TFC Broadcasts...

[marktci 1]

quote:FC's opener

Sportsnet president Doug Beeforth says the network will use its own play-by-play team to call Toronto FC's inaugural game next weekend against Chivas USA.

In Major League Soccer, the home team provides a host broadcast. Sportsnet will pick up the host feed, but will send announcer Gerry Dobson and analyst Craig Forrest to California to call the game, as well as two additional camera technicians and a producer.

Beeforth said the option of using the host play-by-play team was available, but rejected.

"At the end of the day, it wasn't the right thing to do," he said.

Sportsnet will air eight FC games, two at home and six on the road, all of which will be called by Dobson and Forrest.

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[The Beaver 572]

Hey, how about getting Vic Rauter to call the games? I rather liked Vic, and he knows the game better than Dobson does.

[RS 2,002]

Rauter's a TSN employee.

[crashvegas 0]

Did you just say that Vic Rauter knows the game better than Dobson? Dobson may not be a soccer genius, but I'm surprised that when Vic commentates on a game he doesn't ask 'when do they get into a scrum?'

[RS 2,002]

quote:Originally posted by crashvegas

Did you just say that Vic Rauter knows the game better than Dobson? Dobson may not be a soccer genius, but I'm surprised that when Vic commentates on a game he doesn't ask 'when do they get into a scrum?'

I have to agree.

Saying Rauter knows more about the game than Dobson may have been true back in 1999 (when Dobson first started as a soccer commentator/host), but to his credit Dobson has taken it upon himself to learn a lot about soccer since then.

He may not be the best play-by-play man around, but as a host he knows his stuff.

[PaulV 69]

Has there been any talk of the MLS Direct Kick package coming to Canada on Rogers, ExpressVu or StarChoice? (it's the MLS equivalent to the NHL Centre Ice where you get the out-of-market games)

[Canucks fan 0]

tomorrows game will be on sportsnet

http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/200294

http://www2.sportsnet.ca/tvschedule/tvsked_sport.php?schedule_id=7

[john tv 0]

I guess I was maybe the guilty one that got Gerry into soccer.First of all as a sport editor at CFTO he was a great supporter of the Robbie,subsequently I invited him to play in a celebrity game at the Toronto Blizzard and he played quite well,he knows how to play soccer. I saw him at a penalty fund raising event and he took penalties with both feet and scored as well.His enthusiasm is second to none among all broadcasters and one of the nicest and most sincere guys you will ever meet.He has been the master of ceremonies at the Soccer Hall Of Fame banquet since it start,doing one amazing job.

[mrpopulistfutebol 0]

guys, if you go to www.mlsnet.com they are offering a package for $20.00 US to see all regional MLS games that are not televised on ESPN, FSC or Telefutura. Pretty good deal if I say so myself.

[RealGooner 0]

quote:Originally posted by john tv

I guess I was maybe the guilty one that got Gerry into soccer.First of all as a sport editor at CFTO he was a great supporter of the Robbie,subsequently I invited him to play in a celebrity game at the Toronto Blizzard and he played quite well,he knows how to play soccer. I saw him at a penalty fund raising event and he took penalties with both feet and scored as well.His enthusiasm is second to none among all broadcasters and one of the nicest and most sincere guys you will ever meet.He has been the master of ceremonies at the Soccer Hall Of Fame banquet since it start,doing one amazing job.

It always comes back to John TV...

[mrpopulistfutebol 0]

I just ordered the season of MLS from the MLS website. This package shows the regional games from MLS. If you can stand buffering on your computer then, it is good.

[Calgary Boomer 0]

To his credit Gerry only referred to TFC as "Canada" once.

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I counted three times, the first time he didn't even notice himself saying Sutton in the "canada goal" and the next 2 times he caught himself and laughed about it...

[rdroze 0]

quote:Originally posted by Calgary Boomer

To his credit Gerry only referred to TFC as "Canada" once.

Actually, I counted twice, plus once referring to Sutton as the "Canadian keeper". (While yes, Sutton is Canadian, I'm guessing this was really a Canada/TFC slip on Dobson's part; eg, it seems unlikely he'd refer to Eskandarian as "the American forward" instead of "the Toronto forward" while in the middle of the play-by-play. But that's debateable, I know...)

[john tv 0]

quote:Originally posted by RealGooner

It always comes back to John TV...

Oops,Gooner,

Don't mean to upsett you at all, I really think you are a very nice guy,so I am sorry that you feel that way.

[Loud Mouth Soup 2]

Was nice to hear Gerry take the p*ss about himself for referring to Canada instead of TFC. He knew he messed up, laughed about it.