Philidelphia Union selected the following players

Union selected the following players in the expansion draft:
Jordan Harvey (DF, Colorado Rapids)
Andrew Jacobson (MF, D.C. United)
Brad Knighton (GK, New England Revolution)
Sebastien Le Toux (FW, Seattle Sounders FC)
Stefani Miglioranzi (MF, LA Galaxy)
Alejandro Moreno (FW, Columbus Crew)
David Myrie (DF, Chicago Fire)
Shea Salinas (MF, San Jose Earthquakes)
Shavar Thomas (DF, Chivas USA)
Nick Zimmerman (FW, New York Red Bulls)

Here is the list of Toronto FC players that were not available in the draft in other words they were PROTECTED!!

Nana Attakora
Chad Barrett
Jim Brennan
Sam Cronin
Julian de Guzman
Dwayne De Rosario
Emmanuel Gomez
Amadou Sanyang
Adrian Serioux
O’Brian White
Marvell Wynne

Toronto FC list of available players for the draft:

Brian Edwards
Lesly Fellinga
Nick Garcia
Ali Gerba
Amado Guevara
Carl Robinson
Pablo Vitti
Gabe Gala

Stefan Frei and Fuad Ibrahim do not need to be protected because they’re Generation Adidas players.

I am surprised they did not target Amado, or Brian Edwards. I would have thought one of those guys would have been picked off.

That Philly Team better not make the play offs before us!! It was embarrassing enough last season that Seattle had a winner. I wish we were part of that expansion draft Moreno would be a nice addition.

TFC Fan makes the paper! ( two weeks ago)

Because of the lack of interesting news and a slow day at work I thought I would bust this one out. It was Dave that first brought this to my attention. Many thanks Dave.

anyways SUNshine Girl Meagan is 25 years old and loves to watch sports. Proof that good things come in small packages, our girl stands a gorgeous 5-foot-nothing. This beauty loves to bake and shop in her free time.

NICE!!...

more pictures can be found at the Toronto Sun website

Fastest soccer goal ever scored in 2 seconds

This is a pretty neat little clip. I would love to know who came up with this strategy. Maybe someday in the future we could see TFC try something like this.

TFC change there coach about as often as I change my underwear!

Toronto FC announced yesterday that Predrag Radosavljevic, commonly known as Preki, will be the teams 4th coach. In a 4 year span the team is thru 4 coachs... DOH! This guy has a proven and a winning record in the MLS. Good news.

Johnston is quoted as saying "Preki has everything we were looking for, and we feel he will be a perfect fit with our club. His resume with Chivas is impressive — having made it to the playoffs in every season he was there. His experience is what we need to take this club to the next level, and we can't wait to get started."

The BAD news I guess would be this is the guy that clashed with Amado Guevara, Toronto's star playmaker. I guess thats not totally bad news cause I don't give a shit what happens to Amado if it means our team starts winning. I guess if he wants to stay he will have to play harder and earn his right to be on the team. If Preki feels Amado can do the job I am sure that we will keep him.

Preki signed a three-year deal with Toronto. Hopefully he lasts more than a season cause I am tired of the carousel of coaches with this club.

It's the weekend I am going home. Someone kick Henry in the nuts for me!

South Africa for Frei!

Stefan Frei a member of the Generation Adidas program is heading to South Africa! On November 27 he will head out as part of the annual post season trip. Frei was nominated for the MLS Gatorade Rookie of the Year, and also was awarded the Toronto FC Rookie of the Year, and Defender of the Year honours.

Players who join MLS as part of the program receive opportunities to develop their game, and receive educational grants to further their college education.

Frei is a great goal keeper and hopefully he makes it back to North America in one piece. We need a keeper next season. My thoughts and prayers will be with him.

Stay safe buddy...

Dwayne De Rosario has been named to the MLS Best XI

The first Toronto player to earn the honour in the club's three seasons is DWAYNE DE ROSARIO!!

Surprise surprise. ya right anyone could see that coming. How long can we be shut out with the attendance that TFC draws. Obviously the MLS needs to keep TFC fans happy. And who else are they going to add from the club other than DERO!... Maybe next season we will see Julian get named. If the guy decided to sign a little earlier we could be in the playoffs right now, and he could have had those honors as well. Not that they mean anything. At all.

The MLS names a best XI every season. This is not Dero's first time to appear on the list. In fact its his fourth and he is the first player to be named to it from three different clubs. He is Toronto's first player on the list. Also notables on the list are Jeff Cunningham and Conor Casey. ARGH!! It always hurts to see EX-TFC players doing well.

Here is the whole list in the off chance you care.

Zach Thornton of Chivas USA named Best XI goalkeeper. Geoff Cameron of the Houston Dynamo, Wilman Conde of the Chicago Fire, and Chad Marshall of the Columbus Crew earned defensive honours. The other four midfielders were Landon Donovan of the LA Galaxy, Houston's Stuart Holden, Shalrie Joseph of the New England Revolution, and Freddie Ljungberg of Seattle Sounders FC, while the two forwards honoured were Conor Casey of the Colorado Rapids and Jeff Cunningham of FC Dallas.

Bummer. no Beckham.. :(

Toronto FC’s Pub Crawls are back

I just received an email from the club. The pub crawl is back.

"For the fourth year, Reds players will be touring pubs across the GTA to meet fans and talk footy.

We will start on Tuesday (November 17) at Jack Astor’s in Burlington, located at 3140 South Service Road (for a map, check out the Jack Astor’s website).

It’s an all-ages event, starting at 7:00 p.m. and there will be free appetizers!

Stay tuned for confirmation of other dates and venues. Here’s the provisional schedule:

Mississauga (Nov 19), Downtown Toronto (Nov 24), Richmond Hill (Dec 1), Scarborough (Dec 3)."

I guess this is only happening at Jack Astors?

What do they want from me? I watched these guys miss the playoffs now they want me to watch them drown their sorrows? WTF! I already spent money on the season tickets now they want me to pay for their beer? Screw it I am responding to the email with my address and if they want a drink that badly they can some over and split a case with me.

John Carver on the move?

It's been a pretty boring off season so far. Seat relocation has started for those that decided to renew season tickets.. WoooHoo..

Overseas I found some interesting TFC related news.

Seems our old coach is in the running for the Peterborough united job. "The Posh" (Peterborough united nickname) play out of London Road Stadium in Peterborough. They are in the Championship after being promoted last season and are currently struggling in the new division.
They have no manager currently and Carver is still out of a job. Darren Ferguson just stepped down as manager on November 9th.

I don't understand how a club with a manager that was able to lead them to successive promotions from League Two to the Coca-Cola Championship is shown the door? Why would you replace the guy with a quitter?

essentially what "the Posh" plan on doing is get rid of a guy they have had for 3 years and shown them tons of success to replacing him with a dirty quitter who achieved nothing in the MLS?

Come on... who's kiddin who?