[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] When Toronto FC decided early last week to jettison director of soccer Mo Johnston and CoachPreki, its short-term concerns were nearly immediate. Interim coach Nick Dasovic, formerly one of Preki’s assistants, had barely a day to prepare his team for aWednesday date in Salt Lake City for a Concacaf Champions League match. […]
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RSL adds to Toronto's misery
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] A change in head coach didn’t mean a change in fortunes for Toronto FC. After taking an early lead in the first all-MLS clash in theConcacaf Champions League, visiting TFC collapsed and fell to Real Salt Lake, 4-1. Playing its first game under interim coach Nick Dasovic sincethe firing of head coach […]
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Preki joins list of coaches quickly fired
[MLS] First Curt Onalfo, and now Preki, coaches dismissed less than a year after being hired to reverse disappointing results.Few MLS coaches have been dismissed so early in their tenures. Former Metros’ boss Eddie Firmani lasted just eight games into the inaugural 1996 MLS season, Johnstongot the hook 12 games into the Metros’ 2006 campaign, […]
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Toronto belatedly ends Mo's reign of error
By Paul Gardner The longest, most drawn-out, most difficult to understand mystery in MLS has finally ended. The guys at Maple Leaf Sports up in Toronto have finally hadtheir fill of Mo Johnston, and have given him the old heave-ho. And you have to wonder what took them so long. Johnston has been with Toronto […]
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Stalemate suits neither struggler
[MLS] Ninety minutes of work and sweat went unrewarded for Chicago and Toronto Wednesday night as neither could break free of the malaise that is gripping mostof the Eastern Conference. Their 0-0 tie at Toyota Park leaves both well short of the eighth and final playoff place. Chicago (6-7-8, 26 points) remains six points out […]
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Battle of the bubble teams
[MLS] Both of them are languishing below the playoff tier, so Chicago and Toronto need victories Wednesday night. Since they play each other at Toyota Park(8:30 p.m., Direct Kick), something has to give. They changed coaches during the offseason and while neither Carlos de los Cobos or Preki is under imminent threat ofunemployment, the pressure […]
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Teams facing harsh truth of the table
[MLS] Not many leagues allow their teams to rejigger and retool for three-quarters of the season, but MLS has been playing for more than five months and stillteams have another week or so before the roster freeze date/trading deadline of Sept. 15. Yet while changes in personnel and fortunes may yet arise, it’s time to […]
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Nine-man TFC loses in Panama
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Toronto FC returned from its first road trip in the Concacaf Champions League group phase with a 1-0 defeat to Panamanian club ArabeUnido that it finished with just nine men. Nick LaBrocca and Fuad Ibrahim were sent off after Fidel Ceasar scored the only goal of the game in the 40th minute. […]
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No luck for Crew in Mexico
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] It’s happened before and Tuesday night it has happened again: a valiant performance by an MLS team in Mexico merits respectyet doesn’t earn points. A bizarrely disallowed goal added another dose of Mexican misfortune to this match. The Columbus Crew held out against Santos Laguna until the third minuteof stoppage time, but […]
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Golazos and gifts highlight wild weekend
[MLS] The seven weekend games produced 25 goals. Several were golazos, sure Goal of the Year candidates, but others were gifts. Kansas City, Houston andSan Jose posted victories vital to their playoff aspirations, and Toronto FC lost at home for the first time this season during Week 20 in MLS. CHING RINGSUP THREE. Brian Ching […]