East Side Stand Up

That is right - Toronto FC are now the three-time, consecutive Canadian Champs and will be representing this nation in the CONCACAF Champion's league. Player for player it was one of, if not the, best overall performance by the Reds this season and plenty of optimism abounds. Bring on Real Estali!!

However you spin it, there's no positive way to look at dropping all points to a 10-man Seattle Sounders in a 1-0 loss. Going down a man, it looked like Toronto just didn't have any ideas of how to attack the net and take advantage of their extra man.

No seriously. Nothing. You know it's a boring match when the loudest cheering comes when a squirrel runs into the net. A 0-0 draw with the lowly Sporting Kansas City continues to raise questions on the state of the team and what exactly, if anything, has been built in the first three months of the season. Still so much work to do and now it's just a matter of scratching off the days on the calendar until the transfer window and hopefully an impact player comes in to make this team exciting.

There's no way to slice or dice it, this was a brutal outing for Toronto FC in a 6-2 demolition at the hands of the Philadelphia Union. There are few bright spots or positives outside of ten minutes at the start of the second half. It will be a hard one to swallow as the extremely poor back line was exposed and how much work there is still to do with the Reds is now there for all to see. Where do we go from here?

The Reds are bailed out by weather and will live to defend their Championship for another 12 hours! Who knows when this game will be settled? Will it be May 26th at 11am? Will they pitch be playable by then? Either way Toronto will get fight another day. The lads are soaked and the weather and language is foul for this quick pod. Spark has no control over Tim and Stephe. Lots to rant about on East Siiiide!

TFC blow a two goal lead and the exit of MLS Player of the Week Plata was the end of the Red's fight in this game and two goals later, and a massive save from Stefan Frei, TFC finish with a 2-2 draw with Chicago. The first half was something to watch as the Reds dominated but someone needs to once again remind the team that the game is 90 minutes long and players like Alen Stevanovic and Javier Martina need to take advantage of their chances when they get them. Lots to discuss from a disappointing draw and two points dropped.

That is right, the shorter the player, the more TOTAL the football. It's the Joao Plata show as the 5'2 Ecuadorian makes his mark and s statement that he should be in the starting XI. It's hard to argue against as for three starts this year he has linked up well with his teammates and given supporters something and someone to stand up and cheer for. On the other side, Stefan Frei kept the win in check and overall it was one of the best games we've seen in recent memory. It's just Spark and Tim and we stick to the game 100% for the second time this year!

The lads are back from BMO Field where the Reds have advanced past FC Edmonton to the Nutrilite Cup finals! Bring on Vancouver (or Montreal at the time of writing) ***Please note once again we are plagued with technical difficulties and cut the pod short at 18 mins. We will be back in full effect for Saturday's game with all issued resolved!**

The lads are back from BMO Field to deliver an ultra postive podcast where there is NO WHINGING about MLSE, and are so very grateful to be discussing nothing but football for forty minutes. There was plenty to go over on this afternoon; the line up, Toni Tchani's goal and subsequent red card, some nice possession football - many things that looked encouraging and Spark, Stephe and Tim are more than happy to break down the game and gear up for the next few weeks with TFC.

A 3-0 schlacking at the hands of DC United was embarrassing to say the least. Right out of the gate TFC were not in it and after ten minutes is was just a matter of counting down the clock. Not many positives to come out of the game and here's hoping TFC gets it straight this week with Columbus coming to town.