2017 Toronto FC season explained

Club:	Toronto FC
Season:	2017
Chrtitle:	General manager
Chairman:	Tim Bezbatchenko
Stadium:	BMO Field
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Greg Vanney
League:	Major League Soccer
League Result:	Conference 1st Overall: 1st
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Champions
Cup2:	Canadian Championship
Cup2 Result:	Champions
League Topscorer:	Sebastian Giovinco (16)
Season Topscorer:	Sebastian Giovinco (20)
Highest Attendance:	30,584 (December 9 vs. Seattle Sounders FC, MLS Cup)
Lowest Attendance:	15,175 (May 31 vs. Ottawa Fury, CC)
Average Attendance:	League: All:
Largest Loss:	0–3 (June 3 at New England Revolution)
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Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Toronto FC season was the 11th season in the history of Toronto FC.

On June 27, Toronto won a sixth Canadian Championship title following a 3–2 aggregate victory against the Montreal Impact, earning them a spot in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.

On September 30, the club officially clinched first place in the regular season standings after a 4–2 home win over the New York Red Bulls, becoming the first Canadian team to win the Supporters' Shield.^[1] Toronto drew 2–2 away to Atlanta United FC in their final regular season match on October 22; in doing so, they reached 69 points, breaking the MLS regular season record of 68. They also tied the league record for wins in a season with 20, and scored 74 goals, the joint-second highest seasonal tally ever.^[2]

Toronto won the Eastern Conference Championship on November 29 for a second consecutive season, defeating the Columbus Crew 1–0 over two legs.^[3] On December 9, in a rematch of the previous year's final, Toronto defeated Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 in MLS Cup 2017 at BMO Field, becoming the first MLS team to complete a domestic treble, as well as the first Canadian team to win the MLS Cup.^[4]

Squad

As of December 9, 2017.^[5]

No.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Clint Irwin		GK	December 31, 2017	2016	Colorado Rapids
25	Alex Bono		GK	December 31, 2017	2015	Syracuse Orange	Generation Adidas
40	Mark Pais		GK	December 31, 2017	2017	Toronto FC II
Defenders
2	Justin Morrow		LB / LWB / CB	December 31, 2017	2013	San Jose Earthquakes
3	Drew Moor		CB	December 31, 2017	2015	Colorado Rapids
5	Ashtone Morgan		LB / LWB	December 31, 2017	2011	TFC Academy	Homegrown
6	Nick Hagglund		CB	December 31, 2017	2014	Xavier Musketeers
12	Jason Hernandez		CB	December 31, 2017	2017	New York City FC
15	Eriq Zavaleta		CB	December 31, 2017	2015	Seattle Sounders FC
23	Chris Mavinga		CB / LB	December 31, 2017	2017	Rubin Kazan	International
26	Nicolas Hasler		RWB / CM	December 31, 2017	2017	Vaduz	International
27	Øyvind Alseth		RB / RWB / CB	December 31, 2017	2017	Syracuse Orange	International
32	Brandon Aubrey		CB	December 31, 2017	2017	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
33	Steven Beitashour			December 31, 2017	2015	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Midfielders
4	Michael Bradley		DM / CM	December 31, 2017	2014	Roma	Designated Player
7	Víctor Vázquez		AM	December 31, 2017	2017	Cruz Azul	International
8	Benoît Cheyrou		DM / CM	December 31, 2017	2015	Marseille	International
9	Tsubasa Endoh		RW / AM	December 31, 2017	2016	Maryland Terrapins	International
14	Jay Chapman		AM	December 31, 2017	2015	Michigan State Spartans	Homegrown
18	Mark Delgado		CM	December 31, 2017	2014	Chivas USA	Homegrown
20	Sergio Camargo		CM / AM	December 31, 2017	2017	Syracuse Orange	Homegrown
21	Jonathan Osorio			December 31, 2017	2013	SC Toronto
31	Armando Cooper		CM / AM	December 31, 2017	2016	Árabe Unido	International
44	Raheem Edwards			December 31, 2017	2017	Toronto FC II
Forwards
10	Sebastian Giovinco		ST	December 31, 2017	2015	Juventus	Designated Player, International
17	Jozy Altidore		CF	December 31, 2017	2015	Sunderland	Designated Player
19	Ben Spencer		CF	December 31, 2017	2017	Toronto FC II	Homegrown
22	Jordan Hamilton		ST	December 31, 2017	2014	TFC Academy	Homegrown
87	Tosaint Ricketts		CF	December 31, 2017	2016	Boluspor

