thestar.com - 10/22/2009
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On the eve of what could be his final game as coach of Toronto FC, Chris Cummins insists he's not feeling any added pressure to win for the sake of his job."I was asked to do the job until the end of the season," said the 38-year-old Englishman, who was named interim head coach in April after ...
youtube.com - 10/25/2009
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youtube.com —
(5:28) Official highlights: As stadium closings go, the
New York Red Bulls couldn't have asked for a...
better way to end their 14-year stay at Giants Stadium, crushing Toronto FC, 5-0, in both team's Major League Soccer regular-season finale. (MSG Sports)
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Video: RED BULLS v TORONTO FC --- (full highlights)
web.mlsnet.com - 10/25/2009
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(from MLSNet.com) New York closed out their 14-year
run at Giants Stadium in glorious fashion, as Juan...
Pablo Angel and Mac Kandji each struck for two goals and Matthew Mbuta added a late penalty kick to lead the Red Bulls to a season-ending 5-0 rout of Toronto FC...
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Match Recap: RED BULLS v TORONTO FC
24thminute.com - 10/20/2009
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24thminute.com —
This has to be one of the funniest/saddest
MLS Youtube videos I've ever run across: "Keep an...
open mind and give us a chnce to blow your mind," and "Red Bull is committed to a team the likes of which this league has never seen." You can't make stuff like that up. Considering the current ...
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New York: the good, the bad, the very ugly and why it ...
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Coaching stability and other impossible dreams of the Toronto soccer fan
The 24th Minute —
... team following several games. Indeed, it's likely fair to say that he has been out-coached at times, particularly during the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round tie with Puerto Rico. There has also been some speculation that Cummins may not want to stay for personal reasons. I'll let others get into the details of that, but there is some suggestion that his family would be better off with him back in the UK. If that's the case, then fair enough. However, today's statement that he'll "stay as long as he's asked to stay" would seem to put that to ...
Sacrificing my integrity for the sake of TFC
Toronto FC —
... Seattle Sounders fans. Laurie at the Sounders Offside, I’m looking at you here:
Ok, it’s not so much a sacrifice to the football deities, as it is clip of a football deity (in Seattle), but hey, it’s appearing on a Toronto FC page, so that’s the best I can do.
In other news, here is a nice moment with TFC Captain Jim Brennan and coach Chris Cummins:
Cummins says he’ll move on if not asked to continue as head coach next ...
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