I had the pleasure of attending the Canada vs. Ecuador men's friendly at BMO Field last night with a vocal crowd of Canadian supporters. Unfortunately, the dirty, diving Ecuadoreans had more supporters so the stadium looked mostly like a sea of yellow jerseys.
Canada was a bit lucky to steal a draw, after Julian De Guzman, the crappiest designated player in MLS history (next to Mista) took a quick free quick and caught the dirty Ecuadoreans busy whining at the referee. One Tosaint Ricketts goal later, it was a 2-2 draw and the Canadian supporters could feel free to hurl nasty swear words at the opposing fans.
Attiba Hutchinson is great. He was all over the field and had a huge impact. I described him as a "good version of De Guzman" but that's probably not doing Hutchinson justice. Simeon Jackson looked dangerous and Terry Dunfield scored a brilliant opening goal for Canada. The keeper, Mirlo Borjan (or whatever the hell his name is) looked fantastic, other than when he stared sadly at the 2nd Ecuador goal flying into the net without actually moving.
Shout out to the guy in front of us who spit all over the place when he shouted - the wind carried it right back into our faces, which was awesome. Props to the supporters who chanted and danced the whole time. It was nice to see an energetic base of support for the team.
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