Pre-Match / Match / Post-Match Thread - Toronto FC at CD Chivas USA - July 17, 2013 (R)

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 14, 2013

What/When

Toronto FC (2-7-9) will pay a visit to StubHub Center in Carson, California to take on Club Deportivo Chivas USA (3-5-11) on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 10:30 pm EDT.

TV/Video

This match will be shown live on TSN2 (http://www.tsn2.ca/) in Canada, MLS Direct Kick and MLS Live (http://live.mlssoccer.com/, U.S. only).

Radio/Audio

CHUM AM 1050 (http://www.tsn.ca/toronto/) in Toronto and XEWW AM 690 (http://www.wradio690.com/, Spanish) in Los Angeles.

And The Match...

http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/files/201307/717chvtor.pdf

Five Match Trend

TFC: WDLDL

CHV: LDDDL

Last Match vs. Chivas USA

April 14, 2012 vs. CHV - TFC 0 CHV 1

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Chester · Jul 14, 2013

The inter-conference Toilet Bowl

scarborotfcfan · Jul 16, 2013

For what it's worth, we're just 10 points away from matching last year's whopping total of 23 and there's still sixteen games left.

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 16, 2013

scarborotfcfan said: ↑

For what it's worth, we're just 10 points away from matching last year's whopping total of 23 and there's still sixteen games left.
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If there's no playoff spot to play for, then it doesn't mean jack.

Polygong · Jul 16, 2013

It does mean that the team, is headed in the right direction at least.

ArteEtLabore · Jul 16, 2013

Polygong said: ↑

It does mean that the team, is headed in the right direction at least.
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At a glacier's pace, but yes, at least it is in the right direction.

Polygong · Jul 16, 2013

I'll take a glacier's pace improvement over the endless spinning of our wheels getting us nowhere that we've these past 7 years.

My expectation for this year was that this was a turnaround year in which our standing wouldn't be much better than last year, but my expectation for next year for it to be our breakout year where we see a large improvement, and that the new management would have the pieces largely in place by end of this season.

Not convinced that's the case just yet though.

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 17, 2013

REFEREE: Sorin Stoica. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Baldomero Toledo
MLS Career: 16 games; FC/gm: 27.4; Y/gm: 4.4; R: 3; pens: 7

DISABLED LIST:
CHIVAS USA
OUT: D Daniel Antunez (L ACL reconstruction); GK Tim Melia (lumbar discectomy); F Caleb Calvert (R foot contusion); M Aaron Ponce (L hamstring strain)
QUESTIONABLE: M Oswaldo Minda (L adductor strain)

TORONTO FC
QUESTIONABLE: F Danny Koevermans (L calf strain)

SUSPENDED:
CHV: Josue Soto (through July 17)
TOR: Doneil Henry (through July 17); Reggie Lambe (through July 17)

WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD:
CHV: none
TOR: Darel Russell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS:
CHV: Mario de Luna, Bobby Burling, Carlos Alvarez, Gabriel Farfan, Walter Vilchez
TOR: Doneil Henry, Darren O’Dea, Matias Laba

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES:
CHV: Steven Purdy (ESV)
TOR: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Chivas USA 8 wins, 20 goals … Toronto FC 2 wins, 6 goals … Draws 1
AT CHIVAS USA (5 meetings): Chivas USA 5 wins, 12 goals … Toronto FC 0 wins, 1 goal … Draws 0
LAST YEAR
4/14: TOR 0, CHV 1 (Minda 31)

* The teams are meeting for the only time this season in league play.
* Chivas USA haven’t lost to Toronto FC in the last four meetings between the clubs. They have three wins in that time, including a 1-0 victory in the only meeting a season ago, April 14 at BMO Field.
* Chivas USA have won all five meetings in the series played in Carson. TFC has scored just once in those games, that goal coming in a 3-1 loss in 2008, now 330 minutes without a road goal vs. Chivas.
* Coaches record: José Luis Real vs. TOR: first game … Ryan Nelsen vs. KC: first game

RetreadFC · Jul 17, 2013

Lineup I htink is just like Saturday's except Morgan is back at LB

kaiteng · Jul 17, 2013

Avila got a red from a late tackle.

TFC has no excuse not to win this one now.

scarborotfcfan · Jul 17, 2013

20 minutes with the extra man and zero shots on goal playing against a last-place team. Pretty dreadful.

DavemTFC · Jul 17, 2013

We're lucky tbh. That was a harsh red

DavemTFC · Jul 17, 2013

I found it funny seeing Braun come on at the same time as that Arriba Chivas announcer scream

deepm · Jul 17, 2013

LOL...Braun picks up a yellow for a foul committed by Russell. "What did I do?"

kaiteng · Jul 18, 2013

Is this 11 vs 10 men soccer?

DavemTFC · Jul 18, 2013

errr wtf was that from Beker

DavemTFC · Jul 18, 2013

You're ********ing kidding me right? What the ********ing ********

kaiteng · Jul 18, 2013

Yeah, TFC conceded a goal to a 10-men Chivas..... *facepalm*

adrenaline11 · Jul 18, 2013

Wow we're going to lose to Chivas...

kaiteng · Jul 18, 2013

TFC is so desperate they just pulled an empty net pretty early.

kaiteng · Jul 18, 2013

TFC 0-1 Chivas is your final, unfortunately.

DavemTFC · Jul 18, 2013

Embarassing.
Still not as bad as the SKC game though, no matter what De Vos says

scarborotfcfan · Jul 18, 2013

That was ugly. Nothing else to say.

adrenaline11 · Jul 18, 2013

DavemTFC said: ↑

Embarassing.
Still not as bad as the SKC game though, no matter what De Vos says
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SKC dominated all the way through. Chivas didn't dominate...we just sucked. The ref gifted us with a red card and somehow, with 65% possession we only got 3 shots on target.

Welshlad92 · Jul 18, 2013

Shocking.