The boys were happy to get back to Toronto yesterday evening after a hard weeks training in Bradenton(FL). Now whether this was because it was Valentines day!! Or just because it was good to get back and see the family, you can make your mind up! Some of the new guys were pretty nervous with reports coming from various people that it was -20 back in TO, but when we got back in it was pretty normal at -1. Just before we left to come home we had our last game in Bradenton against one of our arch rivals ‘New York’. The game was split up into 4 periods of 25 minutes. One team played the 1st 50 minutes and then another team came on for the last 50 minutes. The game was as followed;

TORONTO FC  VS NEW YORK RED BULLS

team: Frei, Wynne, Kenton , Velez , Brennan , De Rosario, Amadoo, Cronin, McGlinchey, Barrett, Vitti

In the 1st half we probably played the best football the team have played all week. The passing and the movement was very crisp and the pressure when the opponents had the ball was very good as well. The 1st goal came when Chad was played through with a great driven pass by Marv , Chad was through on goal but un-selfishly played a square ball to Vitti who took a touch and then finished neatly under the keepers feet. The 2nd goal came when the young Gambian kid ‘Amadoo’ closed down ‘New York’s’ centre midfielder with great pressure and found Chad who was about 30yds out from goal. He then hit a superb shot from distance that nestled in the far top hand corner giving the keeper no chance. In the 2nd half we conceded a dubious penalty when the overly cautious referee awarded a hand ball against De Ro after the ball was blasted against him. The 2nd half we got a bit tired and the game got a bit sloppy which is understandable after a hard weeks training.

So thats me finished for now and i am off to watch the Milan Derby where i hope the only team in Milan pick up the 3 points!!! FORZA MILAN