Finally, an answer for TFC's defence
TORONTO VS. SAN JOSE
BMO FIELD - SATURDAY 1PM ET
TV: TSN
THE KICKABOUT:
"SIXual Healing" makes its home debut on Saturday as The Reds return to BMO Field for the first time in 2012. Toronto starts its home schedule after an early season that has been a roller coaster of emotion. The incredible highs of the SkyDome spectacular and the following week's elimination of Galaxy from the CCL was tempered heavily after taking a beating last week in Seattle - which also included the injury to club captain Torsten Frings. Being without the team's German talisman for the next 4-6 weeks will be a challenge to TFC who depend on him so heavily and especially to their very porous defensive unit. With Frings' absence, Julian de Guzman will get a chance to disprove his naysayers as the Scarborough native will captain TFC through an important early season period which sees the club play 5 matches in 14 days starting with the tricky Earthquakes.
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "The Yallop to Victory"
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
TORONTO: Miguel Aceval, Julian de Guzman, Danny Koevermans
SAN JOSE: Simon Dawkins, Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski
THE ODDS:
- After two weeks of flawless summer weather, BMO Field to turn into a freezing, monsoon-like environment right around 12:58 PM: EVENS
- Ex-Reds Alan Gordon and Sam Cronin both scoring hat-tricks: 10-1
- Aron Winter's defensive high line getting far too aggressive - ending up in the Food Building: 25-1
WHO ARE YA?
Much like the CCL or the Voyageurs Cup, San Jose play in a separate cup competition of international clubs who have chosen names that (for some reason) represent horrifying natural calamities. It wasn't a great year for The Quakes as the final 2011 table for the "EXXON Natural Disaster Superliga" shows:
1. Atletico Mudslide - 30
2. Famine Wanderers - 26
3. Grasshopper-Pestilence - 25
4. Eintracht Flooding - 20
5. FC Influenza Pandemico - 17
6. San Jose Earthquakes - 12
7. FC Red Bull Drought - 8
POST-MATCH HEADLINE: "REDS FANS QUAKE AS TFC DEFENCE BECOMES FAULT-LINE"
TORONTO VS. SAN JOSE
BMO FIELD - SATURDAY 1PM ET
TV: TSN
THE KICKABOUT:
"SIXual Healing" makes its home debut on Saturday as The Reds return to BMO Field for the first time in 2012. Toronto starts its home schedule after an early season that has been a roller coaster of emotion. The incredible highs of the SkyDome spectacular and the following week's elimination of Galaxy from the CCL was tempered heavily after taking a beating last week in Seattle - which also included the injury to club captain Torsten Frings. Being without the team's German talisman for the next 4-6 weeks will be a challenge to TFC who depend on him so heavily and especially to their very porous defensive unit. With Frings' absence, Julian de Guzman will get a chance to disprove his naysayers as the Scarborough native will captain TFC through an important early season period which sees the club play 5 matches in 14 days starting with the tricky Earthquakes.
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "The Yallop to Victory"
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
TORONTO: Miguel Aceval, Julian de Guzman, Danny Koevermans
SAN JOSE: Simon Dawkins, Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski
THE ODDS:
- After two weeks of flawless summer weather, BMO Field to turn into a freezing, monsoon-like environment right around 12:58 PM: EVENS
- Ex-Reds Alan Gordon and Sam Cronin both scoring hat-tricks: 10-1
- Aron Winter's defensive high line getting far too aggressive - ending up in the Food Building: 25-1
WHO ARE YA?
Much like the CCL or the Voyageurs Cup, San Jose play in a separate cup competition of international clubs who have chosen names that (for some reason) represent horrifying natural calamities. It wasn't a great year for The Quakes as the final 2011 table for the "EXXON Natural Disaster Superliga" shows:
1. Atletico Mudslide - 30
2. Famine Wanderers - 26
3. Grasshopper-Pestilence - 25
4. Eintracht Flooding - 20
5. FC Influenza Pandemico - 17
6. San Jose Earthquakes - 12
7. FC Red Bull Drought - 8
POST-MATCH HEADLINE: "REDS FANS QUAKE AS TFC DEFENCE BECOMES FAULT-LINE"
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