Went out to a TFC game at BMO field yesterday. It did not go according to plan. The weather was overcast, windy, and cold. At least the rain earlier in the day had stopped for the duration. About 16,000 people, (Maybe less to my eyes) turned up to see Toronto FC play DC United and were not treated to a welcome sight.
The home team went down 2-0 within 10-15 minutes, and then went down to ten men after one was sent off the field after the second half. The final score was a humiliating 3-0 against the home team.
Their new manager and coach have tried to rebuilding the consistently poor team with new characters and a new style, which unfortunately seems to involve a lot of lazily passing the ball back and forth in front of their own goal. The resulting consequences being a lot of giveaways in their own half. The crowd eventually stopped caring and started lighting flares and setting off smoke bombs, (Well... one I think) but they seemed to have more enthusiasm then the slowly jogging team on the field or the foodies who don't bother to char my hot dog.
According to the stadium announcer I can now expect to see, (or not see since I'll be out of town and most TFC games are broadcast on a specialty channel that no one buys) Toronto absolutely 'crush' their 'local' rivals the Columbus Crew, (Yes, that is Columbus Ohio) who've they've never beaten before. In the market we call that irrational exhuberence.
Unless the awful weather continues and BMO field is washed away by a biblical torrent of freezing water, (To which the red patch boys, north end elite, U-sector et al. will still make pilgrimage to) then Columbus becomes my lock of the century... of the week!
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