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2016 TFC/MLS thread
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The Kid
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They're faking it? European football has existed in an organized form (in England anyways) since 1863... Toronto FC by comparison is 10 years old. You bellend. Stop talking, you know nothing...
well...tonight's the big night. in front of 60,000 at olympic stadium on terrible turf.
i have no idea what's gonna happen, but will enjoy the ride none the less, and really hope we have a blazing snowstorm for the return leg at bmo field next wednesday. me and some friends were lucky to scoop up some tickets on the temporary southend grandstand, 5 rows up.
c'mon you reds!
i have no idea what's gonna happen, but will enjoy the ride none the less, and really hope we have a blazing snowstorm for the return leg at bmo field next wednesday. me and some friends were lucky to scoop up some tickets on the temporary southend grandstand, 5 rows up.
c'mon you reds!
SneakyPete
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3-2 is not a terrible result. Two away goals was huge.
JamesM
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Watched the game, first off, they couldn't even mark the penalty box out at a major playoff game. Whatever that means in football.
Then just to watch Montreal hack and slash the entire match made me sick to my stomach. There should have been at least 10 yellows, and a red handed out.
Maybe if MLS would use FIFA refs. You'd see a real game develop. It's hard to play football when you know someone's probably going to break your legs within two seconds you receive the ball equates to a very fast and un natural game.
JamesM
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Pretty much, the PRO referee is the North American ref solution to FIFA.
PRO - Professional Referee Organization
Which means, we want injury and a fucking moron game that mimics the worst type of football. The only gentleman's game about it is how they hug you after ruining your career. Sawy, Brah. That's the game.
PRO - Professional Referee Organization
Which means, we want injury and a fucking moron game that mimics the worst type of football. The only gentleman's game about it is how they hug you after ruining your career. Sawy, Brah. That's the game.
biggest match in toronto fc history tonight. can't wait to be down at BMO Field with 36,000 others, and enjoying the atmosphere.
unlike last week in montreal, i don't anticipate any pre match shenanigans, and especiallly avoiding going down 2-0 just 15 minutes in to the game.
c'mon you reds!
unlike last week in montreal, i don't anticipate any pre match shenanigans, and especiallly avoiding going down 2-0 just 15 minutes in to the game.
c'mon you reds!
I liked what I saw even on the loss on the road to Portland. They look and feel more like an actual unified team instead of a smattering of quality players heavily interspersed with garbage.
I hope this signals a new beginning for us and that we pull through, but being a Toronto team I remain skeptical. We've certainly made acquisitions that are in the right direction, but I don't think it's fair to suggest they're MLS Cup winning material yet. It's a long season and there's lots that can happen in that time. I mean, just look what happened to Leicester City. Who would have called that one?
SneakyPete
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Altadore was a beast last night. Bradley was very good too, eating everything up, as he had been doing all through playoffs.
I am not a hardcore TFC fan, is #6 Hagglund like the Cory Cross of soccer where nobody likes him or do fans like him? He kept trying to make one touch long passes but he's not skilled enough to make that play. Of course as I was thinking that he scores later in the game. Same thing with Ricketts, I thought his play was lazy then he scores minutes later. lol
I am not a hardcore TFC fan, is #6 Hagglund like the Cory Cross of soccer where nobody likes him or do fans like him? He kept trying to make one touch long passes but he's not skilled enough to make that play. Of course as I was thinking that he scores later in the game. Same thing with Ricketts, I thought his play was lazy then he scores minutes later. lol
loopdokter
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loopdokter
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Hey,
They had an exceptional season but you can't blame me for being bitter! It's nice to see that they're finally clicking on the pitch and things are going well... It helps they've kept the same manager for more than a minute as well!
They had an exceptional season but you can't blame me for being bitter! It's nice to see that they're finally clicking on the pitch and things are going well... It helps they've kept the same manager for more than a minute as well!
loopdokter
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As an accredited referee, you have to be a FIFA qualified referee to ref MLS matches you absolute wombat.
Honestly the stuff that comes out of your mouth. Just wow. You. Do. Not. Know. What. You're. Talking. About!
Silviu Petrescu is from my hometown of Kitchener. He's arguably one of Canada's best, if not the most tenured Canadian match officials and refs within the MLS as his profession - as well as doing other high level amateur stuff. He has his full FIFA accreditation and can referee international matches, but FIFA has a 'soft' retirement of 45 for match officials and he's beyond that. He does a good majority of the high level matches within the MLS. There are several other Canadian match officials that are of note - we sent our first ever Canadian male to the World Cup in 2014 and he got to go pretty deep into the tournament. Canadian referees are starting to get noticed and development is being taken seriously by all of the provincial associations and Canada Soccer. USA Soccer has a similar system in place and is perhaps even more advanced than the Canadian system is at this point.
That's not to say there aren't refs out there doing international matches and things like the EPL that are beyond 45 years of age - because there are. What I'm trying to say is that as long as you meet your fitness test requirements, which are set by FIFA and are VERY stringent, you can keep reffing at what you seem to think is at a 'FIFA' level. Most referees often find themselves out of favour with FIFA for competitive international matches beyond the age of 45, but many can still be found reffing friendlies. Mark Clattenburg has recently received some very high level assignments and he's a year older than I am at 41, so there's been a lot more recognition for quality over one's age.
www.ontariosoccer.net/images/.../2015/referee/OSA-Referee-Grading-Protocol.pdf
The structure within Canada to obtain your ability to referee full professional football is as follows:
1. District (Levels 1-7) - anyone can become one of these. Lots of crap house league and the like, with some development league/CIS as an assistance stuff thrown your way if you're upgrading and in the upper tiers of District. If you're lucky you get to run the line on a semi-pro league like League 1, but that is very rare. This year because I was upgrading I did a lot of Ontario Provincial Development League - which are technically Provincial assignments but can be given to refs 'on the rise'. The same can be said for the OSL too.
2. Regional/Provincial (Levels 8-10) - This puts you into the provincial pool. It means you can ref CIS without questions and provincial match games like say, Ontario vs. Quebec. You would see lots of higher quality footy verging on professional. I will become a Regional ref this year provided I hit my fitness test mark and hope to move to Provincial next year. It's at this level the wheat seriously starts getting separated from the chaff and provincial assigners start streaming refs into the development program.
3. National AKA FIFA (Level 10). At this point you're basically a professional referee if you wish to be as long as you can find work within any of the professional leagues that operate within North America.
So in short, the MLS uses FIFA referees. Period.
The Kid
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praktik
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Man I hate losing on shootouts. Dont even like winning on them.
What I wouldn't have given for that Altidore header to not have been saved - but what a save!
Sometimes I wish there was at least one more 30 min extra time before shootouts! anyone seen any statistical analysis on how many times it would be done and how many shootouts we'd avoid?
What I wouldn't have given for that Altidore header to not have been saved - but what a save!
Sometimes I wish there was at least one more 30 min extra time before shootouts! anyone seen any statistical analysis on how many times it would be done and how many shootouts we'd avoid?