[MLS TRANSACTIONS] It’s been said before. Toronto FC has turned the page. It parted ways with its 2013 leading scorer, RobertEarnshaw, former U.S. international Bobby Convey and five other players in the latest makeover by the club that has yet to yield a playoff berth in sevenMLS seasons. The moves leave TFC with 21 players […]
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Report: Defoe headed to Toronto FC
The Daily Mirror reports that Jermain Defoe has signed a contract worth 90,000 pounds ($147,000) a week with Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC in a $10 million switch.The British daily also claims that the Tottenham Hotspur striker wants to delay the switch until the start of the 2014 MLS season in March. The Sun, meanwhile, […]
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Report: Toronto FC Interested in Gilardino
Toronto FC is clearly on the lookout for a top-class striker, having been linked to Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe, Juventus’ Fabio Quagliarella and now,Genoa’s Alberto Gilardino. However, the latter, who just scored the winner in Genoa’s 1-0 win over Parma on Wednesday, has said that while he is flattered, he’shappy to stay where he is, with […]
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Report: Toronto FC's Big Offer for Spurs' Jermain Defoe
The Daily Mirror reports that Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, who has been linked with a January move to MLS, has been offered a whopping $8 million per year deal to moveto join Ryan Nelson’s Toronto FC. However, the report notes that the 31-year-old, who has eight goals in 13 appearances so far this season, is […]
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'Big' thinking Toronto continues to baffle
By Paul Gardner The situation in Toronto continues to fascinate me. They now have a new GM up there, Tim Bezbatchenko, who comes straight from the MLS administrative offices. He isthe replacement for Kevin Payne, who got himself canned by the new CEO of owners Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. One of Bezbatchenko’s first tasks […]
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Toronto FC makes 'Theo Epstein hire'
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Toronto hired 31-year-old Tim Bezbatchenko as its new general manager. He comes to Toronto from MLS, wherehe held the title of senior director of player relations and competition, and will be the second youngest GM in MLS history behind Lynne Meterparel, whom theSan Jose Clash hired in 1999 at the age of 30. […]
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Timbers land Urruti for playoff push
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Argentine forward Maximiliano Urruti lasted less than a month at Toronto FC as he was traded to thePortland Timbers in exchange for forward Bright Dike, a first-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money. Urruti, 22, was acquiredby Toronto FC on Aug. 16 from Argentine club Newell’s Old Boys, where he […]
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Toronto FC executive Anselmi resigns
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Another Toronto FC majordomo has been shown the door as the makeoverunder Tim Leiweke continues. Tom Anselmi, a Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment executive since 1996 andformerly the executive vice president of TFC, announced his resignation Friday. He had been working as MLS&E chief operating officer since 2004; the hiring of Leiweke last […]
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SNAFU at Toronto FC, but club expects gain without Payne
By Paul Gardner It can’t be a good day for American soccer when one of its liveliest and most knowledgeable general managers is summarily fired. OK, he may well be one ofthe prickliest GMs, too. It’s Kevin Payne I’m talking about, suddenly defenestrated by Toronto. What is it about Toronto that they (whoever “they” may […]
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Payne departs Toronto after nine months
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Kevin Payne spent the first 17 years of MLS working for D.C. United or its ownership group. He lasted allof nine months as president and general manager of Toronto FC. MLS’s most experienced club executive left Toronto FC as part of the inevitable shakeup as the club suffered through anotherhorrendous campaign and Tim […]