The UM02 followed the wise advice of South Park’s Towelie last night for the final Voyageurs Cup game against the Vancouver Whitecaps, and all brought everything needed for the very first UM02 beach party held due to the lose-lose-lose situation that was last night’s game.
Win, and Toronto wins the Cup,
Lose, and Vancouver could potentially win the cup, denying TFC, while the Gulls finish last
Draw, and TFC wins the cup, Gulls in last place for the second straight year.
Now obviously looking at that presentation of the outcomes, a draw is the worst possible finish for everyone involved. So guess what the fates had the game end in? A draw, what a surprise…
From the onset of the match, it felt to me like a draw was the only possible outcome, and unfortunately that came true. But aside from the dismal performance of our Gulls, and yet another chapter written in Voyageurs Cup history, there were strange things afoot in section 114. As a compromise between those who felt we should do nothing at this game, and those who felt the club deserved our support, the idea of the UM02 beach party was conceived.
People eschewed the usual black and blue sported in the kop for brightly coloured, summery beach clothes, flags for inflatable sharks and crocodiles and waved their towels in the air. The usual impressive songs coming from 114 were replaced by laughter and sounds of people playing with water guns, beach balls and beach tennis. Some songs were converted to reflect the summery protest (“Bronze, bronze ultras”, “La plage”, “Vamos a la playa”, etc.). The original plan of hanging our towels on the front railing was quickly dashed when the blackshirts forced their removal “because the game is on tv”, and the kiddy pool certainly did not please the meatheads, but what’s life on the beach without a few bullies who love nothing more than kicking sand in peoples faces…
Sure, near the end of the game people grew tired with the boring play on the field and the realisation that TFC would be crowned champions, and the beach balls invaded the field of play(accidentally), no matter how many beefy, overzealous black-shirted security guards there were overseeing the fun.
In the end, we finished last and Toronto won. The one respite from the terrible result(That still had the Impact players celebrating after the game…)?
Heavy drinking.
Tags: 114, beach party, disappointments, heavy drinking, IMFC, inflatable toys, lose-lose, montreal impact, rogue beach balls, security, South park, toronto fc, towelie, um02, vancouver whitecaps, voyageurs cup
As was mentionned in Soccerphil’s blog (http://soccerphil.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/un-match-qui-ne-sert-a-rien/), there was one good thing to come out of last wednesday match. While TFC supporters will have paid to watch at really meaningless match for 90 minutes next wednesday, the Impact will host AC Milan.
I look forward to see how TFC & Whitecaps will play. As Marc Dos Santos said, if either teams or both use their reserves that day, than can never refer to that 1-6 Impact loss without looking bad themselves…
True, that takes a bit of the sting away, but imagining how an Olympic stadium sized crowd would react to the news of hearing we just became Canadian champions, that would have been amazing…
I don’t know about the Gulls. It’s nice in English, but in French? Les Mouettes? Not sure about that…
Les Goélands, pas les mouettes! Even in inuktitut the name sounds nice! Naujaq!
Isn’t goeland seagull?
That’s what lives around Stade Saputo, and what attacked Carver. A Seagull/Gull.
Gulls is the larger category. Seagull is actually just a common name for gull.
Goéland is a type of gull, and are in fact the largest cartegory of gull and have the most varieties. So basically, either way, it’s on par.
Greetings from Vancouver. UM02….love the beach party idea! You guys never disappoint. Looking forward to 2012 and resuming our rivalry.
I have to take exception to Dos Santos comments however. It is *ridiculous* to compare the upcoming Whitecaps tfc match to last year’s final game. No comparison whatsoever and I hope he’s bright enough to see that. Last year the championship hinged on the outcome of the match, this year…not so much.
Good to know he’s still stinging for fielding a JV side a year ago, he certainly should be.
MDS has a habit of saying some weird things.
If you’re taking the point of view that the touranment should be taken seriously as a whole, then the comparison makes sense. Why shouldn’t TFC and VWC field full squads if you’re trying to build a serious tournament and the involved rivalries?
If you’re considering only the importance of the individual matches, fine.