BTW, here's the link for the sked of the Super Group, the division that TFC Academy is in: http://www.dallascup.com/schedules/XXX/12194304.html There are three brackets in the Super Group. TFC Academy is in Bracket A.
Dallas cup is an established tournament, pretty close to 30 years, lots of changes have occured. My first trip was in the early 80's; my most recent trip was 2006; it's changed. And there was certainly no Super Group on my first trip. Quality tournament. I don't know of another American tournament that would compare to it - certainly nothing in Canada; and given the number of Mexican teams, nothing in Mexico either.
Well there are no 1/4's anymore. Top team and best second go straight to a semi-final. Perhaps they realized that fewer games during the brief period of the tournament means better quality soccer.
Video footage of TFCA's victory over AC Milan Footage of TFCA's victory over AC Milan. http://torontofc.neulion.com/tfc/console.jsp?catid=2&id=505
According to the Dallas Cup site, the three bracket winners and a wildcard advance to the semis. To do that, TFCA would have to defeat Manchester City outright tomorrow, because a wildcard spot might be out of the question. They currently have 4 points and are in second place in Bracket A, while the second-place club in Bracket B, Sao Paulo FC have 6 points.
Interesting factoid: according to Wikipedia, there have been two Canadian Dallas Cup Super Group champions, and both were NSL Select teams that won in 1983 and 1984.
BTW, TFC Academy is not the only Canadian entry in the Dallas Cup. Here are the other Canadian entries: Toronto Lynx Juniors (U19) Clarkson Comets (U17) Dorchester Rock (U17) Oakville Gunners (U17) Woodbridge Strikers (U17) Ajax Gunners (U16) Lac-St-Louis Lakers (U16)
Ouch. This isn't good. If I read this right, Man City beat the TFC Academy lads 3-0 today. Damn. Hey, they gave it a good run. Can't be disappointed with their performance.
