Toronto Mike

Toronto FC

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TFC With My Big Boy

I was gifted a pair of tickets to Saturday night's TFC match against Portland, so my oldest son and I rode to the game on a beautiful evening. What a great game. Toronto FC dominated, and Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi scored in the second half to lift us to
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TFC Thoughts

Toronto FC debuted in MLS back in 2007. I was pretty snarky about the team back then. You see, I didn't grow up with soccer, never played, and was only interested for a few weeks every four years during the World Cup. But then, I went to a few games
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Things are Looking Up in Toronto Sports

Toronto Sports fans, I have good news.  It seems we bounced off the bottom in August and things are looking up. At that time, the Jays, Leafs, Raptors, TFC and Argos were all in pretty dire straits.  You'll have to click back for details.  I called it a "brand new
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Leafs Sold to Rogers and Bell, No Longer Pension Plan Puppets

So this just happened... The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has sold its 79.53 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to Rogers Communications and BCE for more than $1.2 billion.  BCE is fancy talk for Bell.  That's right, Bell and Rogers now each own 37.5%
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Montreal Loses (to TFC)

If you read this blog, you know where I was last night.  I was at BMO field watching Toronto FC defeat the Montreal Impact 2-0.  In my game, Montreal lost last night. 22 people bought tickets in my section, so I want to thank Jonathan from MLSE for giving me
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Your Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact Primer

On Wednesday night, Toronto FC begins its campaign to repeat as Canadian Champions against the Montreal Impact at BMO Field. Soccer can be a confusing sport for those used to North America style seasons as teams compete in multiple tournaments and championships concurrently. TFC became the Canadian Champions last year
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