2008 Toronto FC season explained

Season:	2008
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
League Result:	Conference 7th Overall: 12th
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
League Topscorer:	Danny Dichio (5)
Season Topscorer:	Rohan Ricketts (6)
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The 2008 MLS season was the second season in Toronto FC's existence. The club's season began on March 29, 2008, in an away game against Columbus Crew, which resulted in a 2–0 loss. The club's first goal of the season was scored by Maurice Edu on April 5, 2008, in a 4–1 loss against D.C. United.

Club

Other information

Squad

As of October 26, 2008.

List of 2008 transfers

Players out on loan

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate number of games started.
Updated to games played October 26, 2008.^[1]

Players

Number	Position	Name	MLS Regular Season		MLS Cup		Canadian Championship		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2		Hunter Freeman	7 (7)	0	-	-	-	-	7 (7)	0
3		Julius James	14 (11)	1	-	-	3 (1)	0	17 (12)	1
4		Marco Vélez	23 (23)	2	-	-	4 (4)	1	27 (27)	3
5		Kevin Harmse	16 (13)	0	-	-	2 (1)	0	18 (14)	0
6		Maurice Edu^1	13 (12)	1	-	-	3 (3)	1	16 (16)	2
7		Abdus Ibrahim	12 (4)	2	-	-	1 (1)	0	13 (5)	2
9		Danny Dichio	23 (16)	5	-	-	2 (2)	0	25 (18)	5
10		Rohan Ricketts	27 (26)	4	-	-	4 (4)	2	31 (30)	6
11		Jim Brennan (C)	28 (27)	1	-	-	3 (3)	0	31 (30)	1
12		Todd Dunivant	9 (5)	0	-	-	-	-	9 (5)	0
13		Rick Titus	1 (1)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (1)	0
14		Tyrone Marshall	24 (23)	0	-	-	3 (3)	0	27 (26)	0
15		Tyler Rosenlund	8 (3)	1	-	-	-	-	8 (3)	1
16		Marvell Wynne	24 (24)	2	-	-	4 (4)	0	28 (28)	2
17		Joey Melo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		Andrea Lombardo^1	1 (0)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (0)	0
19		Chad Barrett	13 (13)	4	-	-	-	-	13 (13)	4
20		Amado Guevara	21 (20)	4	-	-	3 (3)	0	24 (23)	4
21		Collin Samuel^1	1 (1)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (1)	0
23		Jarrod Smith	19 (5)	1	-	-	2 (0)	0	21 (5)	1
24		Tyler Hemming^2	3 (1)	0	-	-	-	-	3 (1)	0
25		Carlos Ruíz	5 (3)	0	-	-	-	-	5 (3)	0
26		Derek Gaudet	1 (0)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (0)	0
27		Gabe Gala	1 (0)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (0)	-
28		Johann Smith	10 (3)	0	-	-	-	-	10 (3)	0
28		Olivier Tébily^1	4 (3)	0	-	-	1 (1)	0	5 (4)	0
29		Nana Attakora-Gyan	5 (3)	0	-	-	-	-	5 (3)	0
32		Laurent Robert^1	17 (16)	1	-	-	4 (4)	0	21 (20)	1
33		Carl Robinson (VC)	27 (27)	1	-	-	4 (4)	0	31 (31)	1
34		Tim Regan	1 (1)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (1)	0
35		Diaz Kambere	1 (1)	0	-	-	-	-	1 (1)	0
36		Kilian Elkinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
96		Jeff Cunningham^1	16 (7)	3	-	-	4 (2)	0	20 (9)	3

Goalkeepers

Number	Position	Name	MLS Regular Season				MLS Cup				Canadian Championship				Total
			Apps	GA	GAA	CS	Apps	GA	GAA	CS	Apps	GA	GAA	CS	Apps	GA	GAA	CS
1		Greg Sutton	24 (24)	35	1.46	6	-	-	-	-	4 (4)	4	1.00	1	28 (28)	39	1.39	7
18		Brian Edwards	6 (6)	8	1.33	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6 (6)	8	1.33	2

