THE STARTING 11: Ways that Toronto FC players spent their bye week

SPRING BREAK! Woooot! Ok, not quite a kegger on Daytona Beach but TFC players and staff have had a few extra days off to relax recently. So while you toil away in whatever corporate ant farm is destroying your soul... take a moment to think of those more fortunate than you and how they spent a lovely spring week...

11. JACKSON: Touring city parks... tackling daffodils from behind

10. NICK HAGGLUND: Leaving Drake way too many unanswered voice mails

9. DWAYNE DE ROSARIO: Signing invisible airline ticket. Going on invisible tropical vacation.

8. MICHAEL BRADLEY: Mostly staring menacingly straight ahead

7. JULIO CESAR: Buying one of the few remaining local Little Caesars pizza chains. Removing the "E" from "Caesars". Laughing hysterically.

6. TIM LEIWEKE: Using giant eraser on Maple Leafs' parade route

5. BRIGHT DIKE: Wondering aloud why the beverage Sprite isn't pronounce "Spee-Rite"

4. JERMAIN DEFOE: LadyAuditions

3. TIM BEZBATCHENKO: Playing lead guitar for his thrash metal group; going to Fight Club; cruisin' for honeys in the Bezmobile; late-night vigilante justice; strip Dungeons & Dragons. So, just a normal week.

2. BRADLEY ORR: Getting better acquainted with Toronto. Head-butting locals.

1. JIM BRENNAN: Named TFC Assistant Regional VP of Vacations

THE STARTING 11: MLS signs of Spring

Behold, the call of the Great Cascadian ManCannon...

It's Springtime for Garber! No foolin' yo - it's April 1st and no matter what the weather says - spring is ready to sprung up in your business. Being a league that must use a reverse-football calendar (come visit us in January Mr. Blatter), Major League Soccer counts on the seasonal change to attract fans to stadiums across North America. However, not all the signs of spring are as obvious as flowers and sunshine in MLS...
　
11. Chivas USA paid attendance triples... to 21
　
10. Terry Dunfield switches to jaunty pink and yellow sock tassels
　
9. Club Escobar's patio now open!
　
8. De Ro makes a dramatic post-goal tulip-planting motion
　
7. Forest rangers give Timber Joey the stink-eye
　
6. Landon Donovan gets moody (see: summer, autumn, and winter)
　
5. Richard Eckersley begins to blister
　
4. Southern States switch from ignoring the NHL to ignoring MLS
　
3. The three guys on the Columbus Crew logo wear tank-tops
　
2. Joe Cannon begins mating season
　
1. TFC mathematically eliminated from playoffs