Impact not happy with home-opener performance, though it was good enough to beat TFC 17 Mar 2013 “It wasn’t the kind of second half we wanted to have,” admitted captain Davy Arnaud.” If we’re going to be honest with ourselves, we weren’t in the second half, it was our worst half of the year, I would say, but we still came out with three points and in MLS you have to grind out results sometimes. That’s just the way it is. At the end of the day we leave with another win.
Breaking down TFC’s 2012 season, player by player 10 Dec 2012 We looked back at Toronto FC’s disastrous 2012 campaign, but we broke down the games minute by minute. From that, we came up with a goal difference for every player on the Reds, similar to a plus-minus in hockey.
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.
TFC coasts to easy CCL win over listless Aguila side 26 Sep 2012 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.
Passive, passionless TFC allows Galaxy to run rampant 23 Sep 2012 Professional players are expected to give their all for the jersey. And, when there is nothing left to play for in terms of trophies or playoff spots, they play for pride.
O’Dea: Toronto FC “is mentally weak” 15 Sep 2012 "It doesn't matter how well you play for 89 minutes, it's the whole game that matters," said O'Dea. "The ability is there. There is no question of that. The team is mentally weak. Tough times in games we don't hold out, we concede late goals."
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."
TFC listless for 60 minutes in loss to the Crew 23 Aug 2012 But, for 60 minutes of Wednesday’s 2-1 loss in Columbus, TFC looked like a team that was going through the motions, even though coach Paul Mariner handed keeper Freddy Hall his MLS debut and centre back Dicoy Williams his first MLS start of the season.
Late free kick allows SKC to edge Toronto FC in “bit of a nothing match” 19 Aug 2012 "It was a bit of a nothing match, to be perfectly frank," said TFC head coach Paul Mariner. "It was a bit of a stalemate and then suddenly they got the goal."
Shorthanded TFC forced to settle for draw with Timbers 16 Aug 2012 "How many teams in MLS can have five starters out and put on a performance like that?" Mariner asked. "When you ask players to come in after months of layoffs… if you factor those things in, with Portland having most of their guns firing and us coming out with 2-2, I'm reasonably happy with what's going on."