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.

Trillium Debacle

Saturday's game in Columbus started off well. The Crew were first on the board but TFC's Dwayne De Rosario would answer back 3 minutes later to tie the match up. Four minutes into the second half it looked like Ali Gerba was the saviour Toronto needed as he netted his first MLS goal. Columbus was able to fight back and tie the game up again and eventually win it in Extra time. This allowed Columbus to extend there unbeaten streak to 19. I was really hoping to see TFC hoist the stupid Trillium Cup but instead it looks like i need to wait another season. The Major turning point in the game was when Amado Guevara left in the 22nd minute with an injury that the team called an "upper-body contusion." and was replaced by Velez. VELEZ!! come on we must have someone better on the bench then VELEZ!! A monkey armed with a bag of shit couldn't mess things up more than that guy. anyways.. I hope that Wednesday produces better results!

Toronto FC face The Columbus Crew

Columbus currently sits one point above Toronto in the Eastern Conference. The Trillium Cup will be decided on Saturday at Crew Stadium. The teams have played to a pair of draws in their meetings this season and Toronto has never defeated the Crew in club history. It would be nice to add more trophies to the case. Toronto already has picked up some silverware this season. I do not think that tonites match up will have the same sort of Toronto FC fan following as in previous match ups. The cold hard truth of the matter is Columbus is a shitty town to visit and they treat us like garbage in the stadium. Ali Gerba is making his MLS debut tonite. Hopefully he brings some of his Gold cup success with him. Ali scored a goal for Canada earlier this month in crew stadium. The Crew are currently on a four-game unbeaten run, including a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake this past Saturday. For TFC midfielder Sam Cronin is out, because of international duty, while forward O'Brian White, Nana Attakora and Adrian Serioux are questionable with injuries. You can catch tonites game at 7:30 p.m. ET (ONN; RogersSN)

Gerba playing like Barrett

I read this story this morning on the CBC Website Toronto FC falls to River Plate in friendly .

I found it a little frustrating. Using the terms "Talk about the Christians being thrown to the lions" and " Buenos Aires powerhouse " I think are used very loosely. River Plate the 33-time champions of Argentina finished dead last in Primera División Argentina 2008–09. They Mustered up a beautiful 2 wins in the season. I think the Article should have been on the FACT that Gerba missed golden opportunities last night looking a lot like Chad Barrett. We may have a TFC striker jinx in the making. Looking at past strikers that have played the position for the Red's, Cunningham, Samuel, Eskandarian, now Barrett, and Vitti.. I think the team needs to do some serious research in shaking jinx. Otherwise Gerba could be the next in a long list of strikers to follow in those footsteps.

River Plate Invades Toronto

In 2007 Toronto FC announced that they will play Benfica and Aston Villa in friendlies. In 2008 Toronto FC announced two international friendlies to be played against Pachuca of Mexico and Independiente of Argentina.

This year

TFC has brought River Plate of Argentina that just suffered a BRUTAL season. Thanks MLSE for putting together some top flight entertainment! River Plate is scheduled to play Toronto FC in an exhibition game on Tonight! at BMO Field. Then they travel back to Edmonton to face English Premier side Everton in an exhibition match on July 25 at Commonwealth Stadium.
They'll stay in Edmonton and hold their training camp at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park.
Originally, River Plate was going to hold their training camp in Montreal.
They will go to Montreal for an Aug. 3 game against the Impact the following day and make their way back to Buenos Aires from there. Originally River was slated for a 3 game tour of Canada they were supposed to play Italy's Juventus. BUT Juventus Kicked River in the nuts and now they have to play the Montreal Impact.

From What I can gather River Plate sucked the Big one last season which would explain why they are playing TFC in a friendly. Just like Independiente from last season MLSE brings us more cellar dwellers.

I am really not sure how I feel about all these "Friendlies". There is nothing to be gained other than to see how Gerba, White, and Edwards may play against "top level opposition". Possibly scout River Plate to see if they have any garbage players they would like to dump on us in some sort of loan deal. Friendlies should not be played in the middle of the season the whole world has them in the off season to avoid injuries and to prep players for a new season. Yesterday I was way stoked about the match today not so much. Possibly cause its going to rain but realistically cause the match does not mean a whole lot.

That's a whole lot of nothing from me for today. maybe tomorrow I will be more creative especially after the game has been played..

White and Gerba!

Its an exciting time to be a TFC fan as Toronto FC strikers O'Brian White and Ali Gerba are both expected to make appreances in the match against Argentine side River Plate at BMO Field on Wednesday night. O'Brien White was drafted fourth overall in the 2009 SuperDraft but has been sidelined with an ACL injury. Gerba has been tearing the shit up in the Concacaf Gold Cup.

I will have more to say on the subject in the future.. I just want to get something on the Blog for now.