Zero chance ah?

TFC was counting their good fortune afterwards when taking their cold showers…

I have been analyzing the situation, and since our TFC friend has mentioned Guevara probably wont be playing for TFC during their home leg, because the Gold Cup is being played at the same time. So I figured Guevara is a 45% no show. Also DeRo will be away in international duty because of the same reason.

One thing the Islanders have going against them is BMO’s Field Turf. THe last couple of games the Troop has played on turf they have either tied or lost. But this is talking about a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE… field turf the Austin Aztex call home.

If the Islanders can manage to score at least 1 goal and/or tie… the return leg is an assured win. Canadian teams have a bad habit of coming to the Caribbean and losing… just like Alajuelense, Santos, Tauro FC, Cruz Azul, etc etc.
The Islandera is a very hard place to play as a visitor, especially when more than 12,000 men and women come to the game. And if I know my compatriots, they will come by the busloads (hopefully if the game is marketed correctly) just to see Marco Velez, the Captain of the National Team.

Also for the away leg, TFC will probably lose some key players like DeRo, Dichio, and Guevara… like I read in BigSoccer the MLS All Star Game is close by that date, and if I’m not mistaken also there are a couple of international friendlies in preparation for the renewal of the World Cup Qualifiers.

You are human. We forgive you.

For the game where they lost to Vancouver, they were missing two of their better players now, Garcia was still with San Jose (and Harmse had to play defender, which he isn’t suited for), and Guevara was away on National Team duty with Honduras.

Guevara and Dichio are the engines of Toronto’s offense, with one of them missing from the line up, the team doesn’t look right on the offensive.

At the back, any time you have to have Velez or Harmse as a Defender, the team doesn’t look right at the back. Harmsy’s a solid mid-fielder but is not a central defender, and Velez…he can go back to Puerto Rico any time he pleases.

I’d rather play a backline consisting of Gomez, Attakora, or anybody else, hell, we could put Chad Barrett back there, and he’d do a better job than Velez.

Have to disagree strongly with you there. It certainly remains to be seen but don’t forget that last year we had a slower start to the season compared to this one. The team had a slow start but are now undefeated in their last 6 and beat 1st place Charleston twice this week.

TFC will be tough, but as they proved in the Nutrilite Championship – they’re not that much better than USL-1 sides (see Vancouver)

SAN LUIS – 1st
Chivas – 2nd (declined to participate)
Toluca – 3rd (CCL)
Cruz Azul – 4th (CCL)
SANTOS – 5th
Pumas – 6th (CCL)
TIGRES – 7th
ATLAS – 8th