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
1			Atlanta United FC	Acquired for Mark Bloom and GAM		^[6]
20			Syracuse Orange	Signed as a Homegrown Player		^[7]
32			Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Selected 21st overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft		^[8]
23			Rubin Kazan	Free transfer		^[9]
7			Cruz Azul	Free transfer		^[10]
44			Toronto FC II	Promoted to first team		^[11]
47			FF Jaro	Free transfer		^[12]
12			New York City FC	Free transfer		^[13]
27			Syracuse Orange	Selected 65th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft		^[14]
40			Toronto FC II	Promoted to first team		^[15]
19			Toronto FC II	Promoted to first team		^[16]
26			Vaduz	Free transfer		^[17]

Draft picks

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Previous club	Notes	Date	Source
32			Notre Dame Fighting Irish	MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#21)	January 13, 2017
			Notre Dame Fighting Irish	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#52)	January 17, 2017	^[18]
27			Syracuse Orange	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#65)	January 17, 2017
			Michigan Wolverines	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#83)	January 17, 2017
			Virginia Tech Hokies	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#87)	January 17, 2017

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
13			Concarneau	Option declined		^[19]
20			Vaughan Azzurri	Option declined
19			Montreal Impact	Option declined
40			Woodbridge Strikers	Contract expired
23			Columbus Crew	Contract Expired, Selected in Stage 2 of the 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft		^[20]
7			Orlando City SC	Contract expired
1			Atlanta United FC	Selected in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft
28			Atlanta United FC	Traded with GAM for Clint Irwin
47			JBK	Waived		^[21]
11			Sigma FC	Waived		^[22]

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2017 Major League Soccer season.

League tables

Overall

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs.

MLS Cup

Canadian Championship

See main article: 2017 Canadian Championship.

Final

Competitions summary

Competition	Record								First Match	Last Match	Final Position
MLS Regular Season	March 4	October 22	bgcolor=gold	1st East, 1st Overall
MLS Cup Playoffs	October 30	December 9	bgcolor=gold	Champions
Canadian Championship	May 23	June 27	bgcolor=gold	Champions
Total	Statistics Squad and statistics

Goals and assists

Rank!width=15

Pos.	width=15	Nation	width=130	Player	width=50	Major League Soccer	width=50	MLS Cup Playoffs	width=50	Canadian	width=50	Total
1	FW		Sebastian Giovinco	16	1	3	20
2	FW		Jozy Altidore	15	2	1	18
3	MF		Víctor Vázquez	8	2	0	10
4	DF		Justin Morrow	8	0	0	8
5	FW		Tosaint Ricketts	7	0	0	7
6	MF		Mark Delgado	3	0	1	4
7	DF		Nicolas Hasler	3	0	0	3
8	MF		Benoît Cheyrou	1	0	1	2
	FW		Jordan Hamilton	2	0	0	2
	DF		Drew Moor	2	0	0	2
	MF		Jonathan Osorio	2	0	0	2
12	MF		Jay Chapman	1	0	0	1
	MF		Raheem Edwards	1	0	0	1
	MF		Tsubasa Endoh	0	0	1	1
	DF		Ashtone Morgan	1	0	0	1
	DF		Eriq Zavaleta	1	0	0	1
Own goals				3	0	1	4
Total				76	3	8	87

