The Toronto FC Gazette
Match19 Sep 2026
Chastening afternoon for Toronto FC
A 0‑3 beating by New York City was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Luka Gavran stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market21 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Jules-Anthony Vilsaint
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jules-Anthony Vilsaint will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Toronto FC the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Toronto FC
Walker Zimmerman and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Benjamín Kuscevic
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
Nobody left the Toronto FC dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Niklas Dorsch is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Connor Zardes answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
One moment undoes Niklas Dorsch
There was one mistake and it ended in the net. Defenders are judged on the worst thing they did rather than on the eighty-nine minutes either side of it, which is unfair and is also the job.
In brief
- The dugout Niklas Dorsch knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Theo Corbeanu leaves them behind him
- Player ratings Emilio Aristizábal ran the game