Roberto Brown has been suspended

PRESS RELEASE
MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced Friday that forward Roberto Brown has been suspended for a period yet to be determined, following his gesture Wednesday during the match against Toronto FC, in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship.Brown was ejected from the game at the 35th minute, after hitting Toronto FC defender Nick Garcia in the face.
“Roberto is an intense athlete, an excellent person and an important player on our roster, but his gesture is unacceptable,” declared Impact head coach Marc Dos Santos. “Roberto left his teammates down during the game Wednesday. We took this decision following discussions with the entire technical staff.”
“From a club perspective, his gesture is not tolerated and it stands far from our sportsmanship values,” declared technical director Nick De Santis. “I hope he will understand the seriousness of his behaviour because it’s not the first time he acts this way.”
The duration of the suspension is undetermined given that the club is waiting for the discipline report from the Canadian Soccer Association.

Awesome.. Kansas screws up less than 6 inches from GOAL!!

Just fanning over the MLS soccer news and I came across this little doozie...(is that how its spelled?) Buddy Hand balls it on the goal line!! How bad do you have to suck to have that happen to you?




Nick Garcia could have scored that goal... I think after a gaffe like that your manager should be subbing you out AND there should be a paper bag at the sideline waiting for you to stick your head into. WOW. Sometimes I think things like "Man how could Chad miss that?".  Now instead of Barretting the ball. I think its going to be called a Kamara!

Gerba Lashes out.. nice

 I really did not like the way TFC handled Ali Gerba. I felt like he was never given a real chance to prove himself with the team. Or maybe I feel like he never really had a solid chance to prove himself to the fans. It was a shame they way TFC let him go. In fact it is a real shame the way they handle all the players on the team.

Brian Edwards was released the day before the first game. Greg Sutton once a hero in Toronto, just let go like a fart in the wind. I felt Danny Dichio was forced into retirement. Alecko Eskandarian had a player blog on the TFC official website and he was supposed to be the go to guy for the team. He wore the red with pride and was brushed away with no thought at all. Jeff Cunningham struggled to find his way with the team and was forced out. Tébily came to play with us but was forced out with an injury... or was he? Rohan Ricketts was outspoken and forced out of town. Beloved Carl Robinson was shown no respect just the door. The list goes on and on and on. Who knows what the real story is with Jimmy Brennan. It was nice to see this interview yesterday Kristian Jack from "The Score" (footy blog) had with Gerba.

No holds barred. Unfortunately that wont change Ali's situation but it may shake up the front office in Toronto. There is a valuable lesson to be learned here for MLSE. Start treating the players with respect. There is NOT an never ending supply of these guys and its only a matter of time before players around the world realize there time would be spent better with another team.

Kansas City's Ryan Smith

There really should be better refing in the MLS. I am still on the fence as to whether or not the Referee dealt with this situation properly. Smith ended up playing a big part in the only goal in this game.

                           

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Mo... tee heee

I was paruzzing Youtube vids last night. I found a nice little video of Mo Johnston scoring goals for Celtic.

Mo must go signs

I didn't notice it when i was at the game but I guess a few fellas wanted to express to Mo what they think of him. Some signs were Confiscated and it looks like Paul Bierne (Toronto FC’s senior director of business operations) who frequents the RPB forums has admitted to the mistake. The Toronto Sun has a story about it this morning in the paper.

Story can be found below


Toronto FC is apologetic after angry fans filled the Internet message boards Thursday night and Friday over banners critical of Mo Johnston that were confiscated at the entrance gates.

“Mo must go” — a call for the dismissal of director of soccer Mo Johnston, was a popular theme.

read more here

Philly keeper Chris Seitz

 Just to prove my point a little bit further about the Philly keeper Chris Seitz. I searched a wee bit on the Google. I came up with this little diddy its really only a week old the game was played on April the 10th against DC United. At the 18 second mark I am sure the broadcaster is saying " He is so crafty" referring to Moreno but I am sure he meant to say "He is so Crappy" referring to Seitz. TFC should have taken this fella for more then 2 goals.

TFC in six minutes

Toronto FC won the home opener last night.. yeeehaaa... I still think this team needs a lot of work. They played sub-par football against an undermanned expansion team. They had more than an entire half were they played against 10 men. To top it off the Philly keeper is brutal. I know they won the game but they should have embarrassed a team like that. Especially after the embarrassing loss in Foxboro against the Revolution. I was truly humiliated to drive 10 hours to watch the Boston Massacre. As a fan I want redemption!

Toronto Add's Defenders.. but Team is still shitty

The Canadian Press TORONTO — Toronto FC has signed a pair of defenders in Canadian Adrian Cann and Russian Maksim Usanov.
Cann, 29, has spent the last two seasons in the Danish league with Esberg FB. Prior to that he played for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact.
Drafted 16th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the Colorado Rapids, he made two appearances for Colorado before being released midway through his first MLS season.
"We're delighted to complete the signing of another Canadian international," Mo Johnston, Toronto's director of soccer, said in a statement Monday. "Adrian will add to our backline with his height and his strength, so we're looking forward to seeing what he can do on the field for us.
"Max is another good young signing for us at the back. He attacks well and defends well."
The 25-year-old Usanov, who is awaiting a Canadian work permit, was most recently with FC Krasnodar in Russia. Prior to that he played in Latvia for FC Skonto.
Toronto FC, 0-2 after two losses on the road, play their home opener Thursday against the fledgling Philadelphia Union.