Rank!width=15

Pos.	width=15	Nation	width=130	Player	width=50	Major League Soccer	width=50	MLS Cup Playoffs	width=50	Canadian	width=50	Total
1	MF		Víctor Vázquez	16	1	3	20
2	MF		Raheem Edwards	6	0	2	8
	FW		Sebastian Giovinco	6	1	1	8
4	FW		Jozy Altidore	6	0	0	6
5	DF		Steven Beitashour	5	0	0	5
	MF		Mark Delgado	5	0	0	5
7	MF		Michael Bradley	2	0	1	3
	FW		Jordan Hamilton	1	0	2	3
	MF		Jonathan Osorio	3	0	0	3
10	MF		Armando Cooper	2	0	0	2
	DF		Chris Mavinga	2	0	0	2
	DF		Justin Morrow	1	0	1	2
	FW		Ben Spencer	2	0	0	2
14	GK		Alex Bono	1	0	0	1
	MF		Tsubasa Endoh	1	0	0	1
	DF		Nicolas Hasler	1	0	0	1
	DF		Drew Moor	1	0	0	1
	FW		Tosaint Ricketts	1	0	0	1
Total				62	2	10	74

Shutouts

width=15	Rank	width=15		width=15		width=150	Player	width=50	Major League Soccer	width=50	MLS Cup Playoffs	width=50	Canadian Championship	width=60	Total
1	GK		Alex Bono	11*	3	0	14
2	GK		Clint Irwin	3*	0	1	4
			Total	14	3	1	18

* Includes one shared clean sheet against Sporting Kansas City.

Disciplinary record

Correct as of December 9, 2017^[23]

No.	Pos.	Player	Major League Soccer		MLS Cup Playoffs		Canadian Championship		Total
3	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		8	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
5	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW		4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
15	DF		4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
17	FW		8	0	1	1	0	0	9	1
18	MF		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
21	MF		1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF		3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
25	GK		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	DF		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
44	MF		1	0	1	0	2	1	4	1
Total			45	1	8	1	6	1	59	3

Honours

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Starters	Bench	Opponent(s)	Ref.
3		Jozy Altidore	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	^[24]
5		Alex Bono Raheem Edwards	Sporting Kansas City	^[25]
8	Eriq Zavaleta Michael Bradley Sebastian Giovinco	Víctor Vázquez	Chicago Fire	^[26]
9	Raheem Edwards Jozy Altidore	Mark Delgado	Houston Dynamo	^[27]
10	Justin Morrow	Sebastian Giovinco Greg Vanney	Orlando City SC Seattle Sounders FC	^[28]
11	Tosaint Ricketts	Alex Bono Greg Vanney	Columbus Crew Minnesota United FC	^[29]
13	Víctor Vázquez		Columbus Crew	^[30]
16	Michael Bradley	Sebastian Giovinco	D.C. United	^[31]
17	Drew Moor		New England Revolution	^[32]
19	Sebastian Giovinco	Jozy Altidore	Orlando City SC	^[33]
21	Drew Moor Michael Bradley Sebastian Giovinco	Chris Mavinga	New York City FC	^[34]
23	Justin Morrow Mark Delgado	Greg Vanney	Portland Timbers	^[35]
24	Mark Delgado	Michael Bradley	Chicago Fire	^[36]
25	Víctor Vázquez Sebastian Giovinco	Alex Bono Michael Bradley	Philadelphia Union Montreal Impact	^[37]
27	Steven Beitashour Drew Moor Víctor Vázquez Jozy Altidore	Greg Vanney	San Jose Earthquakes	^[38]
28	Michael Bradley Víctor Vázquez	Tosaint Ricketts Greg Vanney	LA Galaxy	^[39]
30	Justin Morrow Jozy Altidore	Greg Vanney	New York Red Bulls	^[40]

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Week's statline
8	Sebastian Giovinco	2 Goals
21	Sebastian Giovinco	2 Goals 1 Assist
23	Justin Morrow	2 Goals
25	Sebastian Giovinco	3 Goals
27	Jozy Altidore	2 Goals
30	Justin Morrow	3 Goals

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
17	Alex Bono	^[41]
25	Alex Bono	^[42]

End of season awards

Award	Recipient(s)	Ref.
MLS Coach of the Year	Greg Vanney	^[44]
MLS Best XI	Justin Morrow Víctor Vázquez Sebastian Giovinco	^[45]
CONCACAF Coach of the Year	Greg Vanney	^[46]

