Basically, I’m doing this for the kids.

I’ve got nothing to back this up, but I’d happily bet Toronto FC is the best-served MLS fanbase when it comes to fan-generated content.

Between Duane Rollins, Waking the Red and however many podcasts there are now, there’s hardly a gap in the TFC market that hasn’t been filled by someone.

Different story for TFC II.

I’m not suggesting TFC’s neglected farm team merit anything like the attention the first team gets: God knows the front office have never felt that way.

Still, seeing as the kids will probably be watched by fewer people than ever now they’ve been exiled to the BTG, I figure they deserve a little love.

The aim here is to provide a glib weekly digest of TFC II’s progress.

A hunch tells me the average Reds fan lacks the appetite to watch the Jay Chapmans of tomorrow find their feet versus eight rookie pro teams and the Richmond (Sh*t)Kickers.

Can’t say I expect to be writing much this side of April, though.

In the meantime, I’ll probably throw out some misguided attempts at humour aimed at the wider league.

There’s also a squad preview in the works, but that’s on ice until Ali Curtis gets done shipping half the squad to Ottawa and Vaughan (good luck Ryan!).

Why D3?

As most USL followers will already know, this brave new league we’re waiting on was originally set to be called USL D3.

Not that there was anything great about that dicey moniker, but it sure beat erasing two decades of clumsy trial-and-error branding (R.I.P. A-League) in favour of EFL cosplay.

Thanks for reading!

If you made it this far, thanks for your patience.

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