Toronto FC Academy - 2012 Season

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website: http://www.torontofc.ca/academy/teams/home

csl schedule:
http://canadiansoccerleague.com/schedules/1sched.htm

2012 CSL FIRST DIVISION - Academy Schedule

Sat, May 05 Invista Centre 7:00 PM Kingston FC 2 - 4 TFC Academy

Sun, May 20 Lions Park 6:00 PM Brantford Galaxy 1 - 0 TFC Academy

Sun, May 27 Downsview Park 2:00 PM TFC Academy 6 - 0 London City

Sun, Jun 03 CS St Jean De Vianney 2:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy 1 - 0 TFC Academy

Fri, Jun 08 Lamport Stadium 8:00 PM SC Toronto 0 - 0 TFC Academy

Sun, Jun 17 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros 0 - 2 TFC Academy

Fri, Jun 22 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy 3 - 0 Mississauga Eagles FC

Fri, Jun 29 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy 1 - 0 Kingston FC

Sat, Jul 07 Kalar 7:00 PM Niagara United 0 - 2 TFC Academy

Fri, Jul 13 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy 0 - 1 York Region Shooters

Sun, Jul 15 Victoria Park 3:00 PM Brampton City Utd 1 - 2 TFC Academy

Fri, Jul 20 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy 2 - 1 North York Astros

Fri, Jul 27 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy 2 - 2 Windsor Stars

Fri, Aug 17 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy SC Waterloo

Fri, Aug 24 Hershey Centre 8:00 PM Mississauga Eagles FC TFC Academy

Wed, Aug 29 Club Roma 8:00 PM St. Catharines Roma Wolves TFC Academy

Fri, Sep 07 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy Toronto Croatia

Sun, Sep 09 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters TFC Academy

Fri, Sep 14 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy Montreal Impact Academy

Fri, Sep 21 Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Serbian White Eagles TFC Academy

Fri, Sep 28 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy SC Toronto

Fri, Oct 05 Downsview Park 8:00 PM TFC Academy Serbian White Eagles

This post has been edited by DavydMT on Jul 28 2012, 11:31 AM

So they put the game against Kingston on the same Saturday the main team are playing DC at home. I live in Kingston, would like to see both and be able to cab it to the Academy / Kingston game but will be in to instead. Poorly planned in a way- they should play sundays or something....

Fri, Jun 08 Lamport Stadium 8:00 PM SC Toronto TFC Academy
looks like this will be only Academy fame at Lamport this season, and with national team playing away at Cuba at 2pm, this should be a good day to support local football at all the levels

also

Sat, Jul 07 Kalar 7:00 PM Niagara United TFC Academy
First team is not playing on the 7th (they are away in Philly on sunday). NIAGARA AWAY!

I am looking forward to the Academy season, will be interesting to see games up at Downsview, how the setup will work in the early stages, guess we will find out on May 25 vs. London. You guys will have a good time in Niagara, sorry I will miss it, will be in Philly cheering on the first team. Have never been to PPL Park.

I've been chewing this more an more and I'm at a loss as to why we seem to think we should cut off our academy at U18?

The absence of an U21 or even U23 team in either the CSL or PDL (maybe shuffling around the teams we have accordingly) seems to be an obvious oversight.

Few kids are ready to contribute at 18 and the reserve schedule is too erratic to be of any real use.

I could talk all day in this but wanted to get some initial thoughts from other people first....

I agree with a U-21, but think a U-23 is a bit excessive. Up to U-18 would be fine if we had a large roster size, but with the restraints of MLS we need to be able to keep guys being developed, and give them playing time. 23 year olds is what we'd be getting out of the SuperDraft (or younger) so I don't see that as necessary.

The CSL team pretty much doubles as a U-23 reserve team already.

Omphroy, Gold, Makubuya and Cordon all played on that team last year, and I suspect guys like Burgos will play there this year.

I'm confused. The academy only goes up to U18, but the CSL team "TFC Academy" is up to U-23?

I'm confused. The academy only goes up to U18, but the CSL team "TFC Academy" is up to U-23?

What's so confusing about it?

They are officially a U-18 team, but they've added older players as needed.

In the long-term, does TFC need some other stepping stone between the U18s and the signed TFC players? We have the reserve league, but I thought that was for primarily players who were part of the 25 (or 30, or whatever it is now) person roster.

Yeah, but havign overage guys play on what is supposed ot be an U18 side is costing academy guys minutes. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive, but there should be a catch all U21 or U23 side to bridge the gap to the U18s, give them somewhere to play in the summer (when at college after left the academy), give us a chance to scout other players in the PDL (as an example league we could use). Hell, even if we affiliated with the Lynx or something it would be an improvement.

June 8th will be Toronto's only game at Lamport Stadium this season, so let's make this an epic night and have some fun.

Tickets are $10

June 8th
12:00 pm - Poland vs Greece (euro)
2:00 pm - Cuba vs Canada (World Cup Qualifier)
2:45 pm - Russia vs Czech Republic (euro)
8:00 pm - SC Toronto vs TFC Academy

Facebook even:
https://www.facebook.com/events/23283951348...7/?notif_t=like

This post has been edited by DavydMT on May 6 2012, 08:49 PM

Sure about that? I'll take your word for it but I caught maybe 1-3 of their games on rogers TV and i didnt see any reserve/college/drafted players playing. From what i saw, it was mostly a youth squad with the likes of Camargo, Morris, Vukovic etc.

This was one of the reasons that i believed that their record was inferior to montreal impact academy squad since the impact were using their CSL team more as true reserve squad with several veterans in the mix. Whereas (as far as i knew), TFC was mostly teenagers who hadnt yet been signed to the senior team.

This post has been edited by Free kick on May 6 2012, 02:34 PM

Hmm, and USOL at 10 pm at Lamport if it's the same schedule as last year.

Cuba at 2 pm on a Friday! I'd better put that in my calendar before someone books a meeting.

Sure about that? I'll take your word for it but I caught maybe 1-3 of their games on rogers TV and i didnt see any reserve/college/drafted players playing. From what i saw, it was mostly a youth squad with the likes of Camargo, Morris, Vukovic etc.

This was one of the reasons that i believed that their record was inferior to montreal impact academy squad since the impact were using their CSL team more as true reserve squad with several veterans in the mix. Whereas (as far as i knew), TFC was mostly teenagers who hadnt yet been signed to the senior team.

Rudi is correct. Those guys did play in some academy games.

I even have a sneaking suspicion that Sturgis also saw some time in an academy game when he had fallen particularly out of favour.

This post has been edited by Soldeed on May 6 2012, 07:24 PM