Pre-Match / Match / Post-Match Thread - Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC - July 11, 2012 (R)

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 4, 2012

What/When

Toronto FC (2-4-11) will return home to BMO Field to take on the Vancouver Whitecaps FC (8-6-4) on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 7:00 pm EDT.

TV/Video

This match will be shown live on TSN (http://www.tsn.ca/, English) and RDS (http://www.rds.ca/, French) in Canada, MLS Direct Kick and MLS Live (http://live.mlssoccer.com/, U.S. only).

Radio/Audio

CJCL AM 590 (http://www.fan590.com/) in Toronto and CFUN AM 1410 (http://www.teamsports.ca/) in Vancouver.

And The Match...

http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/files/711torvan.pdf

Five Match Trend

TFC: DWDDL

VAN: WDLWD

Last MLS Match vs. Vancouver

June 29, 2011 vs. VAN - TFC 1 VAN 0

Supporters Group Match Thread Links

U-Sector: http://z15.invisionfree.com/U_Sector/index.php?showtopic=16359

Red Patch Boys: http://redpatchboys.ca/forums/showt...T-match-TFC-vs-Vancouver-Whitecaps-Wed-Jul-11

North End Elite: http://www.kickabola.com/showthread.php?t=22892

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 11, 2012

REFEREE: Fotis Bazakos. SAR (bench): C.J. Morgante; JAR (opposite): Scott Kachmarik; 4th: Mathieu Bourdeau
MLS Career: 5 games; FC/gm: 25.8; Y/gm: 1.8; R: 0; pens: 1

INJURY REPORT:
TORONTO FC
OUT: GK Stefan Frei (L lower leg)
QUESTIONABLE: FW Nicholas Lindsay (L knee surgery recovery); DF Ty Harden (R adductor strain); DF Adrian Cann (R knee sprain); DF Doneil Henry (illness); FW Danny Koevermans (R infrapatellar fat pad irritation); MF Terry Dunfield (R eye contusion)

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
OUT: FW Atiba Harris (R knee surgery recovery); FW Omar Salgado (R foot fracture); GK Brian Sylvestre (R knee surgery recovery); MF John Thorrington (R quad strain)
DOUBTFUL: MF Matt Watson (R ankle sprain)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED:
TOR: none
VAN: Eric Hassli (caution accumulation; through July 11)

WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD:
TOR: Ryan Johnson, Torsten Frings
VAN: Martin Bonjour, Gershon Koffie
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS:
TOR: Ashtone Morgan, Julian de Guzman, Richard Eckersley
VAN: Alain Rochat

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Toronto FC 1 win, 3 goals … Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 win, 4 goals … Draws 0
AT TORONTO FC (2 meetings): Toronto FC 1 win, 1 goal … Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 0 goals … Draws 0
LAST YEAR (MLS)
3/19: VAN 4, TOR 2 (Hassli 15, 72; Dunfield 26; Harris 63 – De Rosario 20; Santos (74)
6/29: TOR 1, VAN 0 (Soolsma 54)

* The Canadian rivals are meeting for the first time this season in MLS play. But they’ve already met twice this year in the final of the Canadian Championship, Toronto FC taking the title for a third consecutive year, 2-1 on aggregate, winning the second leg 1-0 at BMO Field on May 23.
* It was the second time in as many years the clubs have met for the Canadian Championship, with TFC also winning a year ago, 3-2 on aggregate, including a 2-1 win in the second leg on the second try after the first attempt was abandoned at BMO Field.
* In league play in Whitecaps FC’s inaugural season, each team won on their home ground, Vancouver taking a 4-2 win at Empire Field in the club’s first-ever MLS game, and Toronto FC winning 1-0 at BMO Field.
* Coaches record: Paul Mariner vs. VAN: first MLS match … Martin Rennie vs. TOR: first MLS match

BearcatSA · Jul 11, 2012

atlanticTFCfan said: ↑

INJURY REPORT:
TORONTO FC
OUT: GK Stefan Frei (L lower leg)
QUESTIONABLE: FW Nicholas Lindsay (L knee surgery recovery); DF Ty Harden (R adductor strain); DF Adrian Cann (R knee sprain); DF Doneil Henry (illness); FW Danny Koevermans (R infrapatellar fat pad irritation); MF Terry Dunfield (R eye contusion)
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He's in the questionable category?

