"Offence? Attractive football? Bah Humbug!"TORONTO FC (9th) VS. CHIVAS USA (13th)
BMO Field - Saturday 4PM ET
TV: CBC RADIO: THE FAN 590
It's hard to reflect on the state of TFC right now without being biased by the great win against Motagua this past Tuesday. However, before that historic (for Toronto at least) draw in Honduras, TFC's regular season has been mediocre at best for the last five or six weeks. Returning home after a nightmare "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" journey, and with their "Now With 6 Added Matches!" apparent lack of depth, TFC could be in for a hard day against a club that may be a vision of Toronto future.
Chivas USA arrive in town a low-table, re-building, faceless squad. Why the re-build? Much of it has to do with their last manager... Preki. In his time at the Mexi-Merican club Preki played a defence-first turtle style; got rid of flair players (like Amado Guevara) and filled the roster with grinding journeymen; put all his offensive eggs in one talented attacking midfielder (the now Anderlecht-based Sacha Kljestan) while ignoring other scoring possibilities; and... had three early playoff exits to show for it.
Months after Preki's departure from The Goats, new manager Martin Vasquez (who likes football) is attempting to re-invent a team left with a bunch of grinders and few technical footballers. Chivas have four loan-players to try and inject some football back into their football team but are still a husk of a squad. Prekiball is all fine and good when the team is pulling together and winning 1-0 but what about when Preki inevitably leaves TFC? Will The Reds be left with a team full of workmen who can only play one boring (and ultimately unsuccessful) turtle-style too? I'd say don't worry but it will be the “soon-to-have-a-shiny-new-CCL-contract” Mo Johnston left to re-build it. That blows goats.
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "Goat v Beaver 2010"
RED EYES: Mista, Maicon Santos, Nana Attakora
GOATS-A-GO-GO: Ante Jazic, Maykel Galindo, Jonathan Bornstein
THE ODDS:
- TFC will go more than one week without a "Preki reunion": 3-1
- BMO Field supporters to argue right to drink "Chivas Regal" during match: 10-1
- Mo Johnston to emerge from his bunker wearing a shiny gold jacket with "Champions League 2010 Director" on the back - then promise new signings: 2-1
- Mo Johnston making a signing: 5000-1
WHO ARE YA?
- To combat the seabird problem at Home Depot Center, Chivas have borrowed TFC's "Bitchy" idea and introduced "Putey" a bird-chasing goat"
- Chivas USA were named to FIFA's "All-time Non-foreign but Sound Foreign Domestic Clubs Top 10" beating out FC Glasgow Celtic Copenhagen, Barca Mongolia and FC Zenit St.Petersburg Florida for top-spot
- Fans at Chivas home matches are enjoying a new Chip Butty-themed snack with a local MexiCali twist - it's a heavily buttered burrito filled with spicy curly fries called "El Coronarios Amigo"
- Low attendance at Chivas and the burgeoning MLS market north of the border had Goats' owners considering moving the club to Canada in 2008. Sadly "CD Chivas Saskatoon CDN" never materialized
GHOST OF PREKI PRESENT SAYS: 1-0 Toronto
GHOST OF PREKI PAST SAYS: 0-0 Draw
HEADLINE: "TFC BLOWS OUT GOATS" or "TFC BLOWS GOATS"
" El Coronarios Amigo" - Hola heartattackio
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