Beautiful response to TTC strike

From the Toronto Star:

"Where streetcars should have been, a merry band dressed in red rolled west along King Street on a double-decker...As it stopped at one pub after another, the bus filled with soccer fans en route to BMO Field to watch Toronto take on Kansas City...Some tipsy, almost all dressed in Toronto FC colours, they shouted their appreciation for a team that did what the TTC could not...'This is our bus,' they chanted, then smacked their hands in staccato fashion on the side of the bus. 'This is our bus!' "

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Beautiful Guevara

What a signing Amado Guevara has proven to be. Two goals yestereday vs Kansas City and a beauty of a free-kick goal curled in off the post:

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Beautiful Transit

One of the beautiful things about being a TFC fan is taking the TTC. I love being able to live downtown and take a quick subway and a streetcar to watch my team.

But there is a transit strike today...so like a great player...I will have to adjust to changing conditions.

The beer will taste sweeter when I get there I guess.

Nigel Reed finds TFC to be attractive

Perhaps there will be more reason to think Toronto FC beautiful than MLSE marketing and the glorious fan experience that occurs at BMO Field every home game.

Says the CBC commentator of TFC's home-opening performance:

"What we’re beginning to witness, I believe, is the true evolution of a team, an efficient, strong unit, which can be competitive in Major League Soccer. Finally, after an expansion year in which mediocrity was generally the norm, I’m beginning to see a group of players for whom the phrase “attractive soccer” is not an alien concept...Toronto F.C. is starting to look like a “real” football team!"

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The beauty of being a season ticket holder

TFC 1 Real Salt Lake 0

I have been blogging about the beauty of soccer, football, for many years but never felt inspired by the beauty of Canadian soccer.

I was cynical about the idea of Toronto FC when it started up and chose not to buy season tickets. Last season I attended some games and was sold.

This season I am a season ticket holder. And yesterday was my first game as a season ticket holder.

And what a beautiful experience that was to be engulfed in that sea of roaring red...and to see TFC collect 3 points.

( Here's another TFC fan who was swept up in the beauty of the experience. )

I am rather difficult to please when it comes to football quality. I didn't think much of TFC's onfield product last season. But this season there is definitely more individual quality on the pitch and it is also clear that the new coach has the team functioning more like a team that is built to win games.

A play-off spot this year?

Perhaps. But they'll need to keep their roster healthy to do it.