Final Preparations for TFC

On a bright and sunny day in Toronto with a strong wind blowing in from Lake Huron, the Galaxy went through a sharp and concise training session earlier today at BMO Field. Sarachan and Jones led the player through a long warm-up as the players looked to shake off yesterday’s five-plus hour flight.

Next, the players progressed by adding a balls into the mix and passing and moving around one half of the field. Everyone was focused on feeling out the surface by hitting short and long range passes in the north half of the field.

Then, the players began a possession game with two sides of seven along with two men in the middle playing on offense the entire time. A point was given to each team for 12 consecutive passes. Next, the teams each took a sideline to defend and earned a point by reaching the other end.

The defense and offense went through some positioning drills at different speeds. The offense would work the ball up the field and looked to get outside before sending in a cross into the box. Then, it would be the defense’s turn to work the ball out of the back and up to midfield.

At the conclusion of training, the team worked on set pieces before having ten minutes on their own. A few players hit some penalty kicks while others worked on their passing and touch with a few games.

We caught up with Cobi Jones and a few players after training to get their thoughts on the match tomorrow…

Cobi…


Ricketts…


Sanneh…


Buddle…