¹Player is no longer with team
²Left club at start of the season but later rejoined under a new contract
GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; CS = Clean sheets

Competitions summary

Updated to games played October 26, 2008.^[2]

Pre-season friendlies

Texas Pro Soccer Festival Team Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD Houston Dynamo 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 D.C. United 7 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 Toronto FC 3 3 1 2 0 6 7 -1 Chivas USA 0 3 0 3 0 3 6 -3

Carolina Challenge Cup Team Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD San Jose Earthquakes 9 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 Charleston Battery 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 New York Red Bulls 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 Toronto FC 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 -3

Regular season

Results by round

Canadian Championship

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Montreal Impact	7	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
Toronto FC	5	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3

Matches

Updated to games played October 26, 2008.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Pre-season

2008 Carolina Challenge Cup

Canadian Championship

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played October 26, 2008.^[9]

Top goalscorers

width=3%	Rank	Name	width=15%	MLS Regular Season	width=15%	MLS Cup	width=15%	Canadian Championship	width=15% style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Rohan Ricketts	4 (27)	-	2 (4)	6 (31)
2	Danny Dichio	5 (23)	-	0 (2)	5 (25)
3	Chad Barrett	4 (13)	-	-	4 (13)
	Amado Guevara	4 (21)	-	0 (3)	4 (24)
5	Jeff Cunningham	3 (16)	-	0 (4)	3 (20)
	Marco Vélez	2 (23)	-	1 (4)	3 (27)
7	Abdus Ibrahim	2 (12)	-	0 (1)	2 (13)
	Maurice Edu	1 (13)	-	1 (3)	2 (16)
	Marvell Wynne	2 (24)	-	0 (4)	2 (28)
10	Tyler Rosenlund	1 (8)	-	-	1 (8)
	Julius James	1 (14)	-	0 (3)	1 (17)
	Laurent Robert	1 (17)	-	0 (4)	1 (21)
	Jarrod Smith	1 (19)	-	0 (2)	1 (21)
	Carl Robinson	1 (27)	-	0 (4)	1 (31)
	Jim Brennan	1 (28)	-	0 (3)	1 (31)

Goals conceded

width=2%	Rank	width=25%	Name	width=15%	MLS Regular Season	width=15%	MLS Cup	width=15%	Canadian Championship	width=15% style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total	width=10% style="background: #DCDCDC"	Average per game
1	Brian Edwards	8 (6)	-	-	8 (6)<	-- Total -->	1.33 <	-- Avg -->
2	Greg Sutton	35 (24)	-	4 (4)	39 (28) <	-- Total -->	1.39 <	-- Avg -->

Discipline

Rank	Name	MLS Regular Season		MLS Cup		Canadian Championship		Total
										Total Cards
1	Amado Guevara	5	1	-	-	1	0	6 <	-- Total -->	1 <	-- Total -->	7 <	-- Total -->
	Jim Brennan	5	0	-	-	2	0	7 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	7 <	-- Total -->
3	Marco Vélez	3	2	-	-	1	0	4 <	-- Total Y-->	2 <	-- Total R-->	6 <	-- Total Cards-->
	Kevin Harmse	4	1	-	-	1	0	5 <	-- Total Y-->	1 <	-- Total R-->	6 <	-- Total Cards-->
5	Maurice Edu	5	0	-	-	-	-	5 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	5 <	-- Total -->
	Laurent Robert	4	1	-	-	-	-	4 <	-- Total -->	1 <	-- Total -->	5 <	-- Total -->
7	Danny Dichio	4	0	-	-	-	-	4 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	4 <	-- Total -->
	Tyrone Marshall	4	0	-	-	-	-	4 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	4 <	-- Total -->
	Carl Robinson	4	0	-	-	-	-	4 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	4 <	-- Total -->
	Jeff Cunningham	3	0	-	-	1	0	4 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	4 <	-- Total -->
11	Abdus Ibrahim	3	0	-	-	-	-	3 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	3 <	-- Total -->
12	Hunter Freeman	2	0	-	-	-	-	2 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	2 <	-- Total -->
13	Chad Barrett	1	0	-	-	-	-	1 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	1 <	-- Total -->
	Tyler Rosenlund	1	0	-	-	-	-	1 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	1 <	-- Total -->
	Marvell Wynne	1	0	-	-	-	-	1 <	-- Total -->	0 <	-- Total -->	1 <	-- Total -->

