The Most Horrible Thing Ever

The following was originally a (typically longwinded) reply on the Voyageur's forum.  I repost here because I think it's something that TFC supporters need to take note of and in some ways its exactly the sort of writing I've always done that was probably more appropriate for a blog:


We're months from the start of the season, there's a lot of time for both teams to change and take shape, TFC is looking better at this point in the off season than they ever have before,* and I hate making explicit predictions but, honestly, from what I've seen from Jesse Marsch Toronto FC fans need to start preparing themselves for something that most can't even imagine: a Montreal team that is competitive in their very first season, capable of finishing ahead of TFC, and possibly even making the playoffs.

Great Expectations

The expectation around much of the rest of Canada, maybe even among Montreal supporters, is probably that the new 2012 Montreal Impact will be terrible simply because they’re an expansion team.  Toronto and Vancouver being the two worst expansion teams since Chivas and RSL stank it up in 2005 probably deforms the expectations of a great number of Canadian soccer fans.

But expansion teams don't have to be terrible.