Sports in Canadian culture - Page 303

osmo · #**6041** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 5:33 PM**

Yes, many sports bars were very busy for the game yesterday. There is no question TFC is #4 in this town for sports.

Acajack · #**6042** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 5:49 PM**

TFC and MLS check off all of the right boxes in terms of civic self identity for many in Toronto right now.

EpicPonyTime · #**6043** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by TownGuy

Hmm not so sure about that. Maybe on game days or something. Ultimately outside of TFCs circle there wasn't much buzz going on about TFC being in the finals. Could you imagine the Leafs, Raptors or Jays in a similar position?

No one is comparing TFC to any of those teams. They're miles ahead of any other team in Toronto.

Hackslack · #**6044** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 7:22 PM**

When does the 2018 season get underway for MLS?

JHikka · #**6045** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 9:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hackslack

When does the 2018 season get underway for MLS?

March.

Hackslack · #**6046** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 10:10 PM**

Do the teams take part in friendlies before the start of the season? And when does training camp take place?

mistercorporate · #**6047** Posted **Dec 10, 2017, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hackslack

Do the teams take part in friendlies before the start of the season? And when does training camp take place?

Friendlies usually in January/February in Florida. Not sure what the plan is next year as Champions League begins in February.

mistercorporate · #**6048** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 7:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

TFC and MLS check off all of the right boxes in terms of civic self identity for many in Toronto right now.

Why only Toronto? MLS seems to increasingly be resonating with people in all 3 of our big metros.

Acajack · #**6049** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 2:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by mistercorporate

Why only Toronto? MLS seems to increasingly be resonating with people in all 3 of our big metros.

To a point I guess - the reasons may vary slightly depending on the city.

Anyway, I mentioned Toronto because the discussion was about Toronto.

HomerSPC · #**6050** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 8:21 PM**

Ironic how TFC fans destroyed more of BMO than Argos fans have.

Source

Acajack · #**6051** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 8:27 PM**

I am quite confident they left the pitch intact, though!

mistercorporate · #**6052** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 8:50 PM**

That's in the supporters section, no one was sitting down there. A lot of jumping up and down on flimsy plastic chairs, especially when it's packed to the gills will do that. Glad to see people in Regina are so interested in TFC!

Acajack · #**6053** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by mistercorporate

That's in the supporters section, no one was sitting down there. A lot of jumping up and down on flimsy plastic chairs, especially when it's packed to the gills will do that. Glad to see people in Regina are so interested in TFC!

Aren't TFC "Canada's team"?

esquire · #**6054** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 9:11 PM**

It's a couple of measly seats, no big deal IMO. And congrats to the Toronto FC fans around here!

Acajack · #**6055** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 9:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

It's a couple of measly seats, no big deal IMO. And congrats to the Toronto FC fans around here!

They do look really cheap and fragile. Not surprising that some of them would get damaged at a championship game where the local team won.

esquire · #**6056** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 9:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

They do look really cheap and fragile. Not surprising that some of them would get damaged at a championship game where the local team won.

People don't seem to drink as heavily around here as they used to which maybe explains why it doesn't happen as much as it once did, but I do recall seeing some petty destruction after significant home-team victories in the past. It's just one of those things that kind of goes with the territory IMO.

HomerSPC · #**6057** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 9:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Aren't TFC "Canada's team"?

I think you're thinking of the Roughriders

Hackslack · #**6058** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 11:47 PM**

Does Toronto media consider TFC a major league championship? i.e. The city's first since the Jays World Series. Or do they downplay, not consider it major, the same way they do for the Argos Grey Cup championships?

megadude · #**6059** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 12:00 AM**

This was a few years ago. We were sitting with the Red Patch Boys and some dude went mental for a second after a bad call by the ref. Was surprisingly easy to rip the seat off. My friend posed with it after the game. The guy behind him was a drunkard who saw a good opportunity for a photobomb.

suburbanite · #**6060** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 1:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hackslack

Does Toronto media consider TFC a major league championship? i.e. The city's first since the Jays World Series. Or do they downplay, not consider it major, the same way they do for the Argos Grey Cup championships?

I've heard a lot of people celebrating it as Toronto's "first major international championship" since the Jays and would say the hype is bigger than the Argos was. I still think it pales to what a Raptors or Jays championship would bring, and obviously a Leafs cup would be apocalyptic.