Club seasonal records

Updated to games played October 26, 2008.^[2]

Matches

Season record wins

• Record win: 2 - 0 (v. Kansas City Wizards, April 26, 2008)
• Record away win: 3 - 1 (v. New York Red Bull, October 4, 2008)

Season record defeats

• Record defeat: 4 - 1 (v. D.C. United, April 5, 2008)
• Record home defeat: 3 - 1 (v. Chivas USA, September 6, 2008)

Season record draws

• Highest scoring home draw: 1 - 1 (v. New York Red Bulls, May 1, 2008)
• Highest scoring away draw: 2 - 2 (v. FC Dallas, October 11, 2008)

Sequences

• Most consecutive wins: 3 (April 13, 2008  - May 1, 2008)
• Most consecutive draws: 2 (May 1, 2008  - May 17, 2008)
• Most consecutive losses: 2 (March 29, 2008  - April 13, 2008)
• Most consecutive matches unbeaten: 6 (April 13, 2008  - May 24, 2008)
• Most consecutive matches winless: 7 (August 17, 2008  - October 4, 2008)

Attendance

• Highest home attendance: 20, 461 (v. New England Revolution, August 23, 2008)
• Lowest home attendance: 19, 657 (v. Columbus Crew, September 13, 2008)
• Average league attendance: 20,241

Notes and References

1. News: 2008 Roster . 2008-04-12 . April 11, 2008 . Toronto FC Media Relations . https://web.archive.org/web/20100119215433/http://web.mlsnet.com/t280/stats/index.jsp?club=t280&sort=un&order=asc&year=2008 . January 19, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
2. News: 2008 Schedule . 2008-04-14 . March 20, 2008 . Toronto FC Media Relations . https://web.archive.org/web/20080323220422/http://web.mlsnet.com/schedule/scoreboard/season.jsp?team=t280 . March 23, 2008 . dead . mdy-all .
3. News: 2008 Schedule . 2008-04-12 . March 20, 2008 . Toronto FC Meida Relations . https://web.archive.org/web/20080323220422/http://web.mlsnet.com/schedule/scoreboard/season.jsp?team=t280 . March 23, 2008 . dead . mdy-all .
4. News: Behind the Badge: D.C., TFC draw. https://archive.today/20070702090035/http://www.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080206&content_id=137936&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103. dead. July 2, 2007. 2008-04-12. February 6, 2008. D.C. United Media Relations.
5. News: TFC drops 2-1 decision to Odense Boldklub. 2008-04-12. February 14, 2008. Toronto FC Media Relations.
6. News: TFC win preseason victory over KC, 2-0. 2008-04-12. February 16, 2008. Toronto FC Media Relations.
7. News: TFC record victory vs. US U-17. 2008-04-12. February 17, 2008. Toronto FC Media Relations.
8. News: Toronto FC ends level with Chicago Fire. 2008-04-12. February 20, 2008. Toronto FC Media Relations.
9. News: 2008 Stats. 2008-04-14. March 20, 2008. Toronto FC Media Relations. https://web.archive.org/web/20100219022221/http://web.mlsnet.com/t280/stats/index.jsp?club=t280. February 19, 2010. dead. mdy-all.