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Crew, TFC ready to spice up rivalry
Crew, TFC ready to spice up rivalry
Two Eastern Conference teams that failed to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs face off in the first game of the new season when the Columbus Crew play host to Toronto FC with the inaugural "Great Lakes Cup" at stake.
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Crew & Rapids: Anti-Parity - Thoughts on the Eve Of
Center Holds It — Beyond mentioning I’m thrilled the parties involved went with the “outer-space-esque” Trillium Cup for the rivalry/cup between the Columbus Crew and Toronto FC, I have nothing immediately relevant to add. That said, I’d recommend checking out the previews for both Columbus’ (LINK - Julius James is out for TFC, eh?) and the Colorado ...

TFC v Columbus
Toronto FC — TFC v Columbus By: nicholas | March 29th, 2008 As The mighty Red army makes there onslaught onto Crew Stadium to get that Trillium Cup thingy…….. there some many things that come to mind, here are just a few …. ( preview) 1. John Carver in his press conference promised more end to end action than the kama sutra. Will we see quick intelligent soccer or will we see bombing the ball down the middle and run soccer that we saw last year. 2. Are the Crew really that bad or are we being we being careless with our preperation 3. Limited signings aside, are we competitive enough to hold the fort, till reinforcements come. 4. Will we score a goal These are just a few things ...

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