For a team that hasn’t even made the playoffs since being introduced into Major League Soccer in 2007, you’d think the fans of the Toronto FC would have given up on their club by now. But that certainly hasn’t been the case. In fact, it appeared as though support for the Toronto FC was as strong as it has ever been during last night’s CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal match against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Not only did 47.000 of the club’s supporters fill the Rogers Center wearing red and white, but they also made their presence felt throughout the 90 minutes of action. Just ask David Beckham, who must have felt as though it was pouring miles worth of streamers every time he lined up for a corner kick. And when he wasn’t under a storm of tissue paper, he was under fire from drunken Torontonians and their empty beer cans.
It was the latter act from FC fans that would really set off the Galaxy midfielder, but he would have the last laugh moments later, as Landon Donovan converted on a corner kick to tie the game at 2-2. And as you’d probably expect, Beckham wasted little time thanking the fans in the Rogers Center for their warm hospitality immediately following the goal.
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