[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Good times seem to have finally arrived to Toronto’s BMO Field. How good only time will tell but Toronto FC has accomplished something it never didin its first seven seasons, and that’s open the season with two wins. Just as important, it’s won back its fans who braved a windy afternoon to watch […]
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Defoe's 'dream' debut signals new Toronto era
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] English international Jermain Defoe needed all of 26 minutes to double his tally for the entire 2013-14English Premier League, giving Toronto FC a two-goal cushion that stood up for a 2-1 win at the Seattle Sounders in their much-anticipated meeting featuring American stars Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey facing off. Seattle Sounders coach […]
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Will the Brazilian DP jinx strike again?
[MLS PREVIEW: Week 1] The news that Brazilian forward Gilberto, the first of Toronto FC’s offseason Designated Playersignings, didn’t travel with the club to Seattle for Saturday’s opener because of a hip flexor injury is not a good sign. No Brazilian who entered the league as a DP signing has ever played a fullseason in […]
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PREVIEW: Transformed Toronto takes aim at new heights
[MLS 2014: Eastern Conference] No team has undergone a more radical offseason renovation than Toronto FC, and if that jacks up thepressure on him and his players, head coach Ryan Nelsen is all for it. “If that’s pressure, my goodness, I’ll take that everysingle day over having a situation that Toronto has felt for a […]
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Magee conspicuously absent; Defoe injured
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Conspicuously absent from the Chicago Fire’s first two games at the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson was 2013 MLS MVP Mike Magee. His absence from the first game could be explained away as he took part in last week’s MLS media activities in New York. But he then returned home to Chicago […]
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Bradley/Defoe effect: Toronto sells out of season tickets
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Toronto FC has sold out its quota of season-ticket packages, capped at 17,000 for the 2014 season. The rush for season tickets picked upfollowing the signing of Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe in January as more than 2,000 packages were sold in the weekfollowing the blockbuster signings. Toronto FC Attendance: YEAR – […]
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Dike: 'Worst day of my life'
[WORLD 2014 COUNTDOWN] Less a week after getting called into Nigeria’s team for its friendly March 5 against Mexico in Atlanta, Oklahoma-born Bright Dike‘s World Cup hopes — and MLS season — appear to be over after Goal.com reported that he had torn his Achilles heel inpractice on Monday with Toronto FC. He had overcome […]
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The art of ignoring rules — and blaming them when things go wrong
By Paul Gardner I have some strange statements from top soccer people to deal with. We’ll start at the top. With Sepp Blatter, who has been giving us his opinions on the”triple-punishment” dilemma. The supposed dilemma, I should say — to make things clear that I don’t see any problem here at all. We’re talking […]
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Nigeria calls up Oklahoma product Dike
[WORLD CUP 2014 COUNTDOWN] Toronto FC coach Ryan Nelsen may have one more international player’s schedule to managethis season. Forward Bright Dike, acquired by TFC last September in exchange for Maximiliano Urruti, has been called up by Nigeria for its March 5 friendly against Mexico in Atlanta. Though he would earn just his third cap by […]
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Julio Cesar and Fernandinho in Brazil squad
[WORLD CUP 2014 COUNTDOWN] Julio Cesar, who is expected to join MLS’s Toronto FC on loan from Queens Park Rangers until theWorld Cup, has been included in Brazil’s squad for its final friendly before the World Cup squad is announced, a game at South Africa on March 5. Coach Luiz FelipeScolari gave Manchester City’s Fernandinho […]