External links

• 2017 Toronto FC season at Official Site

Notes and References

1. News: Kings of the League: Toronto FC win first Supporters' Shield. Major League Soccer. September 30, 2017.
2. News: Toronto FC break all-time MLS points record. Major League Soccer. October 22, 2017.
3. Web site: Toronto FC 1, Columbus Crew SC 0. Major League Soccer. November 29, 2017.
4. Web site: December 9, 2017 . Recap: Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders . Major League Soccer . December 9, 2017.
5. Web site: Players . Toronto FC . March 9, 2015.
6. Web site: Irwin Re-acquired From Atlanta United FC. Toronto FC. December 13, 2016.
7. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Sergio Camargo. Toronto FC. January 11, 2017.
8. Web site: Toronto FC Select Brandon Aubrey in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. TorontoFC.ca. January 13, 2017.
9. Web site: Toronto FC Sign French-DR Congolese Defender Chris Mavinga. Toronto FC. January 31, 2017.
10. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Victor Vazquez. Toronto FC. February 20, 2017.
11. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Raheem Edwards. Toronto FC. March 3, 2017.
12. Web site: Toronto FC Signs Johan Brunell. Toronto FC. March 16, 2017.
13. Web site: Toronto FC Signs Jason Hernandez. Toronto FC. March 21, 2017.
14. Web site: Toronto FC Signs Oyvind Alseth. Toronto FC. March 22, 2017.
15. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Mark Pais. Toronto FC. April 4, 2017.
16. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Ben Spencer. Toronto FC. May 2, 2017.
17. Web site: Toronto FC sign Liechtenstein International Nicolas Hasler. Toronto FC. July 13, 2017.
18. Web site: 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Day Two Recap. Toronto FC. January 17, 2017.
19. Web site: Toronto FC Exercise Contract Options on 13 Players. Toronto FC. December 12, 2016.
20. Web site: Crew SC selects Josh Williams in Stage Two of MLS 2016 Re-Entry Draft. Crew SC Communications. December 28, 2016.
21. Web site: Toronto FC place Brunell on waivers. Toronto FC. April 6, 2017.
22. Web site: Toronto FC Waive Mo Babouli. Toronto FC. April 11, 2017.
23. Web site: Toronto FC Foul Statistics. March 9, 2015 .
24. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 3) . March 20, 2017 . March 20, 2017.
25. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 5) . April 3, 2017 . April 3, 2017.
26. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 8) . April 24, 2017 . April 24, 2017.
27. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 9) . May 1, 2017 . May 1, 2017.
28. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 10) . May 8, 2017 . May 8, 2017.
29. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 11) . May 15, 2017 . May 15, 2017.
30. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 13) . May 29, 2017 . May 29, 2017.
31. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 16) . June 19, 2017 . June 19, 2017.
32. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 17) . June 26, 2017 . June 26, 2017.
33. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 19) . July 7, 2017 . July 7, 2017.
34. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 21) . July 31, 2017 . July 31, 2017.
35. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 23) . August 14, 2017 . August 14, 2017.
36. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 24) . August 21, 2017 . August 21, 2017.
37. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 25) . August 28, 2017 . August 28, 2017.
38. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 27) . September 11, 2017 . September 11, 2017.
39. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 28) . September 18, 2017 . September 18, 2017.
40. Web site: Team of the Week (Wk 30) . October 2, 2017 . October 2, 2017.
41. Web site: Toronto FC's Alex Bono wins MLS Save of the Week for Week 17. MLSSoccer.com. June 30, 2017. June 30, 2017.
42. Web site: Toronto FC's Alex Bono wins MLS Save of the Week for Week 25. MLSSoccer.com. September 1, 2017. September 1, 2017.
43. Web site: Toronto FC repeat as Canadian Champions; earn berth in CONCACAF Champions League. Canada Soccer. June 27, 2017. June 27, 2017. July 31, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731093836/http://www.canadasoccer.com/toronto-fc-repeat-as-canadian-champions-earn-berth-in-concacaf-champions-league-p160969. dead.
44. Web site: Toronto FC's Greg Vanney named 2017 MLS Coach of the Year. November 27, 2017. Major League Soccer.
45. Web site: 2017 MLS Best XI revealed: Who was the best in 2017?. November 30, 2017. Major League Soccer.
46. Web site: Greg Vanney named 2017 CONCACAF Coach of the Year. December 19, 2017. Toronto FC.