5 Reasons Why: Preki, JDG, White, Grass, Fans
Nigel Reed
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5 reasons why Toronto FC will make the playoffs in 2010
All things come to those who wait, or so it is written. For all we know it was actually written by a crusty old hermit who won the lottery, married a surgically enhanced bimbo 60 years his junior and died of gluttony within a year of his good fortune.
Fans of Toronto FC have waited and waited for things to start arriving, and are still waiting. They are waiting for the team they embraced three years ago, and into which they have invested a considerable financial and emotional commitment, to start giving back.
Patience, in soccer as in life, is indeed a virtue. The wait is almost over; the reward is at hand. The frustration, felt by so many for so long, will finally end in 2010. The promised land of the playoffs beckons and here are my five reasons why the post-season is coming to Canada for the first time in franchise history.
Overhaul Needed
Paul James
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TFC’s release of Adrian Serioux – just the start
TFC have made the decision to not renew the contract of Scarborough native Adrian Serioux. A few people are scrambling for a reason or reasons as to why the club would make the decision, especially considering he is a Canadian player, playing as a defender, in an area of real concern for the team.
Not too many people seem to consider that Serioux is not good enough for the role and the purpose of new TFC head coach Preki, which is the more realistic reason.
Career-ending injury? If so, then say it. Makes no sense to not state this.
Contract negotiations breaking down? If so, then say so.
Man Of Many Layers
Ben Knight
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Onward!
Preki: first impressions
He’s got some rascal in him, this one.
Thursday’s BMO Field presser announcing details of the 2010 Voyageurs Cup tournament was the first chance I’ve had to study Toronto FC’s new coach eyeball-to-eyeball.
Preki – new to the whole thing, lurching back and forth between loosey-goosey and tentative – put on an intriguing show.
While his fellow coaches (Marc Dos Santos of the Montreal Impact, Teitur Thordarson of the Vancouver Whitecaps) sat obediently and somewhat nervously behind their respective microphones, Preki lounged/sprawled way back in his chair, making occasional whispered jokes, clearly enjoying himself.
Asked to speak of the Canadian competition’s importance, he shrugged off his total inexperience with the tournament, noting he has already seen that the V-Cup generates far more excitement in Canada than its American counterpart – the U.S. Open Cup – does Stateside.
He was prepared for that one. The intriguing part, for me, was watching this sharp, calculating, Mercurial man when caught a little bit off-guard.
