[MLS SPOTLIGHT] To say Toronto FC has upgraded in the offseason would be a massive understatement. In 2013, TFC failed to make the playoffs for the seventh year ina row — an MLS record — and won just six of 34 games. The acquisition of Michael Bradley and Jermaine Defoe, who wereintroduced to Toronto fans on Monday, gives Coach Ryan Nelsen six new players he’ll slot into the TFC starting lineup and puts massive pressure on him to getthings right quickly.

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