Is it me or does he look extra surly?C.D. MOTAGUA 2 - TORONTO FC 2
(TORONTO WINS 3-2 ON AGGREGATE)
Toronto FC are a funny club. On days when you expect them to plough through the opposition, they fail to show up. Majority of their league wins are scrappy 1-0 affairs. Then, just now and again, when it seems as if the odds are truly stacked against them, their backs go up and they snatch a win (or aggregate win at least) from the jaws of victory.
Tonight's draw, and subsequent Champions League Preliminary victory, against a tough C.D. Motagua was indeed a hard fought, against all odds result. TFC had travel woes, a bad scoring drought and a manager who seemed like he wanted to lose the match by starting TFC Academy players over established squad members. Motagua smelled blood in the water and former TFC talisman Amado Guevara looked ready to get his ultimate revenge against foe Preki, propelling the Hondurans into a very early lead.
At that point 99% of TFC supporters thought this game and TFC's CCL dream was over (admit it - you did!) and during the first half it did look done. But, as he did in Montreal in 2009, team captain and Torontonian Dwayne De Rosario put the team on his back and with the help of Chad Barrett, Maicon Santos and an outstanding Stefan Frei, overcame a dominating Motagua to get the needed draw. Arguably the biggest win in TFC's short history (why else would glory hunter Mo Johnston run on the field post-match?) and for the first time the CONCACAF Champions League proper comes to BMO Field.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Stefan Frei (TFC)... with apologies to De Ro, The Chad & MS
GOAT OF THE MATCH: Estadio Nacional... the fierce environment was pre-seasoned
MATCH IN FIVE WORDS: Ballsy. Outshot. Nail-biting. The Chad.
SENSATIONAL HEADLINE: "HERO IS SPELLED C-H-A-D"
TOTALLY FAKE POST-MATCH QUOTE: "Yo, up in The Scronx, The Skizzy, Scarlem, Scompton - Scarborough... Brrrappp! Brrrappp! I get nuff respect but now it's time for BMO to sing in the 59th Minute for De Ro yo! Enuff of this whack Dichio shizz - Sing in the 59th! Brraappp!" - Dwayne De Rosario speaks in native Scarberian of his pleasure at scoring in tonight's CCL match
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nuff said dawg, scartown talkz is the down shit for realz
ReplyDeleteIn the middle of that stupidity is a good point - shouldn't we be singing fro de Ro every game now? He's done more for this club than a hundred Dichios.
ReplyDeleteThe Dichio song has become more irrelevant with ever DeRo performance. He has stepped up when we needed him most. He deserves more recognition.
ReplyDeletebut we cant have a song for every remarkable player we have
ReplyDeleteBut we should have one for THE most remarkable one we have. There is space for the Dichio in the first half and a De Ro in the second. Problem solved. Next.
ReplyDeleteAmazing comparison of the logo to the muppets character.
ReplyDeleteSolution to songs: why don't we sing more than 4 of them?
Yeah what he said ^ - but why are the songs at BMO sung on a schedule? Why cant we do them in reaction to a play and not "Oh its 31 minutes - that means time for x-song"??? But I sit in the prawn cocktails so what do I know I guess?
ReplyDeleteOh Anonymouses, these are many questions we've pondered right behind where the songs cresendo and shaken our collective "snobby" heads many a times.
ReplyDeleteI'd personally react to the game rather than singing "Qu'est ce-que vous chantez?"... you know, since we're watching a game worth reacting to? :)