Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Rumor: Potential 2010 Schedule

Published on January 29, 2010 in F.C. Tokyo Rumors by dokool. 2 Comments

I cannot authenticate this because it’s basically a bunch of guys on 2channel pulling matchups out of their ass based on rumors, dates stadiums have been rented out, fanclub news letters, sources from the clubs, that sort of thing I think.

Most of these don’t have a definite date yet but at least you can plan your weekend around away trips. I know for sure I’ll be missing out on at least 2 home games (vs. Kashima and Nagoya) and a Nabisco Cup match (…Nagoya.  Son of a bitch), so there’s that.

The schedules are to be announced on Wednesday so in a few days we’ll see how right a bunch of internet nerds were.

EDIT: 3/27-8 vs. Omiya and 10/30-1 vs. Shimizu are both AWAY.  Sorry for being an idiot.

FC TOKYO 2010 UNOFFICIAL J1 SCHEDULE

3/6 Yokohama FM

3/14 @ Urawa

3/20-1 Cerezo Osaka

3/27-8 @Omiya

4/3-4 @ Kawasaki

4/10-1 Kashima

4/17-8 Kyoto

4/24-5 @ Gamba Osaka

5/1 @ Hiroshima

5/5 Sendai

5/8-9 @ Yamagata

5/15-6 Shimizu

(World Cup Break)

7/17-8 Kobe

7/24-5 @ Shonan

7/27-8 Iwata

7/31-8/1 @ Niigata

8/7-8 Nagoya

8/14 @ Kashima

8/17-8 @ Cerezo Osaka

8/21-2 Hiroshima

9/11-2 Urawa

9/18-9 @ Iwata

9/25 Omiya

10/2-3 Shonan

10/16-7 @ Sendai

10/23-4 Niigata

10/30-1 @Shimizu (Halloween Day? Hell yes.)

11/6-7 Gamba Osaka

11/14 @ Yokohama

11/20 Kawasaki

11/23 @ Nagoya

11/27-8 Yamagata

12/4 @ Kyoto

FC TOKYO – UNOFFICIAL NABISCO CUP GROUP A SCHEDULE

3/31 Nagoya

4/14 @Omiya

5/22 Niigata

5/26 @Sendai

6/5-6 Kyoto

6/9 @Cerezo Osaka

Still alive!

Published on January 18, 2010 in F.C. Tokyo News, F.C. Tokyo Player News, F.C. Tokyo Rumors, Japan National Team News and Site stuff by dokool. 0 Comments

A very late Happy New Year from Aishiteru Tokyo!

I haven’t been able to put as much time as I’d like towards updating the site over the winter break, but I’m still posting odds and ends on Twitter via @aishiterutokyo so if you’re a Twitter user feel free to follow!

It seems like the team officially starts activities on the 24th, which generally means a press conference with the new players (and hopefully a sponsor announcement, and a foreign striker, and ponies and rocket cars for all).

For now, news in brief:

Schedule News

-The team will have training camp in Miyazaki Prefecture this year rather than spending a million dollars going to Guam.

-Preseason Match: 2/27 at home vs. Albirex Niigata. Not quite as exotic as vs. Consadole Sapporo in Okinawa last year but hey.

-Season Opener: 3/6 at home vs. Yokohama F. Marinos. This will be the second time the two squads have met on opening day; the first was 10 years ago as FC Tokyo won its first J1 match 1-0 on a late goal by Tuto.

-Week 2: 3/13 away at Urawa Reds.  Again. Yippee. Given how much tickets go for I should just buy up as many as I can and make a profit.

Player Transfers

In: Morishige, Matsushita, and a bunch of kids from the youth squad

Out: Asari (retired), Fujiyama (to Consadole Sapporo), Kondo (to Consadole Sapporo), Bruno (unknown), Sahara (will return to Kawasaki Frontale), Moniwa (to Cerezo Osaka)

Rumors: A few still festering but nothing’s gained any traction beyond a day or two. As of right now the squad only has three experienced forwards (Akamine, Hirayama, and Suzuki) on the roster, plus I think one or two of the youth members.

NT News

-Hirayama is the new hero of Samurai Blue after scoring a hat trick to help a team of fresh faces come from behind in Yemen earlier this month.  He, along with Ishikawa, Tokunaga, Nagatomo, and Konno will be on the squad for Japan’s match against Venezuela on 2/2.

-Depending on call-ups, these 5 players may be with the NT up through March 3rd, giving Jofuku difficult circumstances under which to plan his lineup.