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Sunday 26 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy & How You Doin'? Orlando City – Meeting the First at Waking the Red

The preview materials for Toronto FC's match in Orlando on Sunday is up over at Waking the Red.

Know Your Enemy previews the opponent – Part One looks over their lineup and form, while Part Two hits the game film for reviews of their strengths and weaknesses.

In How You Doin'? Waking the Red exchanges questions with SB Nation sister site, The Mane Land, digging a little further into the opposition. The Mane Land's responses can be found here, while Waking the Red's replies are here.

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Thursday 23 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Canadian Content MLS Round 07 at Canadian Soccer News

The weekly review of the Canadian performances from the latest round of MLS play is up over at Canadian Soccer News.

The top three spots this week go to a pair of Whitecaps – Russell Teibert and Sam Adekugbe sit in the first and third places, respectively – bookending Sporting KC's Marcel de Jong.

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Saturday 18 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy & How You Doin': FC Dallas at Waking the Red

A trio of preview materials are up over at Waking the Red in expectation of TFC's match on Saturday night in Dallas.

Know Your Enemy, as it is the first and only meeting between the two clubs, comes in two parts: Part One looks over the lineup and form of Oscar Pareja's side, while Part Two digs a little deeper, reviewing the game film to highlight some strengths and weaknesses – may have gone a little overboard on the clips this week.

In How You Doin', Waking the Red exchanges questions with Brian Wachholz of SB Nation's FC Dallas site, Big D Soccer. His answers can be found here, while WTR's answers, including some musing on the curse of TFC, can be found here.

Check them out.

Wednesday 15 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Canadian Content MLS Round 06 at Canadian Soccer News

The weekly review of the Canadian performances from the latest round of MLS is up over at Canadian Soccer News.

The top three spots went to Cyle Larin, Russell Teibert, and Patrice Bernier, while seven other Canadians saw the pitch for their respective sides.

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POV-FS Out Loud! The Vocal Minority Podcast - Episode 81 #RedMoustaches

The good folks over at VMP were kind enough to (finally) grant me my season debut on the show – it's award-winning now, if you haven't heard.

As for a brief rundown of the topics, if memory serves we discussed the loss in Chicago, the announcement of the first summer friendly, Duncan and I debated the bending of the space-time continuum, as per a specific refereeing decision in Colorado (not sure if that made it past the editing room floor to be honest), as well as all the usual pageantry of Bitchy Blanks, Would You Rather, and so on.

Plus I got to steal a CAW or two in the process. Random sidenote: CAW also stands for Canadian Auto Workers and I saw one of their economists, the one from the TV, on the subway prior to recording, which I suppose is something.

It's great fun chatting with some friends, so I hope you enjoy.

The episode page can be found here. Or it can be downloaded directly from this link Or there's a thing called Soundcloud which is apparently pretty cool. And of course, if you don't want to have to remember to download every week, iTunes works – and if you're not into that, I'm sure you have some other way of getting that taken care of (do people still use RSS?).

Now to ice that hamstring.

Friday 10 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Canadian Content MLS Round 05 at Canadian Soccer News

The weekly round up of the Canadian performances from the recent MLS fixtures went up over at Canadian Soccer News earlier this week. The top three spots went to Russell Teibert, Tesho Akindele, and Ashtone Morgan.

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Saturday 4 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Know Your Enemy and How You Doin'? Chicago Fire at Waking the Red

The preview material for Toronto FC's upcoming match on Saturday against the Chicago Fire went up over at Waking the Red over the past few days.

Know Your Enemy provides a detailed look at the Fire. Part One examines their lineup and form, while Part Two hits the video tapes, reviewing game film for strengths and weaknesses.

In How You Doin', Waking the Red exchanges questions with sister SB Nation Chicago Fire site, Hot Time in Old Town, where Sean Spence provides answers to some queries and helps kick off the match with a touch of banter.

In turn, Waking the Red responded to some questions about TFC prior to the match in a Fire Side Chat – the one about the Death-Clock in particular was striking.

Check them out – and enjoy the match!

Friday 3 April 2015

Beyond POV-FS – Canadian Content MLS Round 04 at Canadian Soccer News

The usual weekly round-up for the fourth round of MLS play went up over at Canadian Soccer News on Tuesday, as nine Canadians saw action over the weekend.

The top three places go to Kofi Opare, Wandrille Lefevre, and Ashtone Morgan.

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