And so it was on to Montreal last night for the second game ever at Saputo Stadium against the Impact.
The atmosphere was outstanding for a chilly weeknight, or any night, in no small part because of the scarf-waving, scarlet-clad crazies who made the trip from Toronto and stood throughout the game - they even scored the sunniest corner of the north-facing stand. Well played.
As for the action on the pitch, well, it took a while for TFC to find their feet against lower-league opponents who, it has to be said, looked like they were distinctly up for it.
Much of that had to do with the local supporters. Indeed, even the Montreal seagulls were determined to get their licks at the boys in red.
In the first half, animated TFC coach John Carver was directing traffic from his technical area, as is his wont, when he looked up and saw to his horror one of the birds was making a divebombing run at his face. Cue the rapier-like reflexes as the affable Geordie ducked and stumbled out of the way.
"I nearly died there!" a grinning Carver said after the game. "At least the crowd got a laugh out of it."
Sean Gordon
Toronto should be ashamed of your so called "fans"-- more like 20 something drunks....from the Ultras site:
" QUOTE (Rudi @ May 27 2008, 10:59 PM)
BTW, there was a pretty big scuffle after the game.
Without going too much into it, we took care of that problem and then some. In usual fashion, the TFC fans were not the ones to start anything (just as it was in DC), but we were the ones who ended it."
---So I ask why do you put up with drunken white 20 something males looking for a fight?
Posted by: Pele | May 28, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Hey Morgan, really enjoying your writing about TFC.
Just a comment on another MLS article posted today by the Associated Press regarding racial obscenities being shouted at the Columbus Crew/New England Revs game last Saturday. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but the guy who posted the video the article is talking about on YouTube has actually posted OTHER videos that also include other racial epithets (i.e. they're yelling anti-semitic profanity at Steve Ralston - who isn't Jewish as far as I know). You can link to the video below:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IgUnOWzvQ_o
The whole thing is fairly disgusting, and I was just wondering if you have any idea what the MLS is doing on this front.
Posted by: Steve | May 28, 2008 at 12:21 PM