The Toronto FC Gazette
Market19 Sep 2033
Maximiliano Luayza Koot hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Toronto FC can pretend not to have heard.
Market19 Sep 2033
Daniel Aaronson is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Toronto FC is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Sep 2033
Sal Olivas in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Toronto FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Sep 2033
Deandre Kerr the difference as Toronto FC beat New York City
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Deandre Kerr. 1‑0 against New York City, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad19 Sep 2033
Dylan Brooks out for 31 days
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Dylan Brooks, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings19 Sep 2033
One of those days for Deandre Kerr
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.27, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad19 Sep 2033
Sam Rogers signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sam Rogers commits to Toronto FC for another 1 years.
Squad19 Sep 2033
The team sheet said everything about Derrick Etienne Jr.
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Derrick Etienne Jr..
Market19 Sep 2033
Toronto FC buy the years ahead of Cameron Steffen
He is 17, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Toronto FC on Ricardo Wright
- Player ratings Sal Olivas runs at them all day
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Jules-Anthony Vilsaint