2018 Toronto FC season explained

Club:	Toronto FC
Season:	2018
Stadium:	BMO Field
Chrtitle:	General manager
Chairman:	Tim Bezbatchenko
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Greg Vanney
League:	Major League Soccer
League Result:	Conference 9th Overall: 19th
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2:	Canadian Championship
Cup2 Result:	Champions
Cup3:	CONCACAF Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Runners-up
Cup4:	Campeones Cup
Cup4 Result:	Runners-up
League Topscorer:	Sebastian Giovinco (13)
Season Topscorer:	Sebastian Giovinco (18)
Highest Attendance:	30,799 (September 15 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest Attendance:	14,823 (September 19 vs. UANL, Camp. Cup)
Average Attendance:	League: All:
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Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

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

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]

Squad

As of May 9, 2018.^[5]

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

International roster slots

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]

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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

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
20			TFC Academy	Promoted to First Team		^[7]
27			Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team		^[8]
9			Cagliari	Targeted allocation money signing		^[9]
28			Jacksonville Armada	Acquired MLS signing rights from New York Red Bulls for a 4th round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.		^[10]
8			Athletic Bilbao	Targeted allocation money signing		^[11]
52			Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 13, 2018	^[12]
54			Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 13, 2018
55			Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 13, 2018
88			Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 20, 2018	^[13]
11			Chicago Fire	Acquired in exchange for $50,000 in GAM and Nicolas Hasler	July 20, 2018	^[14]

Loan In

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
96		align=Auro	Auro Jr.	São Paulo	Loan with option to buy		^[15]
46			Sacramento Republic FC	One game loan.
16		align=Auro	Lucas Janson	Tigre	Loan with option to buy		^[16]

Draft picks

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
			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]
			Western Michigan Broncos	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#46)	January 19, 2018
			Hartford Hawks	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#69)	January 21, 2018	^[18]
			Gonzaga Bulldogs	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#92)	January 21, 2018

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
44			Los Angeles FC	Selected in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft		^[19]
40			Fresno FC	Option Declined		^[20]
32			Bethlehem Steel FC	Option Declined
27			Ranheim	Option Declined
20			Calgary Foothills	Option Declined
31			Universidad de Chile	Option Declined
9			Toronto FC II	Option Declined
33			Los Angeles FC	Contract Expired
8			Retired	Retired		^[21]
19			Phoenix Rising FC	Waived		^[22]
88			Villa Dálmine	Waived		^[23]
26			Chicago Fire	Traded in exchange for $50,000 in GAM and Jon Bakero		^[24]

Loan Out

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See main article: article and 2018 Major League Soccer season.

League tables

Overall

Matches

Canadian Championship

See main article: article and 2018 Canadian Championship.

Final

CONCACAF Champions League

See main article: article and 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.

Final

See main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League final.

Campeones Cup

See main article: article and 2018 Campeones Cup.

Competitions summary

Competition	Record								First Match	Last Match	Final Position
MLS Regular Season	March 3, 2018	October 28, 2018	9th in Eastern Conference, 19th Overall
Canadian Championship	July 18, 2018	August 15, 2018	bgcolor=gold	Champions
Champions League	February 20, 2018	April 25, 2018	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
Campeones Cup	September 19, 2018		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
Total	Statistics Squad and statistics

Goals and assists

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Nation	width=130	Name	width=15	Pos.	width=50	Major League Soccer	width=50	Canadian Championship	width=50	Champions League	width=50	Campeones Cup	width=50	Total
1			FW	13	1	4	0	18
2			MF	10	3	4	0	17
3			FW	7	3	3	0	13
4			MF	8	0	0	0	8
5			FW	4	0	0	1	5
6			FW	3	1	0	0	4
7			MF	3	0	0	0	3
			DF	3	0	0	0	3
			FW	2	1	0	0	3
10			MF	2	0	0	0	2
11			FW	0	1	0	0	1
			DF	0	0	1	0	1
			DF	1	0	0	0	1
			DF	1	0	0	0	1
			MF	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	1	1	0	3
Totals				59	11	13	1	84

Source: Toronto FC

Rank!width=15

Nation	width=130	Name	width=15	Pos.	width=50	Major League Soccer	width=50	Canadian Championship	width=50	Champions League	width=50	Campeones Cup	width=50	Total
1			FW	15	2	3	0	20
2			MF	9	0	0	0	9
3			MF	2	3	3	0	8
			MF	7	1	0	0	8
5			MF	5	1	0	0	6
6			DF	3	0	2	0	5
7			MF	3	0	1	0	4
			DF	4	0	0	0	4
9			DF	3	0	0	0	3
10			FW	2	0	0	0	2
			DF	1	1	0	0	2
			MF	1	1	0	0	2
13			MF	1	0	0	0	1
			FW	1	0	0	0	1
			MT	1	0	0	0	1
			FW	1	0	0	0	1
Totals				59	9	9	0	77

Source: Toronto FC

Shutouts

width=15	Rank	width=15		width=15		width=150	Name	width=80	Major League Soccer	width=80	Canadian Championship	width=80	Champions League	width=80	Campeones Cup	width=60	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

