Posts Tagged Julian de Guzman
Thursday, September 9, 2010 Comments Off
So here we are in September, once again counting points and doing the math on TFC’s playoff chances.
Another 0-0 draw against an opponent that is right alongside Toronto in the race for the elusive eighth playoff spot did absolutely nothing to aid those cloudy calculations.
In an all-too-familiar scenario, The Reds once again let a very winnable game slip through their fingers, this time to host Chicago Fire. It would be fair to say that Toronto controlled the game for the most part, yet the glaring lack of quality in the final third betrayed the performance.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Comments Off
There are wins, there are resounding wins, and then there are wins that should be resounding but aren’t. TFC’s 1-0 victory over Club Deportivo Motagua of Honduras falls squarely in the latter category.
The Reds were all over their opponents in yesterday’s preliminary round CONCACAF Champions League match, a stark contrast to the lackluster play that has plagued the team of late. Yet even though they were decidedly more inspired than in other recent games, Toronto once again lacked in the goal-scoring department, a lone Chad Barrett marker early in the match being the difference between the two teams.
Friday, July 2, 2010 78 Comments
“I went to a fight and a soccer game broke out.”
How appropriate is it that on Canada Day 2010 – at the height of the so-called “Summer of Soccer” – that the highlight of a prime time matchup between host Toronto FC and Houston Dynamo is a skirmish more befitting of a hockey game?
Friday, May 21, 2010 264 Comments
The zombies are coming!
Actually no, that’s just Toronto FC and the New England Revolution.
The two sides meet up tomorrow at BMO Field, both sporting numerous injuries and absences more befitting of an ER than a soccer match.
Monday, May 3, 2010 854 Comments
You simply cannot sit your two best players and expect a result.
Preki did just that, of course, when he kept Dwayne De Rosario and Julian de Guzman on the bench to start Saturday’s road loss at Salt Lake.
That Real Salt Lake jumped out to a 2-0 first half lead came as a surprise to no one.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 1,151 Comments
After the high, there is the inevitable low.
One of the main tenets of being a Toronto FC fan is that the team will find a way to disappoint you after giving you just enough to believe that they have turned the corner.
TFC has rattled off two consecutive victories. Last Sunday they dispatched the visiting Seattle Sounders in relative style, and on Wednesday they stood toe-to-toe with the hacks from Montreal and sent their pink-clad foes back up the 401 with yet another loss at the hands of TFC.
It goes without saying, then, that TFC is due to lay an egg tonight. Right?
Monday, April 26, 2010 20 Comments
Who was that team in white during the second half, and can we see them play every week?
After a scrappy first half against the visiting Seattle Sounders that saw neither team gain any real edge in play, Toronto FC came out in the seconfd half a team possessed.
Purposeful passing, smart running off the ball, and – most importantly – a cohesiveness that has not been seen thus far in the 2010 season. All of these things were on display from the hometown side for a stretch, led by the sublime skill of the team’s highest-paid player Julian de Guzman.