TFC Ajax · Jul 11, 2012

^he's been in that category for the last couple of games

RedCoatsforever · Jul 11, 2012

Hope Lindsay can come back soon, he showed a lot of promise in his brief time in the starting 11.

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 11, 2012

OK, here's TFC's starting XI:

On the bench: Roberts, Henry, Aceval, Maund, Stinson, Avila.

RetreadFC · Jul 11, 2012

Scary bench.

atlanticTFCfan · Jul 11, 2012

RetreadFC said: ↑

Scary bench.
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With Soolsma and Plata now gone, I can't say I blame you.

adrenaline11 · Jul 11, 2012

Great, a six man bench. They really couldn't find a seventh guy to pencil in there? Even if he won't play?

RedCoatsforever · Jul 11, 2012

Wish we could've gotten rid of Aceval instead of Soolsma

ArteEtLabore · Jul 11, 2012

Half of our bench are cbs and yet we start a rb in the central position

ArteEtLabore · Jul 11, 2012

Johnson should have got something out of that breakaay

adrenaline11 · Jul 11, 2012

Two very good chances and we still can't stick it in.

ArteEtLabore · Jul 11, 2012

Seriously?

adrenaline11 · Jul 11, 2012

Johnson in alone again and he hits the post.

The fans in the south stands are laughing at our luck right now and rightly so. Couldn't ask for better chances.

RetreadFC · Jul 11, 2012

Toronto possession 41 per cent...at least they're consistent.
Yeah, not sure why they even bother dressing Aceval. They could have put him in at CB when Hall went out, (and put Ecks back where he belongs). Time to "mutual consent" him out as well.

cloak · Jul 11, 2012

adrenaline11 said: ↑

Johnson in alone again and he hits the post.

The fans in the south stands are laughing at our luck right now and rightly so. Couldn't ask for better chances.
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you can't call the first one bad luck, Johnson simply misplayed it. players clear-in routinely feel the need to get right on top of the goalie before they release a shot, but by doing so all they're actually doing is increasing the keeper's chance of making the save. happens at every level of soccer and i'll never understand it.

adrenaline11 · Jul 11, 2012

cloak said: ↑

you can't call the first one bad luck, Johnson simply misplayed it. players clear-in routinely feel the need to get right on top of the goalie before they release a shot, but by doing so all they're actually doing is increasing the keeper's chance of making the save. happens at every level of soccer and i'll never understand it.
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I thought he was going to round Cannon and try to draw a penalty if he could.

adrenaline11 · Jul 11, 2012

Are you f'king serious??? Do Eckersley and Henry not speak the same language here? How can both of them back away from the near post/goal line when Mattocks has a clear shot on goal?

ArteEtLabore · Jul 11, 2012

2 defenders in the right spot and they both move out of the way?

cloak · Jul 11, 2012

Emory is a clown. he was pointing and barking while Mattocks was sneaking in behind him for a through ball. maybe he should focus on not being a liability.

ArteEtLabore · Jul 11, 2012

Any idea who we bring in as a sub if we're behind and need to bring in some more firepower? Or if one of the forwards gets an injury?

ArteEtLabore · Jul 11, 2012

I think i liked watching this team more when they were 0-9. At least back then I still had some hope left. Plus with a more attacking style they were never truly out of the game.

kaiteng · Jul 11, 2012

FRINGS WITH A LONG RANGE SHOT!! 2-1 TFC!!!

cloak · Jul 11, 2012

is this real life? SILVAAA FRINGSS