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^ If you're talking "peak age", and not actual peak, in terms of performance, McKenna, de Guzman, Klukowski, and Occean are all younger than Bernier, to name a few.

For TFC's sake, the sooner the better.

Didn't he have the best time up the Grouse Grind at some team training session a few years ago?

Bekker looked okay in one of his Canada appearances. But he has looked completely out of his depth so far for TFC. I don't think he needs to be pushed to become a part of the MNT quite yet. And for...

I think whoever ends up signing Hutchinson will be getting a bargain. His value surely hasn't been helped by playing as a mediocre right back for nearly 3 seasons. Although he was able to keep...

Some are painting the result as inevitable given the second-rate squad fielded by Nelsen, but I think that's a bit revisionist. I saw plenty of tweets pre-match suggesting Toronto was trying to "end...

Not sure what the number was at Saputo, but they certainly brought the atmosphere.

Thanks to all who entered my contest (http://oot-football.blogspot.ca/2013/04/voyageurs-cup-pool-2013-edition.html). 50 in, 30 minutes left for any last-minute types.

Two more days to get your picks into my contest:

http://oot-football.blogspot.com/2013/04/voyageurs-cup-pool-2013-edition.html

Lots of people predicting a Montreal-Vancouver final so far.

^ Bump.

8 days until the matches. 8 days to make your picks. Over 20 entries in so far. Nobody has yet been brave enough to pick Edmonton to win over two legs (or even a single match, for that...

Like I have done the past 4 years, I've got a prediction contest running on my blog for this year's Voyageurs Cup tournament. Feel free to post your predictions in this thread, but if you want to...

Given how little they have achieved with the national team, I don't think we ought to put much stock into the players' whims about site selection, coach selection, etc. Lunatics running the asylum,...

Being real, I suspect Toronto would not have come all that close to 20,000 for a hypothetical May CR friendly at BMO either. The only time a BMO crowd has been over 20k for a national team game was...

^ Good points re: Camara. He also seems to manage to acquire some sort of minor injury almost every match.

^ For all the accolades he has received in the early-going, Montreal was put on the back foot early on a terrible giveaway by Patrice Bernier that led directly to the opening goal. On that play,...

One would think so, but here's a look at our current striker/forward pool:

Tosaint Ricketts - playing for one of the worst teams in Norwegian top flight
Simeon Jackson - NOT playing for mid-table...

Will Johnson brings Portland back from 2-0 down with two goals to earn the draw vs Colorado.

Might not be too long until you can add Karl Ouimette under Montreal's column. Didn't look out of place today, save for one terrible clearance.

^ With the team they had out there, Hutchinson is the captain for me. But I also think it is a largely irrelevant symbol, they can give it to Cebara for all I care.

^ Morgan might deserve to play, but I'd be wary of letting him play in the back four. Has looked really naive defensively in the three TFC matches.

And probably about a 70% chance that he isn't good enough by then to be on the radar screen of any national team.

Replacing a guy turning 32 next week with a guy who is a year and a half older is hardly a long term solution.

A bit strange that Rob Friend, of all Canadian players, is currently the one getting the most regular minutes at forward at the highest level. Haber might actually be next, unless you count De Ro as...

Another 90 minutes at right back for Atiba Hutchinson as PSV beat Waalwijk 2-0. The first goal came on a penalty after Hutchinson was tripped in the box.

Maybe I'm just a "hater" but for me he was not clearly our best player. An average attacking player in a bad bunch makes him look good, but other players did more important work for the team.
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