With all of the comments the last few days, it seems time for a little positive about the season:
- 9 league games at home unbeaten, and only two goals against during that span! BMO truly is a FORTRESS!
- 6 wins this year at the halfway point, as many as the whole season last year
- We’ve already scored 9 in seven games on the road this year, one more than we had all of last year!
- 22 points just after halfway, compared to 25 for last year!
- We have depth at midfield that we haven’t had before – Robert, Guevara, Ricketts, Robinson, Edu
- This year, no stretch of six weeks with no home games!
- Games against Canadian teams!
- Still in the hunt for the Champions League!
- Ibbe, who looks like he’s got a sound future!
- Carver and a creative coaching staff!
- The Academy, both for development for the future and already giving solid performances!
- Relaxed International rules this year
- 90 minutes of chanting at many games, both home and away
- It may not be seen this way by everybody, but the All Star game is a tribute to the Toronto fans, getting it in the second year of the franchise is a big deal!
- And half a season yet to go!
It’s easy to get caught up in the negatives, especially when we hope for better results. We’d have been happy to have been in this position if someone had told us this is where we'd be at the All Star break back in mid February!