TORONTO — It’s hard to say whether this match provided more questions or answers for Toronto FC. The Reds’ 1-1 draw Tuesday with Club Atlético Independiente de la Chorrera from Panama, which confirmed their early exit from the Concacaf Champions League, was a better effort than the 4-0 reverse they suffered in Panama a week […]
Author: Oliver Platt
TORONTO — Toronto FC will get another crack at continental glory. The Reds rode a Jozy Altidore hat-trick to a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the second leg of the Canadian Championship final Wednesday night at BMO Field, winning 7-4 on aggregate. Sebastian Giovinco and Tosaint Ricketts also scored for Toronto, which claimed […]
TORONTO — Brutal. That was the word Michael Bradley used to describe Ismael Tajouri-Shradi’s 88th-minute winning goal and the loss of momentum suffered by Toronto FC in its 3-2 defeat to New York City FC, which ended a six-match unbeaten run in all competitions. Others still lingering for postgame media duties, including coach Greg Vanney […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”356″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] TORONTO — A defining theme of Toronto FC’s 2017 season was control. You always sensed the Reds just about clung on to it — even through the moments, in the playoffs and the Canadian Championship, when they sailed closest to the wind. At its […]
TORONTO — Gregory van der Wiel had something to say. The first question asked of the Dutchman at the press conference introducing him as a Toronto FC player was a simple one: Why did he decide the time was right to leave European soccer for North America? In reply, Van der Wiel spoke for more […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”322″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] TORONTO — Sebastian Giovinco was closer to getting a red card than he was to scoring in the first half of Toronto FC’s match against the Chicago Fire on Saturday. Giovinco had to be pushed toward the tunnel by teammate Jozy Altidore as he […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”322″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] TORONTO — Toronto FC is back in the hunt. Jozy Altidore scored the Reds’ first and Jonathan Osorio and Sebastian Giovinco also hit the target to seal a 3-0 win over the Chicago Fire, who slipped to a fifth consecutive defeat for the first […]
TORONTO — Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire have seen a lot of each other of late. The Reds host the latest meeting between the two clubs at BMO Field Saturday night, seven days after goals from Sebastian Giovinco and Jonathan Osorio carried them to a 2-1 win at Chicago’s Toyota Park. That was their […]
Toronto FC has begun to feel more like the 2017 vintage of late, winning three consecutive games as its catastrophic injury list has shortened. There has also been a familiar face around the club’s BMO Training Ground. Tsubasa Endoh, the Japanese midfielder who was TFC’s first-round pick in the 2016 SuperDraft, has returned to the […]
TORONTO — Toronto FC believes three Canadians scored in its 3-0 win over the Ottawa Fury Wednesday night, but Canada Soccer disagrees. The dispute revolves around the identity of the Reds’ first scorer, Ayo Akinola. The 18-year-old was born in Detroit, Mich., and has represented the United States at the under-17 level, but he was raised […]