[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] It was called the biggest game in the history of Toronto FC, drawing 47,658 fans, and it showed it was up for the occasion, gettingearly goals from Ryan Johnson and rookie Luis Silva. But then TFC reverted to its old ways of failing to put away gamesand allowing the Los Angeles Galaxy […]
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Vancouver finishes unbeaten against MLS foes
[DISNEY PRO CLASSIC] Camilo scored in the 10th minute, but that was the only goal in the Vancouver Whitecaps’ 1-0 winover a team of Toronto FC academy and reserve team players in Saturday’s final of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The ‘Caps finished their preseason with a 4-0-2 record againstMLS […]
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Silva leads Toronto into all-Canadian final
[DISNEY PRO CLASSIC] Toronto FC rookie Luis Silva scored two first-half goals to give Toronto FC a 3-0 win over FCDallas and move it into Saturday’s final of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The win kept TFC unbeaten in the preseason with 3-0-1 recordand 13 goals […]
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Dallas and Toronto romp
[DISNEY PRO CLASSIC] Playing up a man up for 86 minutes, FC Dallas defeated USL PRO champion Orlando City, 4-0, at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic on Tuesday.Former U.S. U-20 Moises Orozco broke a 1-1 tie in the 85th minute and Joao Plata added an insurance goal as Toronto FCbeat FK Hacken of Sweden, 3-1, […]
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Ecuador international Caicedo joins Toronto FC
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Ecuador international defender Geovanny Caicedo has joined Toronto FC from LDU Quito. He’s played forEcuador nine times since 2009. The San Jose Earthquakes have acquired German-born Turkish striker Sercan Guvenisik, who tried out with the club last year. Hemost recently played in Germany’s third division. Real Salt Lake added Cuban Yordany Alvarez, the […]
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All eyes will be on Toronto's tiny Plata
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] A year ago, Joao Plata might have been the youngest player at the adidas MLS Combine as well as thesmallest. Those two characteristics may have scared off a few teams, despite the amazing skills and outrageous ideas displayed by the 18-year-old Ecuadoran. Toronto FC, desperately tryingto revive a team that had missed the […]
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TFC goes indoors for Galaxy match
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Citing weather concerns, and not the slim hope that David Beckham might still be a Galaxyplayer next March, Toronto FC has announced it will play the home game of its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal against Los Angeles at Rogers Centre instead of BMO Field. TFC drewthe first game of the Concacaf two-leg […]
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Real Salt Lake's Saborio regains top form
[BEST OF MLS 2011: Strikers] In this first installment of Soccer America’s Positional Rankings, the top strikers are presented. Alvaro Saborio was a forgotten man for the first two months of the season but once he and his Real Salt Lake teammates got their minds back on MLS, they were tough to stop. In a […]
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Concacaf Champions League schedule
[DATEBOOK] The Los Angeles Galaxy will face Toronto FC in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League, assuring MLS of at least one semifinalist. TheSeattle Sounders, the third MLS representative, will play Santos of Mexico in the quarterfinals. Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals, First Leg March 6-8, 2012 Seattle Sounders (USA) vs. Santos (MEX)Toronto FC (CAN) […]
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Toronto FC drills FC Dallas to advance
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Toronto’s hopes of the MLS playoffs faded away many weeks ago, yet it doggedly persevered in the Concacaf Champions League andTuesday night earned a spot in the quarterfinals by shocking FC Dallas, 3-0, at Pizza Hut Park. Rather than a game of two halves, the FC Dallas-Toronto FC group finale turned out […]