Beyond POV-FS - Know Your Enemy: Montreal Impact – Meeting the Fourth at Waking the Red

    Preview of tonight's match between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo is up over at Waking the Red.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: New England Revolution – Meeting the First at Waking the Red

    Preview of this afternoon’s match between Toronto FC and the New England Revolution at BMO Field is up over at Waking the Red.

Part One – Part Two

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Houston Dynamo – Meeting the First at Waking the Red

    Preview of tonight’s match in Houston between the Dynamo and Toronto FC is up over at Waking the Red.

    Part One and Part Two.

Thoughts? - An Interesting Parallel

    News of three Toronto FC players having been arrested following an evening out on the town in Houston has been trickling out all day.

Foresight - MLS Round 13 Weekend Preview

Four questions to be answered in this the thirteenth weekend of MLS action.

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy: Sporting KC – Meeting the First at Waking the Red

    Preview of Saturday’s match at Livestrong Sporting Park between Toronto FC and Sporting KC is up over at Waking the Red.

Honduran News Rounds

    A little bit late, but nevertheless here’s a run down of the Honduran news, history, and story-lines of interest heading into tonight’s match.

Refereeing in CONCACAF

    With Canada in the midst of a World Cup Qualifying campaign it’s only a matter of time before the age-old complaints about the standards of refereeing begin to rear their heads.

First Person View - Cuban News Rounds

    The Canadian National Team is in Cuba to embark on the next round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualification. This is only the first step of many, but an important, if not vital, chance at road points that could prove crucial to progression.

First Person View – Euro 2012 Previews

    I could feasibly take the time to research and compose detailed previews of each nation’s representatives at the big tournament of the summer. But let’s face it; they would pale in comparison to the following:

Beyond POV-FS – Birth of a Flagship: An Excursion Through Toronto FC’s KIA Academy and Training Ground at The Shin Guardian

    New article up over at The Shin Guardian, detailing the new Toronto FC academy site, the history of the project, my thoughts on the tour – MLSE was kind enough to include me – and a myriad of topics on the transition from the college system to the academy in MLS.

    Give it a read.

First Person View – Canada-USA Build-Up – Day One - Press Conference

    Still damp from the morning exposure, but freshly refueled with some coffee and a rather tasty hipster burger, the time had come to head over to BMO Field for the official pre-match press conference with the head coaches and a player representative.

First Person View – Canada-USA Build-Up – Day One – Canada Training Session

    Lovely weather welcomed the Canadian National Team back home to Toronto. Howling winds and slashing rains, less than comforting conditions especially given it was a return from an extended warm-weather acclimatization camp in Florida in preparation for the midday match in Cuba next Friday.