Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Santos Laguna – CCL Come Out and Play (Home) Edition at Waking the Red.

    Preview of tonight’s crucial Champions League tie between Toronto FC and Santos Laguna at BMO Field is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo

    The initial reaction:

Upon Further Review – Toronto FC at Columbus Crew

Some assorted thoughts on the match:

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo – Meeting the Third at Waking the Red

    Preview of Saturday’s match between Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium is up over at Waking the Red.

    Check it out.

Foresight – MLS Round 23 Weekend Preview

    Four questions to be answered in this the twenty-third round proper of MLS weekend action.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Columbus Crew – Meeting the Second at Waking the Red

    Preview of tonight’s match between Toronto FC and Columbus Crew at Crew Stadium is up over at Waking the Red.

Beyond POV-FS - Op-Ed: Interpreting Di Vaio’s Words On MLS at The Shin Guardian

    New piece up over at The Shin Guardian looking at Marco Di Vaio’s comments about MLS to La Gazzetto dello Sport from a while back, getting at what he meant, whether he was right, and if North American fans should care.

    Give it a read.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC v Sporting KC

Some assorted thoughts on the match:

Foresight – MLS Round 22 Weekend Preview

    Four questions to be answered in this the twenty-second round proper of MLS weekend action.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Sporting Kansas City – Meeting the Second at Waking the Red

    Preview of Saturday’s match between Toronto FC and Sporting Kansas City at BMO Field is up over at Waking the Red.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC v Portland Timbers

Some initial thoughts from the match:

First Person View – A Matter of Taste

    I made a mistake the other day.

    I’ve delayed in posting this as I battled with the self-aggrandizing aspect of its nature; not sure if this comes across as furthering the issue or truly apologizing. Hopefully it is the latter.

Beyond POV-FS - Know Your Enemy: Portland Timbers – Meeting the Only at Waking the Red

    Preview of tonight’s match between Toronto FC and the Portland Timbers at BMO Field is up over at Waking the Red.

POV-FS Out Loud – Soccer Made in Portland: Episode 61

    Ever wonder what sort of voice belongs to these innumerable words?

    Well, now is your first chance to catch a listen.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC at Chicago Fire

    Some assorted thoughts on the match.

Foresight - MLS Round 21 Weekend Preview

    Four questions to be answered in this the twenty-first round proper of MLS weekend action.

First Person View – When the Decision Goes Against & Moving On

    Much ink has been spilt over this controversy already, so rather than go over the whole story over again I thought it pertinent to take a look at a few of the parallels that have not yet been mentioned.

Upon First Glance – Toronto FC v CD Aguila – CCL Edition

    All of the flaws that showed themselves vs. Houston – the lack of movement, the poor passing, and the failure to back each other up - were all reversed on this night.

Foresight – Round 20 Weekend Preview

        Four questions to be answered in this the twentieth round proper of MLS weekend action:

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Chicago Fire – Meeting the Second over at Waking the Red

    Preview of tonight’s match between Toronto FC and Chicago Fire at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois is up over at Waking the Red.

Upon Further Review – Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

    Rewatching the match was a desperate undertaking.

The One that Got Away – And a Few Others

    Well, he’s been off the pitch for some time now, but Carl Robinson has officially announced his retirement. Having last graced the surface of Red Bull Arena, as a substitute for Teemu Tainio at the start of the second half when New York hosted Kansas City on April 30th last season – they won 1-0, by the way, with Robbo helping to hold at lead for the remainder of the match.

First Person View – Carl Robinson Retires. Wait, What?

    A few months ago I wrote about Montreal Impact trying to steal the spotlight away from the finale of the Voyageur’s Cup between the other two Canadian MLS Clubs – Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps – by announcing the acquisition of Marco Di Vaio the very morning after the match in Toronto, choking the airways, not with talk of the match, but of the Italian striker.