TFC All-Time XI
This is is obviously the best Toronto squad ever but it got me thinking that most of these guys, especially defenders, would probably be in our all time XI... so this is mine off the top of my head, hopefully didn't forget anyone worthy:
Cesar
Morrow, Moor, Mavinga, Beita
Vasquez, Bradley, Frings, De Rosario
Defoe, Giovinco
Subs: Altidore, De Guzman, Korvermans, Guevara, Caldwell, Laba, Frei
Curious to hear everyones thoughts - no other defenders really came to mind.
Last edited by shwade; 08-22-2017 at 11:57 AM.
I'd certainly add DeRosario to the starting lineup (in place of Robert who was a bust) and likely Pablo Vitti to the bench.
The Captain's armband should go to Mista, of course.
Ah I'm an idiot..completely forgot DeRo. Robert was a lazy ass who would've done better in this iteration of MLS I think. Edited to add DeRo.Originally Posted by Chevy
F Hall
Kantari Garcia Braz Iro
Ibrahim Saric Bekker
Mista Stevanovic Lombardo
Man this was actually harder than I thought....
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That's a top 100 team for sure.
I think All TFC best 11's should have to include 3 honorary members of the 2011 Preki team. That was probably the most absent of talent, thuggish collection of players I've ever seen put together. If we don't remember them who will?
My three are Kevin Harmse, Martin Saric, and Adrian Serioux. They really come in handy when you need to break the legs of other best 11 teams. Also helpful in bar fights. Saric could even tell you a thing or two about B&E's, provided he's a free man again and no longer in a Florida prison.
jokes aside my real best 11 is just our starting 11 now. Each of those guys is the best we've had at their position. Maybe throw in Frings for Delgado or something.
Last edited by molenshtain; 08-22-2017 at 12:31 PM.
Eh. My best XI based upon a player's contribution to TFC, not their resume
GK: Alex Bono
RB: Richard Eckersley
CB: Drew Moor
CB: Tyrone Marshall
LB: Justin Morrow
DM: Michael Bradley
CM: Jonathan Osorio
CM: Amado Guevara
LW: Sebastian Giovinco
CF: Jozy Altidore
RW: Dwayne DeRosario
Subs
GK: Stefan Frei
RB: Steven Beitashour
CB: Steven Caldwell
DM: Carl Robinson
AM: Victor Vasquez
ST: Danny Dichio
ST: Danny Koevermans
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Continuing with the theme of worst XI, Hscanovics has to be in the mix somewhere.
... and for worst coach, Mariner.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
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What no Andy Welsh, or Maxim Usanov
We had Tal Ben-Haim for like a day and a half one time.
This is the discussion that happens when you're team is in first and it's hard to find anything to complain about.
I had a hard time deciding between him, Kantari or Usanov.
Continuing with the theme of worst XI, Hscanovics has to be in the mix somewhere.
... and for worst coach, Mariner.
I went with Kantari because he was literally unnecessary dead weight.
Trust me though I think I spent way more time than I thought thinking about that. Some positions were simple but picking players like Mista over Cunningham was tough
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Both Mista and Cunningham had really bad attitudes, but Mista was a DP, which gives him double negative points. My main memory of him was of him being subbed out and kicking over the water bottle stand. For Cunningham, this picture is cemented in my mind:
He could have the occasional flash of something good, though, as in this 2008 game report where he scored the winner ending a 10 game road losing streak (wow, our team was sooo bad): https://www.thestar.com/sports/socce...d_drought.html
Usanov we nicknamed "Uselessanov." I agree with you that Kantari was the worst of the three so make Usanov a sub for the worst XI.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 08-22-2017 at 01:28 PM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Wasn't that Carlos Ruiz? Last game of the season on the road v SJ, if I remember correctly......
Mista may have done it another time, but Ruiz did for sure in that game....
man, we've seen a lot of shit over the years lol....
Last edited by TFC Tifoso; 08-22-2017 at 01:57 PM.
Ruiz attacked the poor innocent Gatorade jug. I can't remember an attack on a water bottle stand, but PTSD does things to your memory.
lol...yes yes! he hopped over the ad boards and beatings ensued....
The squirrel should make the team.
That was so ridiculous. Literally announced his signing on the club's official website before he was actually signed. It doesn't get any more incompetent than that.
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TFC Worst XI (Min 10 games played)
GK: Freddy Hall
RB: Warren Creavalle
CB: Marco Reda
CB: Nick Garcia
LB: Raivis Hscanovics
RM: Alvaro Rey
CM: Martin Saric
CM: Jeremy Hall
LM: Laurent Robert
ST: Mista
ST: Andrea Lombardo
Sub
GK: Kenny Stamapoulos
CB: Marco Velez
CB: Ahmed Kantari
RB: Maxim Usanov
DM: Nathan Sturgis
ST: Collin Samuel
ST: Ali Gerba
Special shoutout to Ty Harden, Andy Iro, Miguel Canizalez, Adam Braz, Hogan Ephraim, Logan Emory, Javier Martina, Pablo Vitti, Jarrod Smith, Amadou Sanyang, Emmanuel Gomez, Joseph Nane, Alen Stevanovic, Andy Welsh, Johann Smith, Robbie Findley, Justin Braun, Andy Boyens, John Bostock, Danleigh Borman, Kyle Bekker, Gianluca Zavarise.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
This is a really long list of special shoutouts.
I'm having a drink to deal with TFC PTSD after making that list.
There were so many bad players
Didn't Luis Silva win GOTW last week? He was on the thug list
Oh to reminisce...
Haven't seen his name yet as he was somewhere in the middle, but who was that Dutch winger (not Javier) that came in during Winter's reign? I was always astonished at how good he was 1v1 despite being so slow.
Big Frank Soolsma.
Nick Soolsma
It's too bad that he got cut. I still remember the game he torched Santos Laguna in Mexico. Looks retired only at 29
Last edited by Yohan; 08-22-2017 at 08:29 PM.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
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