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While depressing for residents of North America’s fourth largest city, Asher points out why the Reds may not dwell in mediocrity alongside the Leafs and Jays for much longer.Ģ5 million people watched the United States draw Portugal in the World Cup this summer. Here at World Soccer Talk, Abe Asher ably analyses the many problems affecting Toronto FC. For established countries, playing sides like Gibraltar amounts to an at-bat in slowpitch softball – – there’s no pride or congratulations in hitting it out of the park, only shame if you feebly hit it for a ground out. With so many members, UEFA really needs to follow the AFC’s lead and have tiered qualifying. The Guardian’s Sid Lowe reports on The Rock ahead of its first European qualifier against Poland on Sunday. “Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner”īritish Overseas Territory Gibraltar is now the 54th UEFA member and yet another minnow for other countries to feast on during qualifying. At the very least, let’s try to prevent the scenario so cleverly laid out by cartoonist David Squires.Ħ. World Soccer Talk’s Robert Hay offers three great ideas to improve on deadline day. Personally I’d rather play on dirt, but no community making efficient use of its tax revenue should have to resort to plastic. Plastic pitches don’t absorb sweat and rain as well as natural ones so they smell terrible in the summertime and only a little less so the rest of the year. Many communities have been lazily replacing grass fields with turf ones consisting of materials like ground-up tires. These shots are a helpful reminder that you don’t need a pristine pitch to play.

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The Original Winger’s been running a fantastic series of “Soccer in America” photographs.

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