“We’re making the playoffs,” Toronto FC coach Aron Winter said.
The proclamation comes from a coach whose team has lost its first six matches of the MLS season, has beenoutscored 13-4, and is one loss away from tying the league record for the worst start to a season (Kansas City went 0-7 in 1999.)
But the Dutchman insists TFC will end its playoff droughtafter five years and is confident that MLSE, the club’s owners, will give him enough time to see out his three-year plan. “I’ve got the support from (MLSE) and I always believe in myvision. …We’re going to make the playoffs,” Winter said.
Notes John Molinaro: No team in MLS history has ever qualified for the playoffsafter losing six in a row to start the season. And it doesn’t get any easier for the Reds, who travel to Utah for Saturday’s match against Real Salt Lake, a team with 15 points thisseason.