look a the reforms UEFA implemented last year (with the winners' steam and best-placed stream) to give smaller nations a better chance of progressing.....

Can't control the process. Can only play the games. And given we are up against Santos, who now hate our guts because we didn't bow down to them in awe, and didn't play like Seattle, we are in tough to go through.

[Yohan]

The commentary off of the Concacaf feed wasnt terrible. It sounded like an english guy commenting on the feed. Brave guy considering the names and how cluttered some of the jerseys are.

cock itch guy?

[Phil]

cock itch guy?

okay, now everyone at work thinks I am crazy as that made me break down laughing.

[Max_TO]

Will be checking out the game tonight via the con feed ! Thanks for the online viewing info !

On a side note , for regular season MLS play I use the MLS app on my iPad and love it !

Are there other sites out there that offer a membership to watch European soccer ?

[pyppurs]

#TorontoFC XI: Kocic; Henry, Eckersley, Emory, Morgan; Lambe, Frings, Dunfield, Wiedeman; Silva, Johnson.. #TFCLive #CCL


#TorontoFC substitutes: F. Hall; J. Hall, Maund, Stinson, Avila, Amarikwa, Hassli .. #TFCLive #CCL

[Ajax TFC]

Andrew fucking Wiedeman over Avila? are you fucking kidding me? what the fuck is that?

[pekduck]

FML.

concacaf feed is geo blocked for me in Charlotte. nearest sports bar (15 min drive away) said they don't have Fox Soccer.....

[DaBandit]

Andrew fucking Wiedeman over Avila? are you fucking kidding me? what the fuck is that?

What that is called is a clueless coach.. And Henry out at rb again.. Will we ever have a competent coach and FO?

[Richard]

What that is called is a clueless coach.. And Henry out at rb again.. Will we ever have a competent coach and FO?

Not so much cluelessness but a reoccuring theme of "I dont like you personaly, or you looked me the wrong way im gonna bench you and eventually trade you". We continue to see this organization hold grudges against personal and fail to resovle these issues.

[Brooker]

FML.

concacaf feed is geo blocked for me in Charlotte. nearest sports bar (15 min drive away) said they don't have Fox Soccer.....

Seem to be a couple other streams up.

http://www.sportlemon.tv/a-0/8/128/a-92870.html

[Richard]

http://atdhenet.tv/48751/watch-toronto-fc-v-cd-aguila

^ Lets hope this works too.

[pekduck]

Seem to be a couple other streams up.

http://www.sportlemon.tv/a-0/8/128/a-92870.html

thanks!

[lobo]

may the power of wednesdays continue

[DaBandit]

Not so much cluelessness but a reoccuring theme of "I dont like you personaly, or you looked me the wrong way im gonna bench you and eventually trade you". We continue to see this organization hold grudges against personal and fail to resovle these issues.

Im just going to stick with clueless, but your points are valid. Even though I'm not sure what Avilla did, other then show some skill..

[Brooker]

[Suds]

FML.

concacaf feed is geo blocked for me in Charlotte. nearest sports bar (15 min drive away) said they don't have Fox Soccer.....

http://atdhenet.tv/

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/1333...cd-aguila.html

[Richard]

When does the game start, it looks empty.

[Brooker]

GOD ALMIGHTY tell me that's not a live shot.

[Suds]

fuck me... the attendance is brutal

[Gazza]

Dunfield already looks like a man amongst boys out there.

[69Chevy396]

Just got off the phone with my ticket rep. They're expecting 5,000-7,000 in attendance.

Really? That is optimistic, looks like fewer people than were at my local No Frills.

[69Chevy396]

Watching the spanish language feed, it is hillarious

[DaBandit]

wow.. look at the attendance, it's pathetic.. More proof that ML$E has somehow managed to kill footie in T.O.. Congrats ML$E i couldnt think of a better bunch of boobs to get the job done right..