Toronto is outperforming its expected goals numbers at both ends of the field
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Lorenzo Insigne is having some fun at Toronto FC
The surprise of the 2024 MLS season has been Toronto FC, which remained unbeaten with a 1-0 win over Charlotte SC on an 80th-minute goal from Lorenzo Insigne.
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Major League Soccer: Offseason moves
• Jonathan Bond signed a contract extension with The LA Galaxy, keeping him in Carson through 2024 with an option for 2025, the club announced Monday morning. • James Pantemis, the Canadian goalkeeper who played as a back-up in Qatar, will remain with CF Montréal for another year with a 2024 and 2025 option. Pantemis is one of Montreal’s […]
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MLS at World Cup: Xerdan Shaqiri shines for Switzerland; Thiago Almada debuts for Argentina
The 31-year-old Swiss playmaker Xerdan Shaqiri, who joined the Chicago Fire for the 2022 season, helped set up two goals and scored in the 3-2 win over Serbia that advanced Switzerland (along with Brazil) from Group G. With his opening goal against the Serbs, Shaqiri joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as scorers in each […]
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Watch: An alligator interrupt Toronto FC's training session
Based in Florida because of Canadian COVID-19 protocols, Toronto FC ahead of its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal against Cruz Azul had a uniquely Florida experience at practice: An alligator field invasion.
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Jozy is staying in Toronto: 'This is my family, this club and this city'
Sebastian Giovinco moved toSaudi Arabia, Michael Bradley‘s future is unclear, but one of ‘s three Designated Players will be staying, for sure. Jozy Altidore has signed a three-yearcontract extension, keeping him with the Reds through the 2022 season as a Designated Player. The move to skip free agency should not come as a surprise. […]
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Concacaf Champions League: Manotas rescues Houston, Toronto FC exits quietly
There were no surprises on Tuesday for the two MLS teams in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. The Houston Dynamo advanced to the quarterfinals when it beat Guatemala’s Guastatoya, 2-1, to sweep the series,3-1, on aggregate, but not before Guastatoya went ahead in the 72nd minute of the second game, whose start was delayed 144 […]
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Giovinco's unhappy divorce: The aftermath
Sebastian Giovinco’s parting shot on social media at Toronto FC after his transfer to Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal on Wednesday did not sit well with Toronto FC president BillManning. Manning took exception to Giovinco’s farewell post on Instagram that TFC’s “offer and lack of transparency is a clear message. It seems management prefers to focus on […]
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Sebastian Giovinco leaves MLS all too soon
SebastianGiovinco has left Major League Soccer all too soon. After four seasons with Toronto FC, it was announced on Wednesday night that the 32-year-old Italian was transferred toAl-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. Giovinco was in the last year of his five-year contract with the Reds. He expressed interest in finishing out his career in Toronto, but […]
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What They're Saying: Greg Vanney
“It’s about finding purpose and meaning: Our last season has to matter — the fact we got to 69 points. We don’t control what happens in the Red Bulls game. They may or may not get beyond it,but we do control [against] Atlanta.” — Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney, on the Reds’ motivation for […]