Here are three things we learned from Toronto FC’s 2-1 win over Tigres in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal Wednesday. 1. Toronto is a match for Mexico’s top club As just about everyone on the Toronto side was at pains to say after this game: it’s only halftime. TFC has ticked […]
Author: Oliver Platt
It wasn’t the perfect result. But for now, Toronto FC is in front. And the Reds have proven they can hang with the best this competition has to offer. Jonathan Osorio continued his outstanding start to the season by netting an 89th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 win over reigning Liga MX champion Tigres in […]
For those not familiar with Liga MX, Club Deportivo Guadalajara – or more commonly, Chivas – is something of an institution. One study, published in 2016, claimed that 44.2 percent of soccer fans in Mexico support Chivas — the highest share of domestic followers of any club in the world. Having won 12 league titles, […]
[bc_video video_id=”5744567793001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] Here are three things we learned from Toronto FC’s surprising 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Columbus Crew to open the 2018 MLS season. 1. MLS remains unpredictable To start the season, a clash between what some might consider to be MLS’ […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”30″ 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″] One of these clubs is coming off a treble. The other faces uncertainty over its very existence. On this evidence, though, the Columbus Crew’s problems on the soccer field will be far fewer than those they are going through off it. Gregg Berhalter’s team […]
Can MLS’ best get even better? That is the challenge facing Toronto FC this year after they set a new MLS record for points (69) and won the Supporters’ Shield, Canadian Championship and MLS Cup in 2017. Having navigated their way out of a potential salary-cap crunch, the Reds’ only major losses during the offseason […]
It has been largely forgotten that last year’s record-breaking Toronto FC team started the MLS season with just one win in six games. The Reds only lost once, at the Columbus Crew, in that span but a combination of missed chances and defensive lapses resulted in two pairs of 0-0 and 2-2 ties. And as […]
[bc_video video_id=”5742259680001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] Here are three things we learned from Toronto FC’s 0-0 draw with the Colorado Rapids, which saw them through to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League by a 2-0 aggregate scoreline. 1. Toronto tries to bridge fitness gap Ahead of a game […]
[bc_video video_id=”5740846166001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] Not much is new to Michael Bradley. With 140 caps for the United States men’s national team and spells in the Netherlands, Germany, England and Italy – as well as Major League Soccer – under his belt, the Toronto FC captain has seen […]
It wasn’t pretty, but Toronto FC finished the job. The Reds progressed to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League — where they will face Liga MX side Tigres — with a 0-0 draw against the Colorado Rapids at BMO Field on Tuesday night. TFC’s 2-0 win in the first leg, played in Denver, meant […]