traight to the fans to ask for their support as the MLS team tries to end

TORONTO - Two days after issuing a plea through the media, Toronto FC star midfielder Michael Bradley went straight to the fans to ask for their support as the MLS team tries to end its slide and head back up the standings towards the playoffs.Bring your scarves, your banners, your flags, bring everything youve got. Because we will, and we cant do it without you, Bradley says in a club video posted Friday on YouTube.Toronto (9-11-7) hosts lowly Chivas USA (6-16-6) on Sunday. TFC is winless in six (0-4-2) and has won just three of its last 16 (3-7-6) as it slips down the Eastern Conference standings.There will be only seven games left in the season and I knows whats on the line. We all do, Bradley says in the video. Youve been there all year long. Ive seen you, Ive heard you. But this Sunday we need you more than ever ... Together we can fight through this.Bradley made himself available to reporters Wednesday after training to make a similar plea.Selling tickets has not been an issue for Toronto FC. Despite its recent slump, it has had a string of sellouts. But despite the announced full house last time out, there were still plenty of empty seats for a home loss to the Philadelphia Union. And on Tuesday the club plans a groundbreaking ceremony for its stadium expansion plans. CM Punk Jersey .Y. -- As if the worst start in franchise history isnt bad enough, Buffalo Sabres President Ted Black braced his teams win-starved fans for potentially more tough times. Duncan Keith Jersey . The ongoing funk on penalty kill and an unusually quiet night on home ice for the power play divided the Leafs from the Bruins at the ACC in a rare Sunday night affair. http://www.officialblackhawksfanstore.com/authentic-denis-savard-blackhawks-jersey/ . As each game passes (each has played close with the exception of last night) it becomes clearer just how evenly matched these two teams are and how one mistake, or one bad inning, is likely to sway the result. Chris Chelios Jersey . PAUL, Minn. Martin Havlat Jersey . - No matter the lineup or location, the San Antonio Spurs are rolling through the NBA again this spring, just the way they have for most of the last two decades.John Tortorellas much-maligned relationship with the media has been a major talking point ever since his hiring in Vancouver. The new Canucks head coach was on TSN Drive with Dave Naylor on TSN Radio 1050 and his rapport with the media was once again the hot topic. "No matter if its in Vancouver or wherever, and Im very fortunate for another stop here, when youre told youre no longer wanted as a coach, you end up reflecting and assessing," said Tortorella. "Ive done some pretty stupid things along the way... Im going to try and get some of the stupid things out of the way." Tortorella is going from one hotbed media market, where his relationship with reporters was always contentious, to perhaps an even bigger hotbed media market. "I know the scrutiny and the pressure and the media and I think I need to do a much better job at cultivating a relationship. There will be mistakes along the way but I certainly need to straighten a few things out as we begin this." Its easy to say the right thing at introductory press conferences, but Tortorella says he really has learned from the past, and will be better with the Vancouver media. "Its not so much saying it, I believe it. Listen, Im not going to go out to dinner and hang with the media but I need a working relationship." As the 12-year veteran coach says, hell work to be more amicable, but hell never be buddy-buddy with reporters covering the team. "Its not going to be a love-fest here. I still have a job to do." Reportts stated Tortorellas relationship with players in New York was at times as difficult as his relationship with the media.ddddddddddddAsked if he cared what players think about him, Tortorella had a definitive answer. "No. I dont think you can as a coach. In Vancouver, I think its one of my biggest jobs to try and get guys to another level. Theyre a good team. They havent gotten to a level to win the Stanley Cup. Its my job to try and push them there." "The way I look at it and the way I introduced myself in the interview was, to get to the next level, I just think there has to be a little bit more stiffness. And the mental part of the game, Im anxious to work on with them." While one of his main tasks may be motivating his players to reach the next level, another big one is dealing with Roberto Luongo and the teams goaltending situation. "I watched it last year from afar and I thought those two players (Luongo and recently-traded Cory Schneider) handled themselves tremendously. It was a really precarious situation." "I have talked to Roberto after the Schneider deal was made and I hope what will help him is that you have new guys coming in as far as a coaching staff." "I think Robertos a hell of a goalie. He isnt a backup... Hes going to be the backbone of our team." According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, Tortorella is looking to fill out his coaching staff by adding former Dallas Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan as an assistant. 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