Jaimoe Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I don't think that story is correct. From everything I've read in the local papers and the TFC message board, Toronto gets the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 yeah i think you may be right, the above quoted article doesn't really explain itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I got the goods on the transfer fee. It's all pretty confusing, but Gerry Dobson was hosting Prime Time yesterday on The Fan and he said that MLS gets the 5 million, but then they send 3/4 of the money to the team for them to use towards improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 that makes sense... i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 A report on today's CP24 ticker said that TFC may use Edu's transfer fee towards replacing BMO's field turf with natural grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 A report on today's CP24 ticker said that TFC may use Edu's transfer fee towards replacing BMO's field turf with natural grass. That would be legendary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Stadium's not full yet but... giddy up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 10 minutes in and Sportsnet should already be embarrassed for poor production (cutting away from the play to give us the Jamaican starting lineup) and that brutal camera work. They best improve on this shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Why did I post this in the Toronto FC thread?Anyway, I liked the broadcast for the lack of Nigel Reed.Ricketts was money for Jamaica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 'A bumbling footballer who thought he had scored against David Beckham's team injured himself celebrating with a backflip. Real Salt Lake star Fabián EspÃndola, 23, was carted off after landing badly - then his strike was ruled out for offside. 'The Argentinian was playing against LA Galaxy at their Home Depot Center ground on Saturday. Becks, 33, missed the 2-2 draw while on England duty. Fabián will be out for eight weeks with a badly sprained ankle. He said: "I won't do that again." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 D-Ro to TFC good shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 A team in Ottawa more likely now?http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2009/02/10/8341791.htmlIt's highly unlikely and almost inconceivable that with a stadium deal in place we would not grant an expansion team to Ottawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tissue Man Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 A team in Ottawa more likely now?i hope so.. better then the CFL for the 3rd or 4th time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 This is an incredible story: Huge Montreal soccer crowd revels in Impact's 2-0 victory over SantosMONTREAL — The fans turned out to Olympic Stadium in droves and the Montreal Impact responded.Eduardo Sebrango scored twice as the Impact fed off the noise and enthusiasm of 55,571 spectators at Olympic Stadium for a stunning 2-0 victory over Santos Laguna of Mexico in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday night.The Impact will take a two-goal advantage into the second leg of the two-game, total goals series March 5 in Torreon, Mexico, where the stadium holds 30,000."We needed a boost because it was our first competitive game since October, and they gave us a big boost," Impact coach John Limniatis said of the fans, most of them dressed in Impact blue and white. "They really helped us with their energy."The veteran Sebrango, signed in the off-season from Vancouver, worked a give-and go with Roberto Brown, slid between two defenders and blasted a shot past goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez in the fifth minute to a huge roar from the stands, where many fans were still making their way to their seats.Sebrango said the shot went off a Santos defender, but "I'll take it."In the 77th minute, defender Nevio Pizzolitto's long ball down the middle on a free kick was headed into the box by Brown and went over a Santos defender. Sebrango jumped and just beat Sanchez to the ball to head it in and give Montreal a commanding lead in the home-and-away series."This is the top of my career," Sebrango added. "I didn't know I could play in this tournament when I signed with Montreal because I played in Vancouver last year."So this is a bonus - to score and play in front of 55,000. Hopefully we'll win (the series) and it'll be ever bigger next time."It was the largest crowd for soccer at the domed facility since 58,000 fans took in a playoff game with he Montreal Manic of the defunct North American Soccer League and Chicago Sting in 1982.The Impact, forced indoors by winter weather, won over thousands of new fans by reaching the quarter-final and the huge crowd was seen by soccer officials as a breakthrough for the sport in hockey-mad Canada.A quarter-final Tuesday night in Houston drew just over 10,000 fans as the Dynamo tied 1-1 with Atlante of Mexico in their first leg."Nothing's over," cautioned Limniatis. "It's 2-0, but we all know the game in Mexico will be extremely tough."They'll have a lot of energy."The Impact will play an exhibition game against Dynamo in Houston on Saturday before heading to Torreon, which is in northern Mexico not far from the Texas border.Santos coach Daniel Guzman, who said his team struggled on the synthetic surface at the Big O, predicted a much different match on grass in Mexico."The Impact took advantage of our mistakes and we weren't alert enough," Guzman said through a translator. "But we'll learn from this and I have no doubt we will make it up in the return leg."The Santos side also had trouble containing Sebrango and Brown, both quick, tall and strong on crosses or lobs into the middle.The Mexicans like to move the ball in quick, short passes, but a rare long ball nearly tied it in the seventh minute. Impact goaltender Matt Jordan just managed to sweep the ball away from star striker Christian Benitez, who three minutes later had another chance but shot over the bar. Benitez was a threat to score all night.The Impact played tight defence around its box, but fans gasped as defender Pedro Quinonez curled a free kick to the left post that forced Jordan to make a diving save in the 53rd minute.The defence only tightened further when the home side went up by two goals."Turf is not the best surface for pro players with all the changes in direction," said Impact midfielder Sandro Grande. "It takes a toll on your body."But it's difficult for us, too. We have a new (outdoor) stadium with beautiful green grass and we can't wait to get on it. I don't think they missed any passes or goals because of the turf. It's just as hard for us. But if we get 55,000 out to Olympic Stadium well, let's play on turf every time."The Impact normally play next door to Olympic Stadium at 13,000-seat Saputo Stadium, which they fill regularly for United Soccer Leagues matches.It was Montreal's first real match since its final game of the Champions League group stage against Atlante on Oct. 28. The team regrouped in early January for training camp, which included a three-week stay in Italy, where they played five exhibition matches against lower-division clubs.Montreal got into the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League by edging Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps for the Voyageurs Cup in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship last spring.They then beat Real Esteli of Nicaragua in a playoff to reach the group stage, where they qualified for the quarter-finals by finishing second in their four-team group to Atlante.Olympic Stadium's biggest soccer crowd ever was more than 70,000 for the 1976 Olympic final between East Germany and Poland.In Wednesday's other CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final first leg, CD SC Cruz Azul beat Pumas UNAM 1-0 in Mexico City.Should Montreal win its quarter-final, it will play again at the Big O in the semifinals, with the first leg between March 17 and March 19 and the second April 7-9. The home and away final is to run April 21-23 and April 28-30.The winner advances to the FIFA Club World Cup in December in the United Arab Emirates. The 2008 champion was Manchester United.The two yellow cards shown by American referee Terry Vaughn went against Montreal, to Brown in the 45th minute and substitute Felix Brillant in the 90th minute.Montreal was without team captain Mauro Biello (collarbone), defender Stefano Pesoli (knee) and midfielder Simon Gatti (thigh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 TFC game tomorrow @ 3:30 @ BMO field (on CBC)Could be a chilly one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Nice to see the game in 16:9, but it looks upconverted. Maybe the CBC has the good cameras for tonight's Habs-Leafs game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Real Madrid @ Toronto FC, August 7, BMO Field with real grass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Supposedly Rangers are coming to as a part of the deal for Mo Edu...Real will be a hard ticket to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Xrist so lamedon donovan said some shit about bex (find it yerself) and here's the repercussion much adu bout nothing? bex is gone though, realisticly 'hope you're happy landon you poncey cunt way to promote fitba in the god ole US of A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 wanker forum please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 The Toronto FC/Real Madrid game will be on Gol TV HD on Friday at 7:30 pm. It's in free preview mode for August. Channel 501 in Ottawa on Rogers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 I'd rather watch F-1 time trials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Point being, Gol TV High Definition is available in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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