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Major League Soccer		Canadian Championship		Champions League		Campeones Cup		TOTAL
3	DF			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF			2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW			3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
12	DF			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW			1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF			1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
46	DF			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
96	DF			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				12	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	1 Honours MLS Team of the Week Week Starters Bench Coach Opponent Link 5 Jozy Altidore Gregory van der Wiel Real Salt Lake ^[26] 9 Alex Bono Chicago Fire ^[27] 10 Sebastian Giovinco Philadelphia Union ^[28] 12 Ryan Telfer Orlando City SC ^[29] 15 Jonathan Osorio Greg Vanney Philadelphia Union ^[30] 16 Nick Hagglund D.C. United ^[31] 21 Jonathan Osorio Chicago Fire ^[32] 22 Sebastian Giovinco Chris Mavinga Chicago Fire ^[33] 23 Sebastian Giovinco Atlanta United FC ^[34] 26 Michael Bradley Sebastian Giovinco Greg Vanney Montreal Impact ^[35] 29 Jonathan Osorio LA Galaxy ^[36] 31 Víctor Vázquez Justin Morrow New England Revolution ^[37] 35 Lucas Janson Sebastian Giovinco Atlanta United FC ^[38] George Gross Memorial Trophy External links 2018 Toronto FC season at Official Site

Notes and References

1. News: Toronto FC advances to CONCACAF Champions League final with 1-1 draw against Club America. Toronto Star. April 11, 2018.
2. Web site: CD Guadalajara 1, Toronto FC 2 2018 Concacaf Champions League Recap. Major League Soccer. April 25, 2018.
3. News: Mexico's Tigres get a little payback, defeat Toronto FC in Campeones Cup. The Globe and Mail. 19 September 2018.
4. News: Toronto FC eliminated from MLS playoff contention. Toronto Star. 6 October 2018.
5. Web site: Players . Toronto FC . March 9, 2015.
6. Web site: Toronto FC lands general allocation money in trade with LAFC. August 3, 2018. Sportsnet.
7. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Ayo Akinola. Toronto FC. December 18, 2017. December 18, 2017.
8. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Liam Fraser. Toronto FC. January 19, 2018. January 19, 2018.
9. Web site: Toronto FC sign Dutch international Gregory van der Wiel. Toronto FC. January 31, 2018. January 31, 2018.
10. Web site: Toronto FC sign goalkeeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell. Toronto FC. February 14, 2018. February 14, 2018.
11. Web site: Toronto FC sign Spanish Midfielder Ager Aketxe. Toronto FC. February 23, 2018. February 23, 2018.
12. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Two Homegrown Players and Another Local Prodcut. Toronto FC. April 13, 2018. December 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209174310/https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/04/13/toronto-fc-sign-two-homegrown-players-and-another-local-prodcut. dead.
13. Web site: Toronto FC Sign Alan Mariano Miño, Acquire Mitchell Taintor On Loan. Toronto FC. April 20, 2018.
14. Web site: Toronto FC Acquire Forward Jon Bakero. Toronto FC. July 20, 2018.
15. Web site: Toronto FC sign defender Auro. Toronto FC. February 13, 2018. February 13, 2018.
16. Web site: Toronto FC acquire Lucas Janson on Loan. Toronto FC. August 8, 2018. August 8, 2018.
17. Web site: Toronto FC select two players in 2018 MLS SuperDraft. Toronto FC. January 19, 2018.
18. Web site: 2018 SuperDraft. MLSsoccer.com. January 22, 2018. January 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180119040213/https://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/2018/tracker. dead.
19. Web site: LAFC select Tico striker, young prospects in 2017 Expansion Draft. Major League Soccer. December 12, 2017. December 12, 2017.
20. Web site: Toronto FC Announce Roster Options Following 2017 Championship Season. Toronto FC. December 14, 2017.
21. Web site: Benoît Cheyrou Announces Retirement. Toronto FC. December 21, 2017. December 21, 2017.
22. Web site: Ben Spencer Released by Toronto. Waking the REd. June 23, 2018. July 20, 2018.
23. Web site: Toronto FC Place Miño On Waivers. Toronto FC. June 30, 2018. July 20, 2018.
24. Web site: Toronto FC Acquire Forward Jon Bakero. Toronto FC. July 20, 2018. July 20, 2018.
25. Web site: Toronto FC loan Ager Aketxe to Cadiz CF. Toronto FC. July 11, 2018. July 22, 2018.
26. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Dominique Badji races ahead in Week 5 . April 2, 2018 . April 2, 2018.
27. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Almiron is king of the hill in Week 9 . April 30, 2018 . April 30, 2018.
28. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Daniel Salloi steps up in Week 10 . May 7, 2018 . May 7, 2018.
29. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Red Bulls shine in Week 12 . May 21, 2018 . May 28, 2018.
30. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Alphonso Davies shines in Week 15 . June 11, 2018 . June 11, 2018.
31. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Revolution's Fagundez rolls in Week 16 . June 15, 2018 . June 18, 2018.
32. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Quintero dominates again in Week 21 . July 23, 2018 . July 26, 2018.
33. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Zlatan Ibrahimovic dominates Week 22 . July 30, 2018 . August 3, 2018.
34. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Josef Martinez runs away in Week 23 . August 6, 2018 . August 7, 2018.
35. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Savarino strikes again in Week 26 . August 27, 2018 . August 29, 2018.
36. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Gerso Fernandes flies in Week 29 . September 17, 2018 . September 18, 2018.
37. Web site: Team of the Week presented by Audi: Lodeiro crushes it in Week 31 . October 1, 2018 . October 6, 2018.
38. Web site: "Team of the Week presented by Audi: Zardes zooms on Decision Day" . October 28, 2018 . October 28, 2018.
39. Web site: Toronto FC's Giovinco wins CCL Golden Ball award; Osorio wins Golden Boot. mlssoccer.com. 26 April 2018.
40. Web site: Altidore hits hat trick as TFC thump Vancouver to win Canadian Championship . CTV News . Neil Davidson . August 15, 2018 . August 15, 2018 .