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The Los Angeles Galaxy has traded Carlos Ruiz to Toronto FC, sources told SBI on Tuesday evening. Details of the deal were not available yet. To make room for Ruiz on the roster, TFC has waived French midfielder Laurent Robert.

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See, this is what I'm talking about. Put the fire brigade on notice because Canuckistan will be on fire August 20th. Toronto's Park Lane club is hosting the official after-party for Wednesday's World Cup qualifying game between Canada and Jamaica and it's going to be bananas. Why? Because it's hosted by Dwayne de Rosario, Julian deGuzman and Fulham's Paul Staltari. Click to continue reading...

We're about two-thirds complete with the MLS season and we still haven't figured much out. One week, New England is the best team in the league, the next thing you know they are dropping their second straight game. San Jose meanwhile was given up for dead but now they are legitimately chasing a playoff spot. Click to continue reading...

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Toronto FC forward Danny Dichio looked clear-headed and alert as he walked out of Giants Stadium following TFC's 2-0 loss to the Red Bulls. The big English striker left the match after just playing two minutes when Red Bulls defender Gabriel Cichero caught Dichio with an elbow to the face.

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NYRB 2 TFC 0
You could ponder tactics and strategies when you try to think about TFC's loss today, but it would lead you nowhere. It was not a game of match-ups and styles. It was more of a simple tale of talent and luck. New York had both. Talent does not have to show up for long. New York proved that today. Click to continue reading...

If your a Toronto FC supporter you cant help but feel you witnessed a seminole moment in the evolution of your clubs growth. Today on the road down five starters down and a mile high you saw a side that has until today found a way to loose despite great opportunities at victory.But today Toronto held on a mile high against a ten man Colorado that played the final 12 minutes short a man. Click to continue reading...

I took the bait,i thought wow this is very interesting.I'll blog about it.And i was wrong.I had written Monday that,

"And in some cooler news,Brian McBride who is on Olympic duty may have signed with Toronto. Which in perspective makes some sense why Jeff Cuningham has been banished to the nether reaches of BMO field. Click to continue reading...

The only soccer action to speak of today after a busy Sunday of MLS soccer is tonight's Monday night match up between a recently struggling Toronto FC (6-6-4) and Real Salt Lake (sporting an evil record of 6-6-6).

Toronto FC is missing their top scorer, Danny Dichio, and are likely to look to 16 year old Abdus Ibrahim for help in finding the net against a defensively strong Real Salt Lake. Click to continue reading...

Just a crazy schedule it is. A Monday night game in July. Then again the league's All-Star game is on a Thursday night and games are played in 100 degree weather in Texas. But anyways, tonight we get a rare treat as Real Salt Lake puts their unbeated home record on the line against visiting [...] Click to continue reading...

One corner kick, one second of offensive execution, was all that Montreal required to tie Toronto and go through to the next stage of CONCACAF Champions League. This mission was accomplished. TFC's continued offensive weaknesses were on display at BMO Field Tuesday night. Danny Dichio continues to be injured (concussion) and the striker spots were filled by Ibby Ibrahim (turning 17 soon), Amado Guevara, Maurice Edu (two midfielders) and Jeff Cunningham (who should simply leave town now). Click to continue reading...

Another day, another game (or so it seems) for TFC. Tomorrow, cellar-dwellars San Jose pay their first ever visit to BMO Field, in what some fans are calling a must-win game. They cite the fact that we have not won in the past 7 games. Personally, this is an overreaction to me. 2 of those games were meaningless friendlies (Pachuca & Independiente) in which we played with a collection of players nobody had ever heard of (Murphy Wiredu, anyone?

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Another weekend, and the football never ends. I ought to just quit complaining about the amount of football on offer on any given weekend for us in the United States. If you have ESPN360, you have the Russian Premier League (someday soon on Comcast...someday soon). Major League Soccer is on a reduced schedule, but still up and running with three games this weekend.

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The MLS All-Star Game XI (and actually another seven to round out the roster) will be picked at 8 a.m. Thursday from Toronto, site of the 4 p.m. July 24 game against East London's West Ham United of the English Premier League.

Coaches and general managers, fans, players, and media each had 25 percent of the vote to select the starting line-up.

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"TSR" is "Today's Soccer Roundup," which is what happens here when we have too much to blog and not enough. Let's go ...

U.S. Open Cup: Quarterfinals tonight ...

- Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) at New England (MLS); New Britain, Conn.
- Chicago (MLS) at D.C. United (MLS); Maryland SoccerPlex (it's so big, we're not even trying to place it in a town)
- Charleston (USL-1) at Dallas (MLS)
- Kansas City (MLS) at Seattle (USL-1)

The latter two have online video available.

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On July 4, Taking note of the QPR/USA Connection

Besides a considerable number of QPR fans who live throughout the United States, there are a limited QPR-USA connection. Unfortunately on the playing side, only a couple of US players played for QPR: Juergen Sommer and Roy Wegerle. Click to continue reading...

NEWS: From the MLS home office in New York City we have: Final Fan Voting Results Top Vote Getters by Position and Percentage Forwards 1. Landon Donovan (Galaxy) 19.58% 2. Danny Dichio (Toronto FC) 7.32% 3. Juan Pablo Angel (Red... Click to continue reading...

Which players have played the most regular season MLS games without playing in the U.S. Open Cup for an MLS team? Here's the answer:

(active players in italics)

1 Pete Marino 100 2 Adrian Paz 80 3 D.J. Countess 54 3 Dave van den Bergh 54 5 Janusz Michallik 53 6 Edwin Gorter 49 7 Walter Zenga 47 8 Bouna Coundoul 45 9 Doctor Khumalo 43 10 Jim Brennan 40 10 Robbie Findley 40 10 Richard Goulooze 40 13 Carl Robinson 39 14 Brad Friedel 38 14 Juan Pablo Garcia 38 14 Dane Richards 38 17 Brian Bates 37 17 Maurice Edu 37 17 Manny Motajo 37 17 Henry Zambrano 37 21 Guillermo Barros Schelotto 36 21 Jeff Zaun 36 23 Lance Key 34 23 Dave Salzwedel 34 25 David Testo 33
Juan Pablo Angel, Stefani Miglioranzi, and Danny Dichio are next in line. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC hosted the Vancouver Whitecaps in a Canada Day match-up at BMO. The Whitecaps took the lead on a penalty kick in the first half. The kick was awarded after a foul was detected by the ref during a corner kick. I did not see it myself, but my eyes were following the path of the ball coming in. Click to continue reading...

Two interesting photos today.

More proof that Toronto FC is MASSIVE.

It seems 50 Cent (pronounced "fitty cen") has taken a liking to the beautiful game. Specifically Toronto FC.

Was it the sublime skill of Laurent Robert, the explosive creativity of Amado Guevara? Click to continue reading...

Well, today was better that last week. That's at least one thing the Wizards can take from the game today in Toronto, they looked much better then they did last week against Columbus. The Wizards still couldn't find net though, and drew 0-0 with Toronto FC at BMO Field today. The Wizards had a few chances in the first half, with Scott Sealy firing just wide and heading wide in the first half. Click to continue reading...

The continuing rise of TFC is a wonderful thing indeed. It has created an air of expectations. At the end of the Saturday afternoon game, which saw Kansas City wrangle TFC to a goalfree draw, the crowd seemed subdued. Gone forever are the days when a tie was looked upon as a step up from a loss. Having Danny Dichio put a ball in the net and have it called offside might have contributed to this bewildered feeling in the air. Click to continue reading...

With only a couple weeks left to vote, fans are starting to pile on the votes for their favorite players in Major League Soccer for this summer's All-Star game in Toronto. Not a lot of changes at the top of the overall voting list.In fact that top three remain: David Beckham Landon Donovan Cuauhtemoc Blanco Once you get by the [. Click to continue reading...

So David Beckham leads the MLS All-Star balloting. No big surprise there. But apparently Toronto FC fans want to watch their team take on English Premier League team West Ham on July 24 at BMO Field. Seriously. Danny Dichio, Amado... Click to continue reading...

Tononto FC is one step closer to qualifying for the first CONCACAF Champions League.  TFC is involved in a 3 team playoff which will determine who represents Canada in the regional tournament.  Last night Marco Velez scored the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute to give TFC a 1-0 victory over USL side Montreal Impact.

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and now we dream.....
After Saturday's joyous final 2007 home game it is possible to be still on such a high that the cruel reality of "season over" may not have sunk in. TFC came, the faithful fans saw and Danny Dichio conquered.
Who expected this ?? Who thought that the beautiful game would have landed, flourished and launched something so strong, so filled with affection and celebration, so tribal in all the right ways, here in boring Toronto ? Click to continue reading...