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    Default Voyaguers Final 1st Leg TFC @ Van Wednesday August 8th 10pm - Their Endurance & Pluck




    Their Endurance & Pluck - Our Heritage


    Time to make more history




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    Well Mavinga can play in both legs now, seeing as he is suspended for at least the New York game.

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    Vancouver didn’t play a full line up yesterday too. Left Kamara at home (I don’t think he’s got an injury), so I get the feeling they are really going to be after this.
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    Scally's for this late one.

    Vancouver really pulled it off v the farm team. This Wed will be a fight.
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    It's very hard to prioritize; CCL PLAYOFFS VS MLS CUP playoffs?

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    Don’t expect Seba, VV or VDW in the lineup on Wednesday.
    Road Games: ‘16-PHL,MTL,MTL(ECF); ‘17-CLB,ORL,NYC,DCU,CHI,MTL;
    ‘18-MTL,NER,OTT,ATL,MTL; ‘19-MTL; ‘22-MTL​;


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    Quote Originally Posted by Blkndkr View Post
    Don’t expect Seba, VV or VDW in the lineup on Wednesday.
    I expect Seba and vdW, but yeah, not Vasquez. Two games in 4 days on turd is a no no for him.

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    Anybody know if the team is in Vancouver now?

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    yes i think they are...from atl to van this afternoon

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    Wanna bet?

    Quote Originally Posted by James17930 View Post
    I expect Seba and vdW, but yeah, not Vasquez. Two games in 4 days on turd is a no no for him.
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    ‘18-MTL,NER,OTT,ATL,MTL; ‘19-MTL; ‘22-MTL​;


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    Quote Originally Posted by Defoe View Post
    It's very hard to prioritize; CCL PLAYOFFS VS MLS CUP playoffs?
    The Voyageurs Cup, if you please.
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    V-Cup is the only way back to the CCL, which is the only thing TFC haven't won yet, so I prioritize that over MLS Cup this year.

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    One of the Van journalists on twitter stated Giovinco didn’t make the trip out West. So I guess its the Caps game to lose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NolbertoS View Post
    One of the Van journalists on twitter stated Giovinco didn’t make the trip out West. So I guess its the Caps game to lose.
    I find that odd and a bit annoying. Sebastian never misses games unless he's hurt, so this suggests something unpleasant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NolbertoS View Post
    One of the Van journalists on twitter stated Giovinco didn’t make the trip out West. So I guess its the Caps game to lose.
    #VanneyOut

    Not bringing Giovinco to Vancouver is the equivalent of Vanney throwing his middle fingers up at this competition. It is the national final, give it the respect it deserves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    #VanneyOut

    Not bringing Giovinco to Vancouver is the equivalent of Vanney throwing his middle fingers up at this competition. It is the national final, give it the respect it deserves.
    The best coaches in the world try to balance their competitions. This is no reason to demand his firing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    #VanneyOut

    Not bringing Giovinco to Vancouver is the equivalent of Vanney throwing his middle fingers up at this competition. It is the national final, give it the respect it deserves.
    we literally almost never play all of our starters in this tournament unless it's close going into the second leg of the final. Seba didn't play in the first leg of the finals last year either.

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    I'd be very interested to see what a front 2 of Jozy & Hamilton would do together.

    I suspect our backline will be Auro Hagglund Zavs Mavinga & Morgan

    Midfield of Bradley Osorio & Delgado.

    I think we get an away goal out of that.


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    On another note - there really has never been a team in MLS history that is as good at winning home & away series as is TFC - we havn't lost such a series since 2015 - 13 wins on the trot.

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    I'll eat my left Boot if Fraser and Chapman don't start. There's a reason they didn't make the trip to Atlanta.

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    The way I see it, Vanney is just looking at getting a tie with an away goal for this leg and is going to give a lot of Canadians field time. After the game, he'll adjust players and formations to get the win at home. If things look bad, he'll pull out all the big guns for the second game, just like he did with Ottawa last year. You can guarantee that Seba will be on the bench or starting the second leg.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Initial B View Post
    The way I see it, Vanney is just looking at getting a tie with an away goal for this leg and is going to give a lot of Canadians field time. After the game, he'll adjust players and formations to get the win at home. If things look bad, he'll pull out all the big guns for the second game, just like he did with Ottawa last year. You can guarantee that Seba will be on the bench or starting the second leg.
    You're right, and that's smart strategy on Vanney's part. If he played Giovinco four times in 15 days (two of those games on turf) and Giovinco got injured, that would be a disaster.

    It's also been a point of pride for TFC to play as many Canadians as possible in the "Canadian" Championship (they are required to have three).
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    Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
    #VanneyOut

    Not bringing Giovinco to Vancouver is the equivalent of Vanney throwing his middle fingers up at this competition. It is the national final, give it the respect it deserves.
    This is up there with one of the more stupid comments on the board I have ever seen... But I will justify his exclusion:

    It's one of the shittier surfaces in the MLS
    Rest as there are 5 games in 15 days including the ATL game
    He did the same thing last year
    You need to start 3 Canadians - I rather start Hamilton and Ricketts upfront instead of an all Canadian midfield of Osorio, Chapman, Telfer and Fraser

    But yeah fire Vanney - He only won a treble and was in the finals of CL

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    Quote Originally Posted by ogthedim View Post
    i'd be very interested to see what a front 2 of jozy & hamilton would do together.

    I suspect our backline will be auro hagglund zavs mavinga & morgan

    midfield of bradley osorio & delgado.

    i think we get an away goal out of that.


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    on another note - there really has never been a team in mls history that is as good at winning home & away series as is tfc - we havn't lost such a series since 2015 - 13 wins on the trot.
    ( I think oso gets a rest)

    (you know better than to even think that! Pussplops)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    The best coaches in the world try to balance their competitions. This is no reason to demand his firing.
    Yes. To think, a few months ago we completely burnt out our team. And now some squad rotation comes with more horrid scheduling and people cry bloody murder.

    Reality is: if you’re Greg Vanney losing out on the CCL or the Canadian championship won’t get you fired but not making the playoffs this year and a poor start next season might. Only mitigant being if you actually full-on win CCL - risky proposition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by molenshtain View Post
    we literally almost never play all of our starters in this tournament unless it's close going into the second leg of the final. Seba didn't play in the first leg of the finals last year either.
    We agree. In addition, the turf is crappy and we have a match on Sunday.
    Time for a rest and time to wait for a home match on better pitch conditions.

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    we have a massive league game against nycfc in 4 days and giovinco has played virtually every game for us this year.

    need to give him a well deserved rest an keep him healthy.

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    I think that we need to do well, and preserve the Canadian tradition that it is important to play soccer in Canada, for example, look what Toronto FC did with Johnathon Osario who is from Brampton. He needs to preserve himself and continue in the Canadian tradition which will carry on in the years to come, which means, we can continue to win, championships in Toronto, and Canada, as a whole.

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    I will go with what Vanney and Gio want to do.

    I would like to see us park the airplane. 0-0 would do our confidence a lot of good.
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by MightyDM View Post
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    (you know better than to even think that! Pussplops)
    It was more along the lines of "In Vanney we trust" as far as figuring out the dynamics of winning this cup. We really do have a team with the right mindset for all this stuff.

 

 

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