Pre-Match / Match / Post-Match Thread - Toronto FC vs. Portland Timbers - August 15, 2012 (R)

Discussion in 'Toronto FC' started by atlanticTFCfan, Aug 11, 2012.

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How will the Toronto FC - Portland Timbers match finish?

Poll closed Aug 15, 2012.
  1. Toronto FC wins by two or more goals

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  2. Toronto FC wins by one goal

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  3. It'll end in a draw

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  4. Portland Timbers win by one goal

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  5. Portland Timbers win by two or more goals

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  1. atlanticTFCfan

    atlanticTFCfan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 14, 2007
    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
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    What/When
    • Toronto FC (5-4-13) will return home to BMO Field to take on the Portland Timbers (5-5-12) on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 7:30 pm EDT.
    TV/Video
    Radio/Audio
    And The Match...
    Five Match Trend
    • TFC: WWWLL
    • POR: LLLLD
    Last Match vs. Portland
    • July 30, 2011 at POR - TFC 2 POR 2
    Supporters Group Match Thread Links
    And While You're In Toronto...
    • Why not stop by the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE, if you will!) after the match, or even before it? The CNE runs from August 17 to September 3 this year.
     
  2. RetreadFC

    RetreadFC Member

    Sep 8, 2008
    Oshawa
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Huge backline woes for this game:

    When Toronto takes on Portland Wednesday night at BMO Field (TSN at 7:30 p.m. ET), the Reds could give a few players a chance to stake their claim to the TFC backline.
    International duty, discipline and injuries have Toronto depleted on defence heading into the match.
    Newly signed Ireland international Darren O’Dea will be in Serbia for a friendly. Also expected to be absent are Dicoy Williams (Jamaica) and Doneil Henry (Canada), representing their respective nations.
    The postponement of last Saturday’s match in Columbus means Logan Emory will serve a suspension Wednesday, punishment for a red card received in Chicago. During the same match Jeremy Hall picked up an ankle injury that will have him sidelined for Portland.
    This leaves only two regular first team defenders in camp for the midweek match, Richard Eckersley and Ashtone Morgan. They are joined in Toronto by Adrian Cann, Ty Harden – both former starters – and rookie Aaron Maund. Two of these players could find their way to the starting lineup.
    The defence isn’t the only area where Toronto will be missing regulars. Other players expected to be out of the lineup due to international duty are midfielder Terry Dunfield (Canada) and forward Ryan Johnson (Jamaica).
    This means BMO Field will have to wait to see the pairing of Johnson and Eric Hassli on attack.
    TorontoFC.ca will be at the Kia Training Ground on Tuesday with latest player & coach interviews on Toronto FC TV, looking ahead to Wednesday's match.
     
  3. DavemTFC

    DavemTFC Member

    Apr 4, 2012
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    I think all things considered this is the strongest lineup we can put out:

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    Blech. Good thing we're playing Portland.
     
  4. TFC Ajax

    TFC Ajax Member+

    Mar 20, 2011
    Greater Toronto Area
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    to be honest, although the CB pairing looks like shit, the rest looks better IMO. Johnson shouldn't be starting up top ahead of Silva or Hassli and Stinson is pretty much a faster version of Dunfield. The only change I would make (mind you Mariner would never do this) is put Avila beside Frings and Stinson on the outside.

    Another likely possibility is that Maund plays DM beside Frings and Harden plays CB with Cann.
     
  5. DavemTFC

    DavemTFC Member

    Apr 4, 2012
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Good points. Only reason I put Maund really is that he's actually been in the line-up recently whereas Harden hasn't played since, around April I think (Liverpool game notwithstanding). With Cann also playing for the first time in a while I think it'd be too much to have Harden with him. Other possibilities would be Ecks at CB and Maund or even Stinson at RB...or Frings as emergency CB, but with no Dunfield that would leave the center midfield with zero experience.
    Agreed that Avila is better in the middle (he too could be an option to play behind Hassli instead of Silva) but I think he's acceptable out wide (I think that's where he played at RSL earlier this year). And as you said Mariner will never put him in the middle anyway. He'll probably be starting one of Amarikwa and Wiedeman too, but I hope that doesnt happen.
     
  6. ArteEtLabore

    ArteEtLabore Member

    Dec 16, 2006
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    I think Harden has had an injury of late. I'd start Harden over Maund, but I'm sure Mariner thinks otherwise. I also think he'd start weideman or amerikwa over avila for god knows whatever reason
     
  7. RetreadFC

    RetreadFC Member

    Sep 8, 2008
    Oshawa
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Larson is saying Harden will start at RB. I guess Ecks stays in CB. Would rather Stinson at RB if they have to do that.
     
  8. cloak

    cloak Member

    Aug 25, 2010
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    this will probably end up being exactly what happens, 90 mins of playing with 10 men (+Weideman). THX Mariner.

    is the Portland road scoreless streak still intact?
     
  9. DavemTFC

    DavemTFC Member

    Apr 4, 2012
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Yep, they've been shut out on the road the last seven games. Last time they scored away from jeld-wen is April.

