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MLS Picks for Kicks: No More Montreal Impact Road Woes?

• Frank Doyle
• March 8, 2013

Major League Soccer Preview and Odds Life on the road wasn’t pretty for the Montreal Impact last season. They won just twice away from Montreal and claimed just nine points as visitors. The Impact often faded and lost focus late in matches last year – especially on the road – and fumbled away a playoff...

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MLS Picks for Kicks: Whitecaps Will Roll TFC in Opener

• Frank Doyle
• March 1, 2013

MLS Week 1 Preview and Odds Toronto FC (+380) at Vancouver Whitecaps (-154) Draw (+200) If Vancouver coach Martin Rennie has his way, last season’s playoff debut will merely serve as a stepping stone for this season’s Whitecaps. Now, after becoming the first Canadian team to play in the MLS postseason, a successful run in...

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The Reds Must Get Younger

• Al Dannity
• February 27, 2013

Following on from Frank Doyle’s column on the retirement of Torsten Frings, Al Dannity says now is the time for Toronto FC to hit the reset button and develop a younger roster. The biggest impact Torsten Frings ever has in Toronto could be his departure. With Danny Koevermans the lone designated player (DP) left on...

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Who will captain Toronto FC after Torsten Frings' retirement?

• Frank Doyle
• February 26, 2013

On the day that Toronto FC said goodbye to captain Torsten Frings, Reds supporters are left both wondering about what might have been, and what’s next for the team with just four days before its season-opener in Vancouver. Frings, who announced his retirement after 18 seasons, never really had the impact Toronto had hoped when...

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MLS Players to Watch in 2013

• Al Dannity
• February 25, 2013

[slideshow gallery_id=”13″] The 2013 season of Major League Soccer kicks off this weekend. Al Dannity has put together his list of players to watch this year as 19 teams do battle for the MLS Cup.

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Hassli move won’t be Toronto FC’s last move

• Al Dannity
• February 5, 2013

Eric Hassli was shipped by Toronto FC to Dallas for a conditional draft pick. Al Dannity says we can expect more changes from the Reds soon. The Eric Hassli move never worked out for the Reds and in truth it never looked likely to. Hassli, 32, was the youngest of Toronto FC’s three designated players....

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Beckham Abandons MLS For Brand-Building In France

• Dale Perth
• February 3, 2013

He could have played for any team in the world he wanted. In the end, David Beckham decided on French Ligue 1 club Paris St-Germain. The question is: why? At his news conference on transfer-deadline day last Thursday, Beckham announced he would donate the entire salary of his five-month contract to a local Parisian children’s...

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Montreal Impact Name Interim Head Coach

• Frank Doyle
• October 5, 2017

Only 48 hours after Montreal Impact team president Joey Saputo announced the club and coach Jesse Marsch were parting ways, the club named Mauro Biello its interim coach. Ties to the Team Biello served as the club’s assistant coach this season and will lead the team on its upcoming tour of Italy, where it will...

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MLS Cup Playoffs: Whitecaps Brace for Beckham’s Galaxy

• Frank Doyle
• October 30, 2012

The Vancouver Whitecaps head to Los Angeles for a date with the Galaxy Thursday in a one-game playoff after becoming Canada’s first MLS team to advance to the postseason. However, it looks as though the odds are stacked against them. Vancouver has won just one of its last 10 games and has never scored in...

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Canadian MLS Squads Close Out Regular Season

• Frank Doyle
• October 26, 2012

The Montreal Impact and Toronto FC play their last games of the year this weekend, while Vancouver will use Saturday’s game as a postseason primer. The Whitecaps, the first Canadian team to ever advance to the MLS playoffs, have a date with the Los Angeles Galaxy set for next week. New England Revolution at Montreal...