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The 2018 Toronto FC season was the 12th season in the history of Toronto FC.

Toronto FC
2018 season
General managerTim Bezbatchenko
Head coachGreg Vanney
StadiumBMO Field
Major League SoccerConference: 9th
Overall: 19th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
Canadian ChampionshipChampions
CONCACAF Champions LeagueRunners-up
Campeones CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sebastian Giovinco (13)
All:
Sebastian Giovinco (18)
Highest home attendance30,799
(September 15 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance14,823
(September 19 vs. UANL, Camp. Cup)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 26,628
All: 25,152

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On April 10, Toronto qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League final for the first time in club history.[1] After a 2–1 home loss to Guadalajara on April 17 in the first leg of the final, Toronto would win the return away leg 2–1 a week later, restoring a tie on the aggregate score, but lost 4–2 in the subsequent penalty shoot-out.[2]

On August 15, Toronto won a third consecutive Canadian Championship title following a 7–4 aggregate victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. As holders of the MLS Cup, Toronto played against Tigres UANL on September 19 in the inaugural Campeones Cup, losing the match 3–1 at home.[3]

Despite having three games still remaining in the season, Toronto were officially eliminated from playoff contention following a 2–1 home loss against Vancouver on October 6, and thus lost the chance to defend their MLS Cup title.[4]

As of May 9, 2018.[5]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Clint Irwin   GK April 1, 1989 (age 35) 2016   Colorado Rapids
25 Alex Bono   GK April 25, 1994 (age 30) 2015   Syracuse Orange
28 Caleb Patterson-Sewell   GK May 20, 1987 (age 37) 2018   Jacksonville Armada
Defenders
2 Justin Morrow   LB / LWB / CB October 4, 1987 (age 37) 2014   San Jose Earthquakes
3 Drew Moor   CB January 15, 1984 (age 40) 2016   Colorado Rapids
5 Ashtone Morgan   LB / LWB February 9, 1991 (age 33) 2011   Toronto FC Academy
6 Nick Hagglund   CB September 14, 1992 (age 32) 2014   Xavier Musketeers
9 Gregory van der Wiel   RB / RWB February 3, 1988 (age 36) 2018   Cagliari
12 Jason Hernandez   CB August 26, 1983 (age 41) 2017   New York City FC
15 Eriq Zavaleta   CB August 2, 1992 (age 32) 2015   Seattle Sounders FC
23 Chris Mavinga   CB / LB May 26, 1991 (age 33) 2017   Rubin Kazan
52 Julian Dunn   CB July 11, 2000 (age 24) 2018   Toronto FC II
Midfielders
4 Michael Bradley   DM / CM July 31, 1987 (age 37) 2014   Roma
7 Víctor Vázquez   AM January 20, 1987 (age 37) 2017   Cruz Azul
14 Jay Chapman   AM January 1, 1994 (age 30) 2015   Michigan State Spartans
18 Marky Delgado   CM May 16, 1995 (age 29) 2015   Chivas USA
21 Jonathan Osorio   AM / CM June 12, 1992 (age 32) 2013   SC Toronto
27 Liam Fraser   DM February 13, 1998 (age 26) 2018   Toronto FC II
54 Ryan Telfer   LM / ST / LWB March 4, 1994 (age 30) 2018   Toronto FC II
55 Aidan Daniels   CM September 6, 1998 (age 26) 2018   Toronto FC II
96 Auro Jr.   RB / RWB January 23, 1996 (age 28) 2018   São Paulo FC
Forwards
10 Sebastian Giovinco   ST January 26, 1987 (age 37) 2015   Juventus
11 Jon Bakero   FW November 5, 1996 (age 27) 2018   Chicago Fire
16 Lucas Janson   FW August 16, 1994 (age 30) 2018   Tigre
17 Jozy Altidore   CF November 6, 1989 (age 34) 2015   Sunderland
20 Ayo Akinola   ST January 20, 2000 (age 24) 2018   Toronto FC II
22 Jordan Hamilton   ST March 17, 1996 (age 28) 2014   Toronto FC Academy
87 Tosaint Ricketts   CF August 6, 1987 (age 37) 2016   Boluspor

International roster slots

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Toronto has seven MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2018 season. They traded one spot to Los Angeles FC in exchange of $50,000 of General Allocation Money.[6]

