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Have at It People
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Have at It People
Hyped for this one!
Canada Day at BMO!
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This is the game. We turn the corner here.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
This is going to be a brawl - NYRB always tries to get under TFC's skin. They sense weakness in TFC and will be licking their chops at the opportunity to get one over on the team that got by them last year in the playoffs.
They are going to try to run us into the ground through their press & bash people & get us off whatever game we have at the moment.
After Sunday, people are questioning the team's character. Well, this match will be the test of this team's character this MLS season. Come through this with heads up, we move on with diginity, even if we don't get to the playoffs. Play like they played in the last half of the game yesterday and this team deserves the derision the rest of the league has been & is going to throw at it.
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Its also, IMHO, the test of the character of the supporter's in the stands, in all sections.
Up until now, for our whole history, its been relatively easy to come out- we lose, we cheer but we are happy -we are a happy few who just want to see games in our home town.
Then we start winning, we really get loud - we are all happy cause winning is fun. We gained something. We saw something.
Now we are losing again.
Are our supporter's, all of us, not just in the south & on the boards - are we actually "Toronto til I die"?
Do people come out to support the team...or do they come out to support winners?
Sure, holiday weekend - people may be away. And the World Cup is on (there are no games that day) so there might be some soccer fatigue.
But...
if you are truly "Toronto til I die", unless you got a family commitment - you should effin be there on Sunday & yelling your freaking head off.
"Gonna be a long, long, crazy, crazy night"
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MLS scheduling makes no sense, play at 4:30 on a summer day with heat and humidity and during the world cup but play at 8 pm during the colder spring months.
The Weather Network has Sunday afternoon looking at 33C, feeling like 43. Drink plenty of fluids ladies and gents. Remember beer is a diuretic and causes dehydration. Beer, water, beer, water,....
I will be there in 112. Hat, shades, and sunscreen covering up all exposed areas.
TORONTO FC, 2017 MLS CHAMPIONS!!! (Still the greatest in league history!)
Is there anything special planned for this Canada day game ?
There looks to be some some of pre-match rally at the Stanley Barracks https://www.torontofc.ca/2018/pre-match-rally
I just hope the guys play the way they did in the second half against dc
Coulda swore I was seeing 4pm kick off when I created this thread.
Pretty sure it said 4pm originally. I had 4pm on my schedule as well.
I guess they moved half an hour to collaborate with World Cup. So luckily I can watch Croatia vs Denmark at Joes and head on over.
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Must win game!
I know this is traditional thinking on the subject (don’t go head-to-head with the incumbent and TV ratings rule all) but I question it’s value. For one, this is still a gate driven league in many respects and keeping those fans happy who attend in person matters. Second, hiding in the shadows of different TV time slots every year makes it ever harder to grow your viewership.
The issue is we have a partial owner (Bell / TSN) who has incentive to preserve CFL ratings and avoid two owned assets going directly head-to-head. But for the growth of soccer in this country the sport market is only so large and we have to dispose someone longer term (or eat part of their lunch) if advertising dollars are to show up in great quantities. Maybe this not to suggest we start kicking off at Saturday 7pm every week but let’s see some more consistency week-to-week, year-to-year in time slots.
One thing nice about that is NYRB's press is unlikely to occur for long either.
I think we are more likley to lose this one then win it but we are in with a chance.
I just want to see 90 minutes of actually trying hard - stop with the moping. None of that last half in NYC stuff.
We lost games
We don't look like making the playoffs.
We came one miss away from winning CCL
GET OVER IT
Play for the badge, play for each other, play for the crowd. Play for 90 minutes.
Just give it your all and if we don't win...at least we actually tried.
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Why is Mavinga still in France?
They should do a picture of everyone in the stands at kickoff, and then when final whistle blows. Will all be roasting like turkeys!
Vazquez and auro not in the 18. Starting lineup is missing a lot