Waking The Red, a Toronto FC community

We look back at some of the highlights of Paul Mariner's time with TFC, from, Director of Player Personnel to now, in a timeline.

Still grumbling over last season? Time to move on, look on the bright side and embrace your inner happy person and just for kicks try on a positive outlook.

In the second part of our look back at 2012, Team WTR looks at some of the shining moments of 2012. From the Olympics to the CCL, there was a lot of bright spots in the dark.

Real Salt Lake's forward Alvaro Saborio often finds himself the topic of a lot of positive and negative conversations, but for me he has proven himself to be a big match performer and with Champions League getting ready to start, I expect big things.

Looking for your daily diet of news and notes ahead of tonight's New England Revolution match against FC Dallas? Read about the CCL, Herc, Jozy, suspensions, and more in today's Musket Rounds!

And since it worked so well (and because the author was a bit pressed for time...curse you 9am interviews!), Waking the Red's resident westerner recaps last night's TFC-Santos Laguna semi final match in poetry format. Is it an SBNation first? We'd like to think so. (We promise no more...not until at least TFC makes the playoffs, anyway)

Waking the Red's resident westerner sums up the journey of the Dutchman so far in this 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League, in epic poetry format -- in preparation for the second leg of the semi-final series between TFC and Santos Laguna.

Toronto drew Santos in the CCL last night, Football at Fenway was announced, and MLS has decided to join other premier world leagues in an initiative to promote cooperation. Read about all that and a UK Boy Band wearing Revs gear in today's Musket Rounds.