Toronto FC International slots
Slot Player Nationality
1 Auro Jr.   Brazil
2 Jon Bakero   Spain
3 Sebastian Giovinco   Italy
4 Lucas Janson   Argentina
5 Chris Mavinga   DR Congo
6 Gregory van der Wiel   Netherlands
7 Víctor Vázquez   Spain
No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
20 FW   Ayo Akinola   TFC Academy Promoted to First Team December 18, 2017 [7]
27 MF   Liam Fraser   Toronto FC II Promoted to First Team January 19, 2018 [8]
9 DF   Gregory van der Wiel   Cagliari Targeted allocation money signing February 1, 2018 [9]
28 GK   Caleb Patterson-Sewell   Jacksonville Armada Acquired MLS signing rights from New York Red Bulls for a 4th round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. February 14, 2018 [10]
8 MF   Ager Aketxe   Athletic Bilbao Targeted allocation money signing February 23, 2018 [11]
52 DF   Julian Dunn   Toronto FC II Promoted to First Team April 13, 2018 [12]
54 MF   Ryan Telfer   Toronto FC II Promoted to First Team April 13, 2018 [12]
55 MF   Aidan Daniels   Toronto FC II Promoted to First Team April 13, 2018 [12]
88 MF   Mariano Miño   Toronto FC II Promoted to First Team April 20, 2018 [13]
11 FW   Jon Bakero   Chicago Fire Acquired in exchange for $50,000 in GAM and Nicolas Hasler July 20, 2018 [14]
No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
96 DF   Auro Jr.   São Paulo Loan with option to buy February 13, 2018 [15]
46 DF   Mitchell Taintor   Sacramento Republic FC One game loan. April 20, 2018 [13]
16 FW   Lucas Janson   Tigre Loan with option to buy August 8, 2018 [16]

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

No. Pos. Player Previous club Notes Date Source
DF   Tim Kübel   Louisville Cardinals MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#28); Pick acquired from Minnesota United FC for the 23rd overall pick and $50,000 of targeted allocation money January 19, 2018 [17]
GK   Drew Shepherd   Western Michigan Broncos MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#46) January 19, 2018 [17]
DF   Andre Morrison   Hartford Hawks MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#69) January 21, 2018 [18]
DF   Ben White   Gonzaga Bulldogs MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#92) January 21, 2018 [18]
No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
44 MF   Raheem Edwards   Los Angeles FC Selected in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft December 12, 2017 [19]
40 GK   Mark Pais   Fresno FC Option Declined December 14, 2017 [20]
32 DF   Brandon Aubrey   Bethlehem Steel FC Option Declined December 14, 2017 [20]
27 DF   Øyvind Alseth   Ranheim Option Declined December 14, 2017 [20]
20 MF   Sergio Camargo   Calgary Foothills Option Declined December 14, 2017 [20]
31 MF   Armando Cooper   Universidad de Chile Option Declined December 14, 2017 [20]
9 MF   Tsubasa Endoh   Toronto FC II Option Declined December 14, 2017 [20]
33 DF   Steven Beitashour   Los Angeles FC Contract Expired December 14, 2017 [20]
8 MF   Benoît Cheyrou Retired Retired December 21, 2017 [21]
19 ST   Ben Spencer  Phoenix Rising FC Waived June 23, 2018 [22]
88 MF   Mariano Miño  Villa Dálmine Waived June 30, 2018 [23]
26 MF   Nicolas Hasler   Chicago Fire Traded in exchange for $50,000 in GAM and Jon Bakero July 20, 2018 [24]
No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee/notes Date Source
8 MF   Ager Aketxe   Cádiz Loan with option to buy July 11, 2018 [25]
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
7 Montreal Impact 34 14 16 4 47 53 −6 46
8 New England Revolution 34 10 13 11 49 55 −6 41
9 Toronto FC 34 10 18 6 59 64 −5 36
10 Chicago Fire 34 8 18 8 48 61 −13 32
11 Orlando City SC 34 8 22 4 43 74 −31 28
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
17 Houston Dynamo 34 10 16 8 58 58 0 38 CONCACAF Champions League
18 Minnesota United FC 34 11 20 3 49 71 −22 36
19 Toronto FC 34 10 18 6 59 64 −5 36 CONCACAF Champions League
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 18 8 48 61 −13 32
21 Colorado Rapids 34 8 19 7 36 63 −27 31

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 10 6 18 59 64  −5 36 8 2 7 39 29  +10 2 4 11 20 35  −15

Last updated: October 28, 2018.
Source: MLS

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ResultLLWLLDWLLWLDWDLLLDLWWDLDWLLWLWLLLW

Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2018. Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Canadian Championship

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CONCACAF Champions League

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Competitions summary

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Competition Record First Match Last Match Final Position
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
MLS Regular Season 34 10 6 18 59 64 −5 029.41 March 3, 2018 October 28, 2018 9th in Eastern Conference, 19th Overall
Canadian Championship 4 3 1 0 11 4 +7 075.00 July 18, 2018 August 15, 2018 Champions
Champions League 8 4 2 2 13 9 +4 050.00 February 20, 2018 April 25, 2018 Runners-up
Campeones Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00 September 19, 2018 Runners-up
Total 47 17 9 21 84 80 +4 036.17

