According to the Toronto Sun, the crunching tackle that knocked Sebastian Giovinco out of Toronto FC’s 2-2 tie with Philadelphia last weekend has also sidelined him for a Saturday match in Vancouver.
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MLS 1-22: Ranking the teams on the eve of a new season
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) By design and luck, MLS will field 22 teams in its 22nd season. That’s also the number ofplayers on the field at kickoff, and so if numerology means anything in professional soccer, this is destined to be an amazing season for the Division I league in North America. By next year,there […]
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Sneak Peek: Near-miss ramps up expectations for TFC
Going one better is a simple objective for a losing MLS Cup finalist; transforming that concept into reality is the tricky part. Opening day…Projected XI –Irwin, Zavaleta, Moor, Mavinga, Beitashour, Bradley, Cooper, Morrow, Vazquez, Giovinco, Altidore. Only the NewYork teams finished ahead of Toronto FC last season, but 2017 looks tougher with the entrance of big-spending […]
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MLS Moves: TFC goes with TAM to sign ex-Barca midfielder
In the wake of reaching its first MLS Cup final last December, Toronto FC hasn’t done a lot this offseason, but on Monday came word of a significant signing. TFC has usedTargeted Allocation Money to sign Victor Vazquez, a product of the Barcelona academy who comes to MLS from Cruz Azul, for which he scored […]
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MLS Moves: Stertzer parlays trial into NYCFC contract
Known more for blockbuster deals rather than shrewd signings of role players, New York City FC has dipped into the pool of available league veterans yet again. Midfielder JohnStertzer, who played 48 games for Real Salt Lake after being selected with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2013 SuperDraft, has parlayed his training-camp performances […]
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MLS: Toronto FC's Zavaleta pondes a shift to El Salvador
When the subject is possible international call-ups, Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney has more on his plate than most MLS bosses. In addition to players representing Canada, Panama,and the United States at the Gold Cup this summer might be added El Salvador, for which defender Eriq Zavaleta could be representing in the near future. […]
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MLS: Quakes defender Wynne sidelined by heart condition
A heart abnormality detected during preseason physicals has sidelined San Jose’s veteran defender Marvell Wynne. Wynne, who signed a new contract in January, has beenundergoing evaluations and tests since the diagnosis. The club made an official announcement of his condition on Monday. Since leaving UCLA after being named a first-team All-American as asophomore in 2005, […]
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MLS Moves: Cheyrou re-signs with Toronto FC
One of the mainstays of Toronto FC’s run to its first MLS Cup final is coming back for 2017. Midfielder Benoît Cheyrou, 35, returns after starting in all 28 of hisregular-season games last year and finishing tied for second on the team with seven assists. In the Eastern Conference finals his header in the eighth […]
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MLS Camp Chatter: TFC not worried about Seba 'noise'
Greg Vanney reiterated Toronto FC’s position that it has heard nothing formally about a Chinese club interested in signing TFC star Sebastian Giovinco and he wasn’t worried aboutit happening. “It’s not totally surprising,” the TFC head coach toldSportsNet, “but until something gets into a real discussion then I take it for what it is. It’s […]
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What They're Saying: Sebastian Giovinco
“I say the same thing. I like [it] here and I’m happy.” — Toronto FC star Sebastian Giovinco, at the first day of training, on what he told friends in Italy during theoffseason about life in Toronto. Soon thereafter, Giovinco’s agent told Sky Sports Italia he had received an “important offer” from a Chinese club […]