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Unkind cut: TFC waives Dunfield

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Steven Sandor
– 06/13/2013

Terry Dunfield

Terry Dunfield

Last year, former Reform Party leader Preston Manning spoke at the Trudeau Foundation conference in Edmonton; he spoke about how leaders determine what actions serve the common good and the public interest.

He described the public interest as a “vector sum,” a place on a graph determined by the x and y of perceived need and popular support.

Today, Toronto FC waived Canadian midfielder Terry Dunfield. The player’s age (Dunfield is 31), salary ($120,000 according to the MLS Players Union), injury issues and the fact that young Designated Player Matias Laba has been handed the midfield reins created a “vector sum” for Reds’ president and general manager Kevin Payne.
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MLS salary update: More Canadians working in the league, but making less

By
Steven Sandor
– 05/06/2013

Dejan Jakovic: Now the No. 2 highest paid Canadian in MLS.

Dejan Jakovic: Now the No. 2 highest paid Canadian in MLS.

More Canadians are working in MLS this season than in 2012 — but those new jobs aren’t on the high-pay end of the scale.

The MLS Players’ Union released its salary update Monday, the day when the layers of secrecy are peeled away from the contracts that have been signed by the league’s players.

And what have we learned? That there are five Canadian players making US$35,125 this season, while eight more are on the books for base salaries of $46,500 each. Of those, only DC United’s Kyle Porter and TFC’s Kyle Bekker were able to squeeze some extra dough out of their deals to get a little bit more than their base contracts.

With Julian de Guzman now playing out the string with relegated Bundesliga 2. side Jahn Regensburg, he gives up his No. 1 spot on the Canadian rich list. Dwayne De Rosario, with a base number of $600,000, now takes over as the highest paid Canadian in MLS.
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Impact not happy with home-opener performance, though it was good enough to beat TFC

By
Mike Wyman
– 03/17/2013

Davy Arnaud

Davy Arnaud

With three victories in as many matches, the Montreal Impact, who on Saturday defeated Toronto FC,sits atop the MLS Eastern Conference. Montreal prevailed by a 2-1 score despite not playing up to its potential.

Montreal controlled play in the opening half, heading into the interval with a 2-0 lead on the strength of a penalty-kick goal from midfielder, Patrice Bernier, and forward, Marco Di Vaio. Both players found the twine for the first time in the 2013 campaign.

“It was very difficult,” said head coach Marco Schallibaum after the match. “We had a good first half but we suffered a lot in the second. It’s part of growing as a team. We would have liked to play better but the important thing in football, from my experience, is coming away with the three points.

“I saw the players,” he continued. “They’re not happy and that’s a good sign. Because they know we were not good in the second half.”
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TFC, Whitecaps feel last minute signings won’t make big differences Saturday

By
Martin MacMahon
– 03/02/2013
Ryan Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

Big upheaval? Who cares?

Toronto FC may be ringing in the changes of late with a slew of offseason moves, including five signings just one day before the beginning of the 2013 Major League Soccer campaign, but neither that club nor the Vancouver Whitecaps seemed bothered by the last-minute adjustments after their final training sessions on Friday at BC Place.

Toronto’s last day signings include attackers Robert Earnshaw, Ashton Bennett and Taylor Morgan, and midfielders Jonathan Osorio and Darel Russell.

Earnshaw, 31, headlines the pack – the Welshman has starred for the likes of Cardiff City, West Bromwich Albion, Norwich City, Derby County and Nottingham Forest in England’s top two tiers.

Russell, 32, also has experience in England – although mainly in England’s second and third tiers.
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Impact overwhelms NASL champs, Toronto FC swamps USL’s Orlando City

By
Steven Sandor
– 02/14/2013

Taylor Morgan

A day after the Vancouver Whitecaps made some waves by chopping Canadians Jaime Peters, Jacob Lensky and the injured Andres Fresenga from their training camp roster, Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact got back to work, each facing non-MLS competition.

And, the Impact scored early and often as it overwhelmed the reigning NASL champion Tampa Bay Rowdies 4-1 at the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic in Orlando, while, at the same tourney, Toronto FC overcame a terrible start in a torrential first-hald downpour to overcome USL-Pro’s Orlando City 3-0. TFC’s goals came in the second half, after the rain was replaced by a windstorm — which offered a decent approximation of the normal windy conditions at BMO Field.

