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| by: Ben Rycroft | September 06, 2010 7:55 PM | comments: (0) |
...Or at least tries to before taking cover elsewhere with his kid.Here is another account of what happened. I have nothing more to add to this story other than I ran into Toronto's mayor at the Mr. Greek stand at half time. He had a chicken souvlaki and supports Canadian soccer. & ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | August 06, 2010 7:33 PM | comments: (0) |
If you enjoy listening to this podcast and are a fan of supporting grassroots soccer in Canada, I am asking for your help today.
Next weekend I'm playing in the Athletes for Africa tournament - which raises money for soccer-playing kids in the poorest parts of Africa. To read my account of la ...more
Tags: Athletes for Africa
| by: Ben Rycroft | August 06, 2010 6:50 PM | comments: (0) |
Today, we're joined by Canadian keeper of the future David Monsalve - fresh off playing in a Europa qualifier - to talk about his future with the national team and blossoming career.
And we're also joined by Toronto FC Academy product Doneil Henry - who started in the Champions League ga ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | August 04, 2010 11:43 PM | comments: (1) |
Today we're joined by Brian Quarstad, from Inside Minnesota Soccer, to talk about the upcoming USSF meeting with USL and NASL, his series on re-thinking D-2 soccer and MLS' interest in re-opening the reserve division with D-2 involvement. We'll break down the Motagua game, Toronto's Champion ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | July 29, 2010 12:35 PM | comments: (0) |
As was reported by It's Called Football in March, the NASL is continuing to seek aggressive expansion into Canada. Today, Carolina Railhawks (NASL) and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) owner Bob Young will announce his formal application to bring an NASL franchise to Hamilton. They will be targeting ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | July 29, 2010 11:19 AM | comments: (0) |
Tonight, we'll be joined by Marc Weber, a Whitecaps writer for the Province, to talk about the Residency program there, the Caps keeping a team in NASL and how things are shaping up in their march towards MLS. We'll also get into Toronto's game versus Montagua, NYRB's imminent 3rd DP sign ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | July 20, 2010 12:20 AM | comments: (0) |
Today we're joined by Andreas Morse - who covers FC Edmonton for the local paper - to talk about the club's start, if the team will last, as well as Portsmouth coming to town.We'll also dissect the Stefan Frei to Stoke rumour, discuss whether Bob Bradley has done enough to earn an extension ...more
Tags: MLS, FC Edmonton
| by: Ben Rycroft | June 20, 2010 3:37 PM | comments: (1) |
Today, we're joined by former Toronto FC midfielder Carl Robinson who speaks for the first time about his career in Toronto, his thoughts on the Ali Gerba and Chris Cummins interviews, his future in football and his recovery from knee surgery. We're also joined by the President of Toronto Croat ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | June 17, 2010 7:32 AM | comments: (0) |
Today we're joined by Jason Davis from Match Fit USA to talk about the Yanks start to the World Cup, DC United's DP signing and why he's sick of being asked 'Has soccer finally arrived in America?'Plus we'll also get into Sam Cronin's impending departure from Toronto FC and who will fill his ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | May 27, 2010 1:02 PM | comments: (1) |
TFC keeper Stefan Frei talks about his hot start and even tips his hand as to who may sign with the team.
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| by: Ben Rycroft | May 20, 2010 1:30 PM | comments: (0) |
We're joined by Whitecaps writer Simon Fudge as we take a look at the group that the Canadian winner would be drawn into in the CONCACAF Champions League. ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | May 11, 2010 10:47 AM | comments: (0) |
On today's show:
Toronto's dominant showing over Chicago and what Preki's lineup will look like on Wednesday; Seattle's decision to refund money and how it will be received by the league; and how CONCACAF losing its mind will help Canada qualify for the World Cup.
Plus we're ...more
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| by: Ben Rycroft | April 16, 2010 4:00 PM | comments: (2) |
In a bit of a haphazard show - Duane Rollins goes missing and is then found in time for a post-game recap of Toronto FC vs Philly.And in the meantime we were joined by Kansas City Wizards star Teal Bunbury to talk about his first goal in MLS, his goals for the year and his updated plans for ...more
Tags: It's Called Football, Teal Bunbury
| by: Ben Rycroft | March 25, 2010 5:54 PM | comments: (0) |
This comes from Toronto rapper Mike Nedza aka The White Eagle. The video doesn't do the song justice but with its easy summer vibe and TFC focused lyrics, it's hard not to imagine it finding its way into supporter's bars this summer. Enjoy ...more
Tags: Toronto FC
| by: Ben Rycroft | March 25, 2010 11:37 AM | comments: (0) |
We're joined by CBC's Jason DeVos and Fox Soccer's Ives Galarcep to break down how the league is going to look this year. We get their expert analysis on how TFC will do this season, which MLS players are going to be this year's standouts and identify which teams are going be flops and those th ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | March 11, 2010 11:22 AM | comments: (0) |
What Nick Garcia's saying on the MLS CBA front, Carl Robinson's departure, and Rudi Schuller on how Toronto treats its veteran players. ...more
| by: Ben Rycroft | March 09, 2010 10:33 AM | comments: (0) |
Paul Beirne, Toronto FC director of business operations, joins us to talk about the MLS Cup, paperless ticketing at BMO, the grass and most importantly beer prices. And we're also joined by Sam Pierron - a Kansas City Wizards writer who is attending every away game this year and writing a ...more
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Metro's Ben Rycroft writes about the Toronto Football Club and MLS in general.
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