THE MATCHUP: It'll be a riot

Seriously. No outside food or drink at BMO

TORONTO FC (6th) VS. LA GALAXY (1st)
　
BMO Field - Saturday 7:30PM ET
TV: SPORTSNET ONTARIO & PACIFIC ---RADIO: The FAN590
　
Tornadoes. Earthquakes. Anti-Globalization protests. Riot police. Ahh, summer in Toronto! Welcome Los Angeles Galaxy - thought East LA was bad huh? Yes, MLS action returns to Toronto Saturday night amidst the biggest shutdown the city has seen since Pope John Paul II wrestled a bear at Varsity Stadium. The G20 Summit has turned downtown Toronto into an "Escape From New York" set and MLSE really saw no economic value in postponing the match for its loyal fans. But hey - replica jerseys are available - ORDER NOW!
　
Major League Soccer's World Cup break has indeed ended and Los Angeles stroll (i.e. fight through barricades) into Toronto as the league's best team. Lucky for The Reds, Galaxy will be missing their two biggest stars, Edson Buddle and Landon Donovan, who are in Africa playing in some kind of little soccer tournament. 5-a-side or something. TFC isn't without its own woes as both strikers, O'Brien White and Chad "The Chad" Barrett, are late fitness questions. Not to worry though, apparently Mo Johnston is in the market for a new striker. (Oh, sorry. Those were my notes from 2007. And 2008. Part of 2009 as well.)
　
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "The Toronto Apocalypse Derby"
　
LA RIOTS: Donovan Ricketts GK, Omar Gonzalez D, Chris Klein MF
RED ARMY: Dwayne De Rosario MF, Stefan Frei GK, Adrian Cann D
　
THE ODDS:
- More than 300 fans showing up at BMO: 10-1
- LA press claiming "Toronto just too dangerous a city": 7-1
- Maxim Usanov punching a police horse: 2-1
- Supporter getting tasered for having a juice box in bag: EVENS
　
WHO ARE YA? (Special G20 Edition)
- French and Italian G20 leaders will attend the match to see some "proper football"
- Preki has asked Summit organizers to build security fence around Stefan Frei
- Exhibition-bound GO Trains and streetcars to be armoured like in "Mad Max"
- Ultras' flares made redundant by tear gas smoke wafting in from downtown Toronto
　
ANARCHIST MARXISTS SAY: 1-0 Toronto
CAPITALIST FAT-CATS SAY: 1-1 Draw
HEADLINE: "G20 PROTESTERS DEMAND END TO POVERTY, GLOBALIZATION AND MO JOHNSTON"

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