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Friday, May 21, 2010

THE MATCHUP: Wounded Upper Canadians seek revenge

"Come on you Reds!"

TORONTO FC (10th) VS. NEW ENGLAND (14th)
 
BMO Field - Saturday 1:00PM EST
TV: CBC -----RADIO: The Fan590
 
In TFC's second game of 2010, the New England Revolution gave them a 4-1 Boston strangling which had supporters seeing red. Oh the good old days when "Mo Must Go" was the buzz word. I miss that. However, TFC has been playing much better as of late while The Revs have gone the other direction and are winless in six.
 
It would have been a good opportunity for Toronto to get a little Loyalist revenge if it wasn't for the fact that they are very jet-lagged, missing Dwayne De Rosario and most likely Julian de Guzman and have had the kick-off bumped up due to UEFA Champions League lust. The match could go either way at this point with "Fortress BMO" needing to make up for the fact that TFC will be all Twinkie tomorrow... you know, "soft in the middle".
 
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "The 1812'er"
 
REDCOATS: Stefan Frei GK, Nick LaBrocca M, Chad Barrett F
"REV" 'VED UP: Taylor Twellman F, Edgaras Jankauskas F, Cory Gibbs D
 
THE ODDS:
- Crates of tea thrown off of Centre Island Ferry: 20-1
- TFC supporters gazing longingly at Steve Nicol: 3-1
- Barrett & White strike force being dubbed "Barr-y White": 9-1
- Nigel Reed proclaiming that "Olde England is better" on-air: 5-2
 
WHO ARE YA?
-New England's traditional whaling industry lives on at Gillette Stadium with the introduction of new "Blubber Buttys"
- Steve Nicol often visits MLS internet forums under the username "Rich Man's Mo Johnston"
- Revolution's die-hard celebrity fans include Norm & Cliff from Cheers, the Boston Celtics' leprechaun and Good Will Hunting.
- The nickname Revolution was chosen in a fan competition narrowly beating out the name "Wahlberg Wanderers"
 
KING GEORGE III SAYS: 3-1 Toronto
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAYS: 1-2 New England
HEADLINE: "TFC HOT AS BARR-Y WHITE GETS IT ON"

Wahlberg Wanderers - "Say hello to your mother for me."

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