Enough Said....

Man United 7 - AS Roma 1

Cristiano Ronaldo 2 Goals

Michael Carrick 2 Goals

Wayne Rooney 1 Goal

You know you love Ronaldo Gio?

letter of the day

i seem to be pissing off some arsenal fans with this. oh well...i expected no less.

p.s. i don't think arsenal are sure to win, just that they have a much better chance, that they CAN win it, and that this win will boost our youth

Toronto enters MLS

Finally after all of these months of preparation and anticipation Toronto FC kicked off their inaugural season on Saturday. Unsurprisingly they fell 2-0 to Chivas USA in Los Angeles. TFC really impressed me in the first half with Chivas' GK Brad Guzan making four tremendous saves to keep the score level. In the end though, fitness was likely the deciding factor as TFC couldn't make anything happen in the second half after falling behind late in the first.

I must say I'm not a fan of the 3-5-2 formation that Toronto was using. To me it seems far too vulnerable to the counterattack. It works fine against a slow buildup where the wingers have a chance to track back and help out the defence, but off a quick counter the defenders are pretty much left on their own. Perhaps it would work if you have three very good defenders on the back line, but that is the weakest part of Toronto's team and it showed in game one.

It was also great to see ABC is showing MLS games in HD. I watched Colorado Rapids (aka Arsenal USA) vs. DC United and the game looked fantastic. Hopefully Sportsnet is able to show some of TFCs games in HD this season and someday perhaps we will even get Premiership matches in HD (I believe Sky Sports is already broadcasting many of the games in HD in England, so it should be possible to use their feed). On an unrelated note I was thrilled to see that Shaw has added a new soccer channel to its lineup (Gol TV will be available starting on Wednesday). While they don't carry any EPL games, they have La Liga and Bundesliga as well as many South American leagues (so I can brush up on my Bolivian football :)