Source: Competitions

Squad and statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship Champions League Campeones Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Clint Irwin 11 0 7+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   USA Justin Morrow 31 1 20+1 1 2+2 0 4+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF   USA Drew Moor 15 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 7+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF   USA Michael Bradley 43 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 8+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF   CAN Ashtone Morgan 26 1 11+7 0 3+1 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
6 DF   USA Nick Hagglund 29 3 15+5 3 3+1 0 2+2 0 1+0 0
7 MF   ESP Víctor Vázquez 26 8 19+2 8 0+0 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ESP Ager Aketxe 14 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
9 DF   NED Gregory van der Wiel 34 0 25+2 0 0+0 0 6+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW   ITA Sebastian Giovinco 38 18 26+2 13 1+0 1 8+0 4 1+0 0
10 FW   ESP Jon Bakero 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF   PUR Jason Hernandez 12 0 7+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   CAN Jay Chapman 27 3 10+12 3 3+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
15 DF   USA Eriq Zavaleta 31 0 16+5 0 3+0 0 4+2 0 1+0 0
16 FW   ARG Lucas Janson 12 5 8+3 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1
17 FW   USA Jozy Altidore 24 13 12+1 7 3+0 3 8+0 3 0+0 0
18 MF   USA Marky Delgado 41 2 21+7 2 3+1 0 8+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW   USA Ben Spencer 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW   USA Ayo Akinola 6 1 0+4 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   CAN Jonathan Osorio 43 17 30+0 10 3+1 3 8+0 4 1+0 0
22 FW   CAN Jordan Hamilton 19 3 10+4 2 0+2 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
23 DF   COD Chris Mavinga 19 0 11+1 0 3+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
25 GK   USA Alex Bono 36 0 27+0 0 0+0 0 8+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF   LIE Nicolas Hasler 20 0 11+3 0 1+0 0 1+4 0 0+0 0
27 MF   CAN Liam Fraser 12 0 7+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK   USA Caleb Patterson-Sewell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
46 DF   USA Mitchell Taintor 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
52 DF   CAN Julian Dunn 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
54 MF   CAN Ryan Telfer 19 1 9+6 1 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
55 MF   CAN Aidan Daniels 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
56 FW   CAN Malik Johnson 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
87 FW   CAN Tosaint Ricketts 23 4 4+14 3 1+1 1 0+2 0 0+1 0
88 MF   ARG Mariano Miño 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
96 DF   BRA Auro Jr. 27 0 16+2 0 1+0 0 6+2 0 0+0 0
Rank Pos Nat Name Major League Soccer Canadian Championship Champions League Campeones Cup Total
1 GK   Alex Bono 3 0 2 0 5
2 GK   Clint Irwin 0 2 0 0 2
Total 3 2 2 0 7

Source: Toronto FC

No. Pos. Nat. Player Major League Soccer Canadian Championship Champions League Campeones Cup TOTAL
                   
3 DF   Drew Moor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 MF   Michael Bradley 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF   Ashtone Morgan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 FW   Sebastian Giovinco 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1
12 DF   Jason Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW   Jozy Altidore 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF   Jonathan Osorio 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW   Jordan Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
46 DF   Mitchell Taintor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
96 DF   Auro Jr. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 19 1

Updated to match played May 12, 2018
Source: Toronto FC

MLS Team of the Week

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Week Starters Bench Coach Opponent Link
5   Jozy Altidore   Gregory van der Wiel Real Salt Lake [27]
9   Alex Bono Chicago Fire [28]
10   Sebastian Giovinco Philadelphia Union [29]
12   Ryan Telfer Orlando City SC [30]
15   Jonathan Osorio   Greg Vanney Philadelphia Union [31]
16   Nick Hagglund D.C. United [32]
21   Jonathan Osorio Chicago Fire [33]
22   Sebastian Giovinco
  Chris Mavinga 		Chicago Fire [34]
23   Sebastian Giovinco Atlanta United FC [35]
26   Michael Bradley
  Sebastian Giovinco 		  Greg Vanney Montreal Impact [36]
29   Jonathan Osorio LA Galaxy [37]
31   Víctor Vázquez   Justin Morrow New England Revolution [38]
35   Lucas Janson   Sebastian Giovinco Atlanta United FC [39]

CONCACAF Champions League Golden Ball

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Player
  Sebastian Giovinco[40]

CONCACAF Champions League Golden Boot

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Player
  Jonathan Osorio[40]

George Gross Memorial Trophy

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Player
  Jonathan Osorio[41]
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