What/When Toronto FC (5-5-13) will return home to BMO Field to take on Sporting Kansas City (12-4-7) on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm EDT. TV/Video This match will be shown live on Gol TV Canada (http://www.goltv.ca/) in Canada, KSMO Channel 62.1 (http://www.kctv5.com/category/210183/my-ksmo-tv) in Kansas City, MLS Direct Kick and MLS Live (http://live.mlssoccer.com/). Radio/Audio CJCL AM 590 (http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/) in Toronto. And The Match... http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/4458695/818torkc-pdf-1-1-meg?da=y Five Match Trend TFC: WWLLD SKC: WLDLW Last Match vs. Kansas City June 16 at SKC - TFC 0 SKC 2 Supporters Group Match Thread Links U-Sector: http://z15.invisionfree.com/U_Sector/index.php?s=760ca6896c5d645f1525a8c5278bda2b&showtopic=16473 Red Patch Boys: http://redpatchboys.ca/forums/showt...porting-KC-Sat-Aug-18-4-30pm-on-GOL-TV-Canada North End Elite: http://www.kickabola.com/showthread.php?t=22920 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.
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): Anthony Vasoli; JAR (opposite): Matthew Nelson; 4th: Mathieu Bourdeau MLS Career: 84 games; FC/gm: 24.9; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 24; pens: 23 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) SPORTING KANSAS CITY OUT: DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); FW Jacob Peterson (R shoulder sprain) DOUBTFUL: GK Jon Kempin (R ankle fracture) QUESTIONABLE: MF Bobby Convey (R hamstring strain); MF Peterson Joseph (R hamstring strain) PROBABLE: DF Lawrence Olum (L groin strain); DF Seth Sinovic (R ankle sprain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: TOR: Richard Eckersley SKC: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: TOR: Ryan Johnson, Torsten Frings. Reggie Lambe, Terry Dunfield, Ashtone Morgan, Doneil Henry SKC: Julio Cesar, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers, Jimmy Nielsen, Paulo Nagamura, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (13 meetings): Toronto FC 3 wins, 9 goals … Sporting Kansas City 6 wins, 16 goals … Draws 4 AT TORONTO (6 meetings): Toronto FC 2 wins, 3 goals … Sporting Kansas City 1 win, 1 goal … Draws 3 FUTURE MATCH: 9/1: Sporting Kansas City vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. CT * The teams are meeting for the second time this season. First-half goals from C.J. Sapong and Julio César gave Sporting a 2-0 victory, June 16 in Kansas City. Paul Mariner’s first game in charge of TFC. * TFC haven’t lost to KC at home since 2007, when the then-Wizards came away with a 1-0 win in the first ever game at BMO Field on April 28. Toronto FC have won two of their five home meetings since, with three draws. * Sporting have won the last three home meetings with TFC, including both encounters at Livestrong Sporting Park. * Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. TOR: P5 W3 D2 L0 … Paul Mariner v KC: P1 W0 D0 L1
Kocic needs some time out of goal, he hasn't been the same since the win in NE and seems tentative and uneasy. Freddy Hall looked comfortable in his exhibition appearance with Liverpool and should probably get a look in net. granted, it was a moronic thing for Weideman to do which led to the goal, but i put it on Mariner because scrubs like Weideman and Emory should be playing reserve games at best. Hassli and O'Dea are promising signings but it's meaningless if you throw a few clowns into the starting XI with them. perhaps we should tap into our Academy rather than signing and playing proven garbage. Morgan and Eckersley are dynamic wingbacks, playing people needlessly out of position is unjustifiable. put Henry with O'Dea and sign one proven CB in the off season. problem immediately solved...does it really have to be so difficult? he'll probably sign us a holding MF from British Virgin Islands.
They're also getting pretty boring to watch. Hoof the ball up and hope for the best. We're averaging less than 40 per cent possession per game. Today the game went soemthing like this. KC with the ball, they bring ball down , Toronto gets possession in the box. Kocic kicks the ball up...right to KC player. Rinse, lather repeat.
This had my head shaking at the match. Not only did that sub/switch lead to us to having 3 defensive players out of "natural" position....it removed one of our most effective offensive weapons.......Morgan's darts up the flank and sharply hit balls into the box. Playing his off wing he doesn't (can't) attempt them.
I'va said this many times and I'll say it again. I dont get what mariner sees in emory. Even more so playing out of position. Silva also looked like his head was elsewhere. On the positive, i'm liking hassli more and more each game
Btw - does anyone know what went on with that supposed red card towards the end of the game? I was at the game so i didnt getbtonhear any of the commentary on it
From what I understand, Amarikwa didn't like an apparent foul (might have been handball) against him, so after saying something to the referee about it, the referee showed him a straight red card. Afterwards, the referee turned to the TFC bench and apparently stated that he made a mistake, as in he wanted to give Amarikwa a yellow card instead, which is what he eventually got.
Hassli and O'Dea good. Wiedeman bad. Mariner's tactics weird. Game boring. Rongen can't speak French. ^Game summed up
What happened was that Amirakwa yelled something bad in the referee's direction. The ref pulled out the red card. Then A. explained to the ref that he was swearing at the player behind the ref not AT the ref, so the ref rescinded the card.
That is what it appeared to be from my seat......which just made me lose a bit of respect for the official. The ref just said, with that action, "abuse and lack of respect on the pitch is ok as long as it is not directed at an official." If what he said warranted a straight red if directed at a ref.....does it not also warrant a straight red if directed at an opposing player? The next time a player gets a red for yelling at a ref "You dirty cheating $(*%&@" he should just say "not you, him!"