Toronto 3 - 1 San Jose

I wasn’t planning to blog about last night’s Toronto FC match – there are several hundred bloggers who provide match reports for every TFC match and I’m not in a great rush to be the several hundred and first – then Toronto scored its third goal, and the match rose to a level of comedy/ineptitude that I felt needed to be commented on.

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The Raptors: God Bows to Math

The trade to be finalized today has not yet made the Raptors a better team; the two players the team added when the Hedo Turkoglu signing became a sign and trade are marginal at best. Neither is even as likable a player as Kris Humphries – the key extra player now departing in this four-team deal.

Instead, it is the sheer mathematical precision of the deal that is notable – and, it is the free agent options now back on the table that will give the Raptors a chance to become a better team.

The math is pretty breathtaking.

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2009 Gold Cup Group Stage – Canada 1 - 0 Jamaica: Game Notes

- It was frustrating to see so many holdover players. In some far off – almost beyond the realm of the imagination – world, come Brazil 2014, is Paul Stalteri going to be the 36-year-old right back of the Canadian World Cup team? Is Patrice Bernier (a marginal player in his prime) going to start in midfield at 34? Will we see 37-year-old Richard Hastings warming on the sidelines? It’s time for the gold watch treatment for these, and other, noble servants.

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The Long (Though Possibly Short) Goodbye

I don’t follow the Raptors Fan Forums very closely (they are too numerous and too populous), so this may be old news in Raptorland, but, it’s time to start planning the farewell parade for Chris Bosh.

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