TFC reverses the usual script: Reds score late goals to salvage a point 7 Apr 2013 For the second straight game, Darel Russell was the key figure behind the final goal of a 2-2 Toronto FC draw. This week, however, Russell exchanged goat horns for what may be an MLS Goal of the Week award by scoring a spectacular equalizer in the 90th minute to steal a point for his side against first-place FC Dallas.
TFC’s veteran additions make difference in dome-opener win over SKC 9 Mar 2013 "These are players who have been in these situations. Not to slag off young players, but you only know what it's like when you're in the positions and Danny has been in these positions for years," O'Dea said. "It's a bit of experience and mental toughness and we lacked a bit of that last year."
TFC’s Payne: “We’ve been building this airplane as it’s in flight” 26 Feb 2013 Toronto FC president Kevin Payne spoke glowingly about Torsten Frings' leadership qualities during the German midfielder's retirement announcement on Tuesday, and there is no doubt that Payne will miss Frings as a person and as the Reds' captain.
Payne: TFC “can afford to wait” for Nelsen 8 Jan 2013 "My feeling about Ryan is that he's going to be leading this team for five years to come and if I have to wait a couple of months for him to start that process, I can afford to wait," Payne said. "I'd rather do that than make the wrong decision or a decision I didn't want to make for the short term."
TFC’s attendance grief offers a cautionary tale for the Impact 20 Oct 2012 It was the indifference that might be the most worrying thing for the Reds as they finish their sixth straight year out of the playoffs — out of the announced 16,151 in attendance at BMO Field, the majority of the noise seemed to be coming from the 150-odd Impact fans in the visitors' section.
Canada not happy with three-goal margin over Cuba 13 Oct 2012 "We could've at least scored seven goals today, we had so many chances," said Atiba Hutchinson. "There could've been a lot more. Players kind of had their heads down a little bit because we know we could've had more goals."
Another game, another late goal conceded by TFC 6 Oct 2012 "We come to the end of every game and we don't tense up," said forward Andrew Wiedeman. "We all think this is the game we're going to right the ship. I firmly thought we were going to pull it out and get the win, the way we were peppering the goal. We put them under so much pressure in the second half but we couldn't pull it off."
Mariner fumes after TFC’s poor effort against the Fire 13 Sep 2012 "If you want to give teams a two-goal stand then carry on, but we’re not that good. We were the architects of our own downfall, playing ridiculous balls in the wrong area of the field. I thought we eradicated that, but obviously some of the lads that have been in the squad haven’t been listening."
Hutchinson, DeRo show guile in getting Canada key win over Panama 8 Sep 2012 It's a goal that will loom large in Canada's history, yet it was completed before almost anyone realized what happened.
Santos Laguna scores two late goals to all but seal TFC’s CCL fate 29 Aug 2012 "There's no way that was a 3-1 game," said TFC head coach Paul Mariner. "I thought we were a little tentative in the first half and in the second half we played much better… We matched them for 89 minutes."