The Official Toronto FC Thread

[pasion1]

Hey guys, Im glad Mark closed the last one which became a joke at the end (bashing the Raps for no reason and showing some of us are no better than the scum who go to Raps games to bash basketball or anyone who ever bashed Football (Soccer) or Rugby with no real knowledge of the sports in Canada.
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Guys, if you want to get up to the second news: http://torontomls.blogspot.com

This site has predicted everything DAYS before Torontofc.ca even posted it (or even the media). (They are saying that the captain of Poland could be on his way to TFC)

+ we just picked up a defender from New Zealand (we truly are going to be the multi cultural team in the MLS <like with the Raps>)

awesome.

PS- Do FIFA games have MLS teams? Cause even though Winning Eleven takes a piss on the last few FIFAs (except 07 which is pretty good), ill prob buy it to play as TFC for sure.

take care guys

 

[mark77]

will move this to the teams thread and there you can edit the 1st post with all the info....

 

[pasion1]

sounds good

 

[thetrooper37]

sweet! So when exactly is our first game??? I'm definitely gonna be watching live on a regular basis, I can't wait!

 

[yoyo913]

i'm thrilled Toronto will have a soccer club I can support, especially one in the MLS... does anyone know how many of their games are going to be shown on TV and on which channels?

 

[::shinji::]

I'd be shocked if either Sportsnet or The Score didn't show the games... I haven't heard anything yet though.

 

[dimo]

I'd be shocked if either Sportsnet or The Score didn't show the games... I haven't heard anything yet though.

i thought sportsnet was getting out of the soccer business

 

[rony31]

I thought Sportsnet would be all over TFC games, but still no word on TV rights for the team so the home opener is April 28 against the KC Wizards if I remember correctly, which kinda sucks because I'm pretty sure that's in the middle of my final exam period. definately gonna catch a few games during the summer though, single game tickets aren't likely to sell out, are they? (except for maybe the Galaxy games )

PS, about Bak:

from the blog: "Again Mo has said he was looking specifically for a midfield player and has stated several times Toronto FC will not sign an ageing mid-30's type."

from the interview: "Yes, it&#8217;s a Polish defender/back*. He&#8217;s the captain, he&#8217;s played in France for 10 years, he&#8217;s 33 years old, 6&#8217; 4&#8221;. I think it&#8217;d be good for our young defense having someone like that helping."

errr...?

 

[::shinji::]

Just read through that blog... there's a Pavel Nedved to Chicago Fire rumour in there! wow..

 

[mark77]

Just read through that blog... there's a Pavel Nedved to Chicago Fire rumour in there! wow..

I seriously doubt it, he refused to go to England and some other country because he wanted to stay in Italy and help Juve return to Serie A and get a CL spot for 2008. He'll retire in a couple of years and stay in Turin with his family and not return to the Czech Republic.

 

[Hopeunited]

i thought sportsnet was getting out of the soccer business

Sportsnet is becoming pretty weak with the programs. But they'd better have the TFC games.

 

[$teauA]

Why no "Honors" category like all the other threads have ?









Ok I'll quit messing aroung heheheh...

I didn't know you guys were gonna be playing on artificial turf, that's a bit of a letdown because I never liked how it looked on TV, for a football game it's ok but for soccer it just looks weird and out of place and the ball bounces funny. I hope everything turns out ok though and it doesn't put the fans off. I'll be visiting this thread fairly often. I have a feeling it will be the most discussed MLS thread on SG by far.

 

[::shinji::]

supposedly it's some new high-tech artificial turf that's supposed to imitate real grass quite well.. from what I've read it looks and plays like real grass and not like that green carpet stuff

 

[rony31]

I was in UofT's new bubble dome the other day and it was my first time actually walking and running on artificial turf, felt pretty normal until you fall down, that **** is SHARP

 

[Hopeunited]

haha yea I dunno how they'll be able to slide tackle on artificial turf. I play on artificial turf for indoor soccer and after every slide, I wake up next morning with a huge stinging burn.

 

[::shinji::]

Interesting quote from The Globe and Mail:

"Sources say the CBC, The Score and Rogers Sportsnet are interested in airing FC games, and perhaps also TSN, although its summer schedule is loaded. The digital soccer channels GOLTV and Fox Sports World Canada may be in the mix."

Looks like we won't have to worry about tv coverage, just a matter of waiting to see who ends up getting the contract. Personally I hope it's Sportsnet, they covered TFC's progress from idea to reality. Dobson and Craig Forest also do a great job of covering the EPL, I'd hate to have to watch games with some soccer n00bs from another channel doing the commentary.

IMO, TSN is the worst of the bunch... I have no faith in them when it comes to covering soccer, yeah they show us CL games, but as soon as some Curling tournament is on they move the air time to 3:30 a.m. Somehow, I think they give prefference to poker over Toronto FC matches too...

 

[mark77]

I read a long time ago that a TSN2 could be in the works. They could show MLS and the rest of the CL games that the regular TSN doesn't show.

 

[::shinji::]

Bah, TSN is showing CL games at ridiculous hours this week because of curling...f*ck I hate it when they do this! RDS is playing the Real Madrid-Bayern game at regular time but ofcourse I don't have RDS

 

[rony31]

kits were finally released today... they're ok, I was expecting the away kit to be much nicer the red ones pretty nice though, not sure which one I'm gonna get just yet

 

[thetrooper37]

I only see the red one on the website...it's nice but the sponsor and the logo look kinda unbalanced to the right...like the Toronto FC logo and then the sign of the sponsor...2 circles on the right, kinda weird.