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Tickets are cheap for TFC’s frigid Champions League match — but the diehards aren’t afraid of the cold

As Toronto FC prepares to host a key CONCACAF Champions League match in frigid temperatures Tuesday night, a few brave fans say they’re ready for soccer in -16 C wind chill.

“The weather doesn’t matter to me,” said Duncan Green, who said he’s come in from Brantford for every Toronto home game since 2007. “It’s TFC, and they’re back home,” he said.

A heater surrounded by chunks of ice beside the Toronto FC players bench at BMO Field on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.
A heater surrounded by chunks of ice beside the Toronto FC players bench at BMO Field on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.

Green said he’s brought his red TFC stadium coat, a 2017 MLS Cup hoodie, winter boots and TFC gloves for the game — and a ski mask, “just in case.