2021 Toronto FC Season Preview | Same but Different
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TORONTO, Canada The 2021 Major League Soccer (MLS) season is right around the corner and it is shaping up to be an intriguing year for the Reds. With most of the squad returning from last season, but a new head coach leading the pack, the team is expected to take on a different identity than in years past.
How that will play out? Early signs have been positive, but that’s still the million dollar question right now heading into the start of a new MLS campaign.
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Toronto FC to kick off 2021 season against Club León in the Champions League
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TORONTO, Canada April not only means the start of the new Major League Soccer (MLS) season, but also TFC’s highly anticipated return to North America’s annual club competition, the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL).
Following the postponement of the 2020 Canadian Championship due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a compromise was made with Forge FC to grant TFC qualification to the 2021 edition of the continental tournament.
Toronto will play reigning Liga MX champions Club León in the Round of 16, with the first leg taking place on Wednesday, April 7 at the Estadio León. Kickoff is set for 8:00 pm ET, with OneSoccer set to air all CCL games in 2021 after recently acquiring the Canadian broadcast rights for the competition.
Five transfer targets Toronto FC could sign as their 3rd designated player
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MANITOBA, Canada As silly season begins its pre-match routine, Toronto FC have continued to play their cards close to their vest in regard to any potential additions to the squad, utilizing their third Designated Player (DP) spot or otherwise. Following Pablo Piatti’s departure for Elche CF at the end of last season, the DP spot has been vacant, taunting us with possibility, leading us to wild speculation, and wildly speculate we will.
Toronto have had mixed success with bringing in players with European or South American pedigree throughout the club’s history. For every Sebastian Giovinco and Alejandro Pozuelo we’ve been able to dote over, we’ve had a Laurent Robert and a Gregory van der Weil to rant about on the way home (In my opinion, giving a fullback the #9 was just setting that up for failure from the start). But, things have been trending upwards as the club h
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