Today is the anniversary of the MLS Cup win!! Can't wait to get back to BMO!
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1336704608350187520
Today is the anniversary of the MLS Cup win!! Can't wait to get back to BMO!
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1336704608350187520
Akinola opens his account for the USMNT...can’t see the boy switching
Ayo after scoring in his USMNT debut Wednesday night, a 6-0 victory over El Salvador.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Putting the ball into the net, Ayo made his USMNT and scored !!
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Brilliant. Sadly, that play started with the kind of play that too easily opened us up this year, and which with quick ball movement we should be using to cut apart the opposition. The problem was right through our spine, and needs to be corrected. This was the way to have beaten Nashville for example, but instead we were vulnerable repeatedly to balls down the middle.
Former Whitecaps women's team coach charged with sex offences:
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/12...coach-charged/
Has anyone been following the story about MLS and Liga MX getting the green light from FIFA and CONCACAF to combine leagues into one super-league? Is it bullshit or a real possibility?
I hope it's BS.
Liga MX is good, but I don't think MLS has to skip through the growing process in order to become more competitive. They are on a good trajectory and IMO, don't need Liga MX to continue to do that.
Liga MX see $$ in the US and wants to break in. MLS is their ticket in.
MLS sees better competition with Liga MX - that will bring better players into the league - and bring more $$ into the league.
I don't think a league merger is the best way to satisfy both leagues needs.
Last edited by jabbronies; 12-11-2020 at 10:45 AM.
Travel would be awful. It's a 5.5 hour flight to get from Toronto to Mexico City. The amount of stress that travel would put on players is huge.
Last edited by jabbronies; 12-11-2020 at 11:51 AM.
Does LigaMX have relegation?
Updated: they suspended it for 5 years (thought i read about that) https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soc...es/ar-BB12NTI7
means a main league and developmental league in Mexico. ending around 2026 World Cup
Last edited by Bushmancan; 12-11-2020 at 07:08 PM.
FWIW
Garber speaks to the media arm of Toronto FC ownership
(I have a lot of time for KJ & Wileman is decent when he lets others talk like he does in these interviews - but Garber has to speak well about Canadian MLS teams to TSN)
https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/video/mls-...season~2100023
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/...-presented-att
Vote for Giovinco
“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
Pozuelo is there too
Impact beat Olympia 1-0 in champions league, but eliminated due to away goals sine they lost the first leg 2-1 in Montreal before the pandemic
Ayo called into January CANMNT camp...interesting
Everyone listed is confirmed as attending. Nobody is cap tied as a result of showing up. For the undecided, this is simply a way to sell them on the program.
Personally, I think Akinola is likely to stick with the US. There is no guarantee he gets playing time for either country as the quality of the player pools has increased exponentially. Canada would normally be the more sure thing for playing time but (oddly) we have a good number of attacking options coming through the ranks.
Two years ago we would have struggled to hold a camp like this with a huge portion of u23 players without tapping marginal professionals or USL types. Now we have options AND didn’t even have the luxury of everyone who plays in Europe because only some of those leagues will be on break during the time the camp is held.
Herdman said that Ayo promised both countries that he would attend a camp with each before making his final decision and that Ayo kept his word. He took the opportunity with the US friendly not cap tying him to play, while still allowing him to keep his word with Canada.
Here was the exact quote
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/can...camp-1.5853734
"He's got big decisions to make. We're very respectful of that," said Canada coach John Herdman. "The one thing he has wanted is that opportunity to experience Canada. There are some big pros and cons for the decision both ways, whether it's the U.S. or Canada.
"We've had a lot of conversations over the last seven, eight months and he's kept his word to come in with us," he added. "We'll just be ourselves and show him what Canada has to offer."
We might have a strike to start the season
https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-le...ate-cba-source
Great. Everyone enjoys a good strike. Can't say I blame the players though.