2012 MLS Thread

[shermanator]

Soolsma! TFC up 2-1 now and 4-3 on aggregate! 12 minutes to go...

They've also matched LA's away goals (which was a potential tiebreaker)

[Slava]

Huge win for Toronto and a pretty entertaining game to watch!

[SuperMatt18]

Huge victory, will be neat to see another huge crowd in Toronto

[fundmark19]

Wow great game lots of fun to watch! I am really starting to get into this soccer stuff. I have noticed that lots of mls players have a brutal first touch on passes and causes a lot of turn overs

[shermanator]

Toronto FC is the first Canadian club to ever make the CCL semi-finals. They will play Santos Laguna in the semi-finals. First leg is in 2 weeks, and the second leg is a week later. I wonder if they play the semi finals at the Rogers Centre, or at BMO Field? Another huge crowd for TFC would be awesome

Santos Laguna is the team that knocked Montreal out of the 2008-09 CCL by scoring 2 goals in extra time to win on aggregate 5-4.

[mac_82]

Not a pretty game, but I will take the result! Chelsea and TFC come through with wins today!!!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Toronto FC is the first Canadian club to ever make the CCL semi-finals. They will play Santos Laguna in the semi-finals. First leg is in 2 weeks, and the second leg is a week later. I wonder if they play the semi finals at the Rogers Centre, or at BMO Field? Another huge crowd for TFC would be awesome

Santos Laguna is the team that knocked Montreal out of the 2008-09 CCL by scoring 2 goals in extra time to win on aggregate 5-4.

I think they have the first leg March 27th-ish. Jays home opener is on April 9. It that enough time?

[mac_82]

Originally Posted by shermanator

I wonder if they play the semi finals at the Rogers Centre, or at BMO Field? Another huge crowd for TFC would be awesome

It will be at BMO for sure. Only reason it was at Rogers Centre was because they weren't sure they could have BMO ready in time, and the weather might have been bad. With the home opener March 24, BMO will be rocking for the semi-final game.

[St. Pats]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

Wow great game lots of fun to watch! I am really starting to get into this soccer stuff. I have noticed that lots of mls players have a brutal first touch on passes and causes a lot of turn overs

It certainly isn't the same as watching top class soccer but it has vastly improved. I see the standards moving up year after year in the MLS. To the point where the top MLS stars can head over and play in the Premier League and do well for example.

As for TFC they were showing signs late last year and again out of the gate this year of real improvement. Just in general they throw the ball around much quicker and with more purpose on offense. Still a little scary on the defensive side but even there it is better. They are actually becoming fun to watch.

[mac_82]

Just got the email from TFC. BMO it is!

We begin our home leg of the Semifinal on Wednesday, March 28th at BMO Field, 8:00 p.m. kickoff. Our house is going to be jumping as we go head to head with Santos Laguna.

[Ozy_Flame]

I'm hoping for the best, but . . . TFC stands a good chance of getting slaughtered. Mexican teams are absolutely dominant.

[mac_82]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I'm hoping for the best, but . . . TFC stands a good chance of getting slaughtered. Mexican teams are absolutely dominant.

Toronto has done ok in the past against Mexican teams.

2011
UNAM @ Toronto FC - Draw1-1
Toronto FC @ UNAM - Loss 1-4

2010
Cruz Azul @ TFC - Win 1-2
TFC @Cruz Azul - Draw 1-1

The home win against Cruz Azul is still one of the best games in TFC history. Hopefully they can pull off another win against Santos.

[St. Pats]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I'm hoping for the best, but . . . TFC stands a good chance of getting slaughtered. Mexican teams are absolutely dominant.

I watched that game with Santos against Seattle and yikes. Might have to beat them 10-9 on aggregate.

[seattleflamer]

Santos is the highest scoring team in the Primera league and play at a higher elevation than Calgary. I'm not sure how to prepare for high altitude with the MLS schedule the way it is.


As GirlySport insinuated, I'm not even sure elevation was the main reason for the Sounders defeat since they play Colorado/RSL at even higher elevations and aren't dominated by RSL/Rapids to the same extent the way Santos dominated.


Just a lot of soccer within a short timeframe and pretty evident Primera League is at a higher level than MLS at this point.


I wish TFC all the best and beat the crap out of Santos but hoping for a big Sounders comeback win to start MLS season tonight.

[Montana Moe]

Nice showing by Montreal today, almost 59k in attendance. First MLS goal, and first team point in the 1-1 draw with Chicago.

I would have taken away the point for the fans doing the wave...


Portland tries to improve on their poor road form last season by taking on FC Dallas in Frisco tonight. Dallas is missing a few weapons, so I'm hoping for a positive result.

[d_phaneuf]

somethings a little off..

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Montana Moe

Nice showing by Montreal today, almost 59k in attendance. First MLS goal, and first team point in the 1-1 draw with Chicago.

I would have taken away the point for the fans doing the wave...


Portland tries to improve on their poor road form last season by taking on FC Dallas in Frisco tonight. Dallas is missing a few weapons, so I'm hoping for a positive result.

It's Montreal. You'll never see those fans again.

[Montana Moe]

Watching the Dallas match, I'm pretty sure I like the wave more than the 3 remaining vuvuzelas being used right now.

[fundmark19]

Watched whitecaps chivas game. Wasn't pretty lots of sloppy play but caps got a 0-1 result on the road. Great start to the season

[Montana Moe]

The 3 Cascadian teams have 13 points in 5 games played. The 10 Eastern Conference teams have 14 pts in 15 games played.