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Toronto fan kicked it all of this year when a 2,357 made the journey to Crew Stadium on MLS First KickA Toronto area newspaper took a look today on the incidents we first brought you here on MLSR in this video.
The following is an excerpt from an article in the Toronto Sun entitled "Kicking Out At Hooliganism"
Inside the stadium they were throwing beers, while outside they were throwing fists.
Questions are now being raised about the security at BMO Field and the antics of some of Toronto FC's notoriously rowdy fans after a visiting group of Columbus Crew supporters were led by security guards straight into a pack of brawler TFC fans, according to Crew and TFC fans who were there.
Instead of handshakes and hellos, the two groups traded insults, punches and kicks after the 1-1 draw at last Saturday's Major League Soccer match. One TFC fan was pepper-sprayed and handcuffed but later released without charge.
But fans and police say they're tired of the antics that routinely occur in the stands at BMO Field.
The few dozen tourist Crew fans -- most of whom travelled seven hours by bus from Ohio -- were already alarmed by the shower of plastic beer cups thrown onto the field by Toronto fans in the hardcore south-end supporters' section.
One beer cup hit Crew midfielder Robbie Rogers in the back as he prepared a corner kick. At another point, frustrated TFC all-star Jim Brennan shouted at his own fans, admonishing them to drink their beer and not chuck it.
And all the while, security -- there are 140 guards and between 24 and 48 police officers at every TFC game -- appeared to take no action against the beer tossers. Fans on both sides who were at the game criticized the seeming lack of enforcement.
More here....
This all boils down to the Supporters' Groups (Red Patch Boys, U Sector, North End Elite, etc.) do not have control over the tickets in their own sections. People who do not belong there are getting their hands on tickets and getting out-of-control. The real supporters know where the line is.
its all the people in 112 that cause all the trouble. all they do is drink beer and sing songs to each other, they dont even watch the match!
See Crew fans, it does suck when people throw beer on your players.
MLS could have sent a message to Toronto on day one. But it didn't. Instead it patted Toronto on the back and promoted the myth of Canadian passion and sophistication.
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Anonymous said...
MLS could have sent a message to Toronto on day one. But it didn't. Instead it patted Toronto on the back and promoted the myth of Canadian passion and sophistication.
September 22, 2008 7:47 AM
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Well said! When Don Garber took that ridiculous stance early in the season supporting throwing streamers on the field to disrupt play because its about passion it was the wrong message to send and its led to even more roudy behavior and a segment of TFC fans out of control. Just like in England, TFC will find that their own law abiding fans will be turned against coming to games becaue of the actions of a small segment of anarchist supporters.
What's clear is that this is not a group of "fans", they're just idiots using the game as a stage for hooliganism. It's interesting that this comes into play in a city that is arguably more european than other MLS cities...as that is where soccer hooliganism comes from.
All the more reason for MLS to return to its American roots.
random idiots plain and simple. just like the random idiot who spews racism in columbus. there are retards everywhere.
You know, at first, I loved seeing the streamers come out. Now it's opened-up a huge can of worms, and the whole thing is a putting a big black eye on the great fan support TFC has brought to MLS. I'm really hoping that by the start of next season this will be over.
And what's with the hooligan violence? Some of these so-called "fans" look like the biggest group of wannabe hooligans in North America. And that goes for those Crew, Dynamo and Chivas fans who have also pulled crap like this all year. Enough is enough. This isn't Europe, and even then, sport violence in general is "retarded" and has no place. Especially in North America.
^ I have seen much worse things go down at Cincinnati Bengals games than I have Crew games and been to dozens of each. The term "hooligan" is just a shock word used in association with soccer fans. Really no different than a drunken idiot at a football game.
OK, so maybe myself and others around here use the term "hooligan" too loosely. They haven't killed anybody, yet, so these fans are still "wanna-be" material.
I personally think some of these fans need to lay off the bottle, and maybe replace it with a huge doobie. They need to mellow-out, man.
where's the call to dock them points MLSR?
where's the scathing review of the Toronto fans and how they're all terrible people MLSR?
Also to that poster saying it was a few random people, it was about 200 "random people" attacking crew fans outside the stadium. But more than the canuck idiots fault it was securities for taking the Crew supporters through that mess rather than wait for them to leave.
Also MLSR you're a hack piece of shit site.
Clearly, many of you are in your twenties and have never lived through the sort of violence that occurred in England in the 1970s and 80s. A little perspective here please.
I do not advocate beer or streamers or violent behaviour -- the first two are within the purview of Toronto FC and the MLS to root out, and the third is a matter for the police.
Any comments here regarding Canadians' superior self-image flags your opinions as prejudiced.
they probably deserved it. racist bastards!! :P
Can't be any worse than an Oakland Raiders game...
MLS should be thrilled this is happening, this is the kind of passion they need to grow.