Nutrilite Canadian Championship, Leg 2: Match Moved Back To July 2

With lightning striking near the stadium, rain coming down in buckets and BMO Field quickly becoming unplayable, it’s probably not all that shocking that Wednesday’s Nutrilite Canadian Championship was, at least, suspended. Waking the Red, SB Nation’s Toronto FC blog, actually believes the Canadian Soccer Association did the only reasonably thing by abandoning the match:

The replay had originally been scheduled for the following day in accordance with NCC rules, but officials were still not satisfied with the conditions at BMO Field. Lightning had been striking near the field on Wednesday, but the heavy rain appears to have been the cause of the abandonment.

Understandably, Whitecaps officials were less than happy with the decision to abandon the match. Paul Barber, the club’s CEO seemed a bit incredulous.

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↵It’s a great message and one we would do well to heed here in the United States, as well. There still are far too many who turn their noses up at games being played in their backyards, while loudly proclaiming their allegiance to a team they’ll probably never see in person.

Toronto FC: Frei; Eckersley, Williams, Cann, Gargan; De Guzman; Yourassowsky, Stevanovic; Soolsma, Santos, Plata.

Whitecaps: Nolly; Leathers - DeMerit - Janicki - Rochat; Salinas - Koffie - Dunfield - Chiumiento; Hassli - Camilo