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Signal Intel: Reds swaggering into showdown with Fire

Hot Time: How has the partnership with Giovinco changed Jozy Altidore's game over the last couple of years? Are there aspects of the classic big-little striker pairing that still elude him?

Waking the Red: I would actually come at this from a different angle. To me, the biggest challenge Toronto had with Altidore was convincing him that he was not there to be part of a big-little striker pairing and, by implication, to serve Seba.

There are aspects of Altidore's game, of course, that help Giovinco; he can hold the ball up, occupy defenders, draw fouls and so on.