    I honestly feel really bad for Portland. The way they're going they're going to be as disastrous as us in five years, and I don't wish that on anyone (except Mtl and Vancouver ;))
     
  10. atlanticTFCfan

    atlanticTFCfan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 14, 2007
    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    REFEREE: Geoff Gamble. SAR (bench): Claudio Badea; JAR (opposite): Kevin Klinger; 4th: Abbey Okulaja
    MLS Career: 16 games; FC/gm: 23.6; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 2; pens: 9

    INJURY REPORT:
    TORONTO FC
    OUT: GK Stefan Frei (L lower leg); FW Danny Koevermans (L knee ACL tear); DF Matt Stinson (R quadriceps strain); DF Jeremy Hall (L ankle sprain)

    PORTLAND TIMBERS
    OUT: DF Chris Taylor (R hip surgery)
    PROBABLE: GK Jake Gleeson (R groin strain)

    INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES:
    TOR: Terry Dunfield, Doniel Henry (Canada); Dicoy Williams, Ryan Johnson (Jamaica)
    POR: Lovel Palmer (Jamaica); Steve Purdy (El Salvador)

    SUSPENDED:
    TOR: Logan Emory (through Aug. 15)
    POR: Franck Songo’o (caution accumulation; through Aug. 15)

    WARNINGS:
    SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD:
    TOR: Richard Eckersley
    POR: Diego Chara, Lovel Palmer
    SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS:
    TOR: Ryan Johnson, Torsten Frings. Reggie Lambe, Terry Dunfield, Ashtone Morgan, Doneil Henry
    POR: Kris Boyd, Jack Jewsbury, Steven Smith, Kosuke Kimura

    HEAD-TO-HEAD
    ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Toronto FC 1 win, 4 goals … Portland Timbers 0 wins, 2 goals … Draws 1
    AT TORONTO (1 meeting): Toronto FC 1 win, 2 goals … Portland Timbers 0 wins, 0 goals … Draws 0
    LAST YEAR (MLS)
    3/26: TOR 2, POR 0 (Martina 14, 70)
    7/30: POR 2, TOR 2 (Johnson 23; Jewsbury 57 – Marosevic 71; Koevermans 81)

    * This is the only meeting between the clubs this season.
    * Toronto FC won 2-0 in the first meeting ever between the teams, March 26 of last year at BMO Field. The teams also played to a 2-2 draw in Portland.
    * Coaches record: Paul Mariner vs. POR: first game … Gavin Wilkinson vs. TOR: first game
     
  11. ArteEtLabore

    ArteEtLabore Member

    Dec 16, 2006
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Generally in a league with parity, teams dont stay bad for long and dont dominate for long. To string together 6 consecutive dismal seasons is precedent-setting and requires a level of management incompetence never seen before in mls prior to 2007. God help portland if their mgmt is anywhere close to being as bad as ours.
     
  12. PattySajak

    PattySajak Member

    Dec 8, 2011
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    I know its generally related but at least O'deas absence wasn't all for not. Dunno if anyone checked out a little of the ireland-serbia friendly but from the second half I saw he handled himself pretty good and looked to be in really good form, especially with waves of attacking from serbia in the final 20. A couple greatly timed tackles and always seemed to be positioned correctly without getting caught, and pretty calm on the ball too. Hope he shows this in the games ahead
     
  13. RetreadFC

    RetreadFC Member

    Sep 8, 2008
    Oshawa
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    He played the full game too, so at least he's in good shape. Now, will he be able to play 90 on Saturday?
     
  14. atlanticTFCfan

    atlanticTFCfan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 14, 2007
    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    OK, here's TFC's starting XI:

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    On the bench: F. Hall, Cordon, Makubuya, Wiedeman, Amarikwa.
     
  15. Polygong

    Polygong Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 8, 2007
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Glad to see Cann in the staring 11, would love to see him find his old form again.
     
  16. ArteEtLabore

    ArteEtLabore Member

    Dec 16, 2006
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    tfc concedes on a set piece. I've seen this movie before.
     
  17. TFC Ajax

    TFC Ajax Member+

    Mar 20, 2011
    Greater Toronto Area
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    wow shit, there's a game on
     
  18. adrenaline11

    adrenaline11 Member+

    Jul 29, 2010
    Toronto
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    That was some awful, awful soccer. I hope someone who's never watched MLS before didn't watch this first half.
     
  19. RetreadFC

    RetreadFC Member

    Sep 8, 2008
    Oshawa
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Yawn.

    Home against a similarly bad team, and they Portland leads in possession 60-40. Our hoof the ball up isn't working anymore.
     
  20. cloak

    cloak Member

    Aug 25, 2010
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Europe can't start soon enough.
     
  21. TFC Ajax

    TFC Ajax Member+

    Mar 20, 2011
    Greater Toronto Area
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    what just happened? the score was 1-0 Portland, I went outside for a few minutes and when I come back we're winning?
     
  22. deepm

    deepm Member

    May 13, 2009
    Mississauga
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    WOW...how many yards did Smith steal on that throw in? He just keeps walking and walking...unbelievable.
     
  23. ArteEtLabore

    ArteEtLabore Member

    Dec 16, 2006
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    The two worst teams in MLS battle it out to see which team is truly the worst in MLS. The result? Neither team won.
     
  24. TOFC/ARSENAL

    TOFC/ARSENAL Member

    Jan 20, 2007
    Terrible game last night. Our defence was dreadful. However, I did see some hopeful things at the other end of the pitch. Hassli has the goal-scoring touch. Perhaps when we get our internationals back, the backline will settle down and we will see some better results.
     
  25. DavemTFC

    DavemTFC Member

    Apr 4, 2012
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Looks like there's no remedy for an away scoreless streak quite like TFC (especially if Maund and Harden have to play).
    Hassli looked good though.
     

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