Most head coaches can look great with great players, and the men in charge of MLS Cup finalists Seattle and Toronto FC can certainly point to their rosters as major reasons for their success. A championship game between two evenly-matched teams usually is decided by moments of brilliance and/or catastrophe, yet those critical points can […]
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Making a List: MLS double winners
YEAR TEAM (COMPETITIONS)1996 D.C. United (MLS Cup, U.S. Open Cup) 1997 D.C. United (MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield) 1998 Chicago Fire (MLS Cup, U.S. Open Cup) 1998D.C. United (Concacaf Champions Cup, Copa Interamericana) 1999 D.C.United (MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield) 2000 Kansas City Wizards (MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield) 2002 LA Galaxy (MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield) 2003 Chicago […]
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What They're Saying: Greg Vanney
“It will be interesting, because I really don’t think they’ve faced the type of intensity that we’ve had to face and put into our games … And that will be interesting when you haven’t had asuper-intense game to come into a game that is ultra-intense.” — Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney, suggesting that Seattle Sounders’ […]
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Oh dear, Toronto vs Seattle again. Here's hoping for a real game this time.
Coming up — the MLS final between Toronto and Seattle. Well, we’ve had that before. That’s the trouble here. We had Toronto-Seattle last year. And a pretty damn awful game it was. Toremind you: a game played in inhospitably arctic weather, a game that lasted 120 minutes, a game that featured no goals at all […]
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Jozy Altidore and Toronto: 'A beautiful love story'
In what is already a 12-year pro career, Jozy Altidore has been knocked for not scoring on the big stage. He played 70 games in the EPL with Hull City and Sunderland and scored just two goals. That’s one more goal than hescored in two seasons with Villarreal in La Liga. Altidore didn’t score in […]
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Toronto FC-Columbus: TFC is headed back to MLS Cup
TORONTO FC-COLUMBUS EXPRESS: Nov. 29 in Toronto Toronto FC 1 Columbus 0. Goal: Altidore (Vazquez) 60.Att.: 30,392. Toronto FC is headed back to MLS Cup, which it will again host, after beating Columbus Crew SC, 1-0, before more than 30,000 fans at BMO Field on Wednesday night. Incontrast to last year’s wild 7-5 series win […]
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What They're Saying: Tim Leiweke
“It’s completely and totally unfair and ridiculous how people don’t realize what this man has done for his country and the teams he has played on. He’s what you want your sonor daughter to be. He is, to me, the epitome of an athlete you do want to put on a pedestal.” — Former Toronto […]
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Preview: Burden of favorite is squarely on Toronto FC against Crew
The best team during the MLS regular season squares off with a beleaguered opponent to decide which of them will advance to the MLS Cup final as Eastern Conference representative as well as host. Thus can be described the second leg of the Toronto FC-Columbus Crew SC series to be staged Wednesday (Fox Sports 1, […]
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Toronto FC's Vanney named MLS Coach of the Year
Greg Vanney, who led Toronto FC to a record-setting season, was named the 2017 MLS Coach of the Year. Vanney, who was named head coach in August 2014 and re-signed a multi-yearextension in July, beat out Atlanta United’s Gerard Martino in the voting of MLS clubs, players and media. Vanney won the voting of club […]
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Columbus-Toronto FC: Another first leg, another goalless game
COLUMBUS-TORONTO FC EXPRESS Nov. 21 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 0, Toronto FC 0. Att.: 21,289. Another first leg, another goalless game. After a 16-day break imposed by the FIFA international dates, Columbus and Toronto FC played a scrappy 0-0 tie in the first leg oftheir Eastern Conference final series Tuesday at MAPFRE Stadium. (Three of the […]