Some highlights from the two matches:

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Miller: Canadians “gave away” easy goals to Denmark

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SPECIAL to The 11
– 01/27/2013

Despite having ample time to players and fans alike get prepared for what was expected to be a long day for the Canadian men’s soccer team, it was still difficult to at times as they stumbled to a 4-0 loss to Denmark Saturday at the Kino Veterans’ Memorial Stadium in Tucson, Ariz.

Andreas Cornelius scored twice in the first half and added another in the second to complete his hat-trick to lead the Danish attack while Kasper Laurentzen contributed with a goal as well. While the Danish movement and attacked flowed easily, the Canadian defending was guilty in gifting the Danish goals.

“We’re disappointed certainly in the manner of the goals that we gave away,” said interim head coach Colin Miller. “There were aspects of the game that we were pleased with. We corrected one or two things at halftime. You can’t give players at this level of football as much time as we gave them in the first half and that was clearly evident.”
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Fresenga, Jonke questionable for Canada-Denmark match

By
Steven Sandor
– 01/25/2013

Andres Fresenga

Injuries to fullback Andres Fresenga and forward Frank Jonke have made a thin Canadian squad even thinner ahead of Saturday’s friendly with Denmark.

Interim national men’s team coach Colin Miller said both players suffered knocks in training this week in Arizona, and are officially listed as questionable for Saturday’s match. But reading into Miller’s follow-up comments, and you have to think both players will be out.

Miller later said the goal was to get both players healthy enough to play in Tuesday’s night’s game against the United States. If that’s the goal, it’s likely both players would be held back. Because Miller has just 19 outfield players at his disposal, he could compromise his squad if Jonke or Fresenga could only give him a couple of minutes against the Danes and then missed the date with the Americans.
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Cesar signing: TFC’s rebuilding process includes bringing a 34-year-old to the dance

By
Steven Sandor
– 01/15/2013

Julio Cesar

Toronto FC confirmed Tuesday morning that it has signed veteran Brazilian defensive midfielder Julio Cesar.

Cesar continues his much-traveled career. He has played for more than 15 professional clubs in his career, and hasn’t played more than 90 matches for any of hem. He’s best known for his time at Olympiacos and Real Valladolid, but he played 21 times for Real Madrid and four times for AC Milan.

He made 54 appearances for Sporting Kansas City since 2011.

“It’s important that Toronto FC becomes a more difficult team to play against this year. Julio Cesar will be an important part of the backbone of our team in the middle of the field,” said Toronto FC President and General Manager Kevin Payne in a release issued by the club. Read the rest of this entry »

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TFC coasts to easy CCL win over listless Aguila side

By
Steven Sandor
– 09/26/2012

Terry Dunfield: Two goals

No Canadian team — club or national side — will ever have as easy a time of a match in Central America as Toronto FC did Tuesday night in its 3-0 win over El Salvador’s CD Aguila in CONCACAF Champions League action.

TFC went into San Salvador knowing that it needed three points in order to give its final group-stage match against Santos Laguna any meaning. Now, the Reds have given themselves a glimmer of hope for that match in Mexico — even though they’d need to beat Herculez Gomez and co. by two goals.

But Aguila, which already lost to TFC by a 5-1 count at BMO Field, was encountering a perfect storm. The team had to play in San Salvador, not at its home, meaning the game would take place in a cavernous empty stadium. Aguila had already been mathematically eliminated from having any chance of advancing to the knockout stages. And, its core group of players were away from the club, at a camp with the El Salvadoran national side.
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Passive, passionless TFC allows Galaxy to run rampant

By
Steven Sandor
– 09/23/2012

Juninho

How obvious was the gap in talent — and effort — between the Los Angeles Galaxy and MLS doormat Toronto FC on Saturday night?

It’s not often I would quote my mother as a source for a soccer piece — in fact, this would be the first (and only) occasion. But she’s visiting the family and watched the match with me, not knowing much about either team. “The team in red is just standing there,” she said. “The team in white, it’s like cat-and-mouse. The red team doesn’t touch the ball.”

The lack of commitment from TFC was so obvious, that mom was able to break down the game with little problem.

Make no mistake, the 4-2 scoreline was not indicative of the run of play; the host Galaxy was worth a margin of four or five, not one. The attempts on goal? L.A. 27, Toronto 5. The Galaxy had 63 per cent of the possession.
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