Toronto FC

2023 season
Owner	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
President	Bill Manning
Head coach	Bob Bradley (until June 26) Terry Dunfield (interim, from June 26 to September 30) John Herdman (from October 1)
Stadium	BMO Field Toronto, Ontario
Major League Soccer	Conference: 15th Overall: 29th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
Leagues Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Federico Bernardeschi Deandre Kerr (5 each) All: Federico Bernardeschi Lorenzo Insigne Deandre Kerr (5 each)
Average home league attendance	25,310 [1]
Biggest win	TOR 2–0 MIA (March 18) TOR 3–1 PHI (August 30)
Biggest defeat	NYC 5–0 TOR (July 26, LC GS)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2022 2024 →

The 2023 Toronto FC season was the 17th season in the history of Toronto FC.

The team finished the regular season in last place with a club-record low of 22 points, and thus failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for a third consecutive season.

Squad

As of August 29, 2023 ^[2]

No.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Sean Johnson		GK	(1989-05-31) May 31, 1989 (age 34)	2023	New York City FC
18	Greg Ranjitsingh		GK	(1993-07-18) July 18, 1993 (age 30)	2022	MLS Pool
30	Tomás Romero		GK	(2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 23)	2023	Los Angeles FC
90	Luka Gavran		GK	(2000-05-09) May 9, 2000 (age 23)	2023	Toronto FC II
Defenders
3	Cristián Gutiérrez		LB	(1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 (age 27)	2023	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
6	Aimé Mabika		CB	(1998-10-16) October 16, 1998 (age 25)	2023	Inter Miami CF
7	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty		RB / MF	(2004-06-16) June 16, 2004 (age 19)	2020	Toronto FC II
17	Sigurd Rosted		CB	(1994-07-22) July 22, 1994 (age 29)	2023	Brøndby IF
19	Kobe Franklin		RB	(2003-05-10) May 10, 2003 (age 20)	2023	Toronto FC II
26	Luke Singh (loaned out)		CB	(2000-09-12) September 12, 2000 (age 23)	2021	Toronto FC II
27	Shane O'Neill		CB	(1993-09-02) September 2, 1993 (age 30)	2022	Seattle Sounders FC
28	Raoul Petretta		LB	(1997-03-24) March 24, 1997 (age 27)	2023	Kasımpaşa
Midfielders
4	Michael Bradley		CM / DM	(1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 (age 36)	2014	Roma
5	Franco Ibarra (on loan)	[a]	MF	(2001-04-28) April 28, 2001 (age 22)	2023	Atlanta United FC
8	Víctor Vázquez		MF	(1987-01-20) January 20, 1987 (age 37)	2023	LA Galaxy
11	Latif Blessing		MF	(1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 27)	2023	New England Revolution
21	Jonathan Osorio		AM / CM	(1992-06-12) June 12, 1992 (age 31)	2013	SC Toronto
23	Brandon Servania		MF	(1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25)	2023	FC Dallas
47	Kosi Thompson (loaned out)		MF	(2003-01-27) January 27, 2003 (age 21)	2022	Toronto FC II
52	Alonso Coello		MF	(1999-10-12) October 12, 1999 (age 24)	2023	Toronto FC II
81	Themi Antonoglou		MF	(2001-06-02) June 2, 2001 (age 22)	2022	Toronto FC II
Forwards
9	C. J. Sapong		FW	(1988-12-27) December 27, 1988 (age 35)	2023	Nashville SC
10	Federico Bernardeschi		RW	(1994-02-16) February 16, 1994 (age 30)	2022	Juventus
12	Cassius Mailula		FW	(2001-06-12) June 12, 2001 (age 22)	2023	Mamelodi Sundowns
20	Ayo Akinola (loaned out)		ST	(2000-01-20) January 20, 2000 (age 24)	2018	Toronto FC II
24	Lorenzo Insigne		LW	(1991-06-04) June 4, 1991 (age 32)	2022	Napoli
25	Prince Osei Owusu		FW	(1997-01-07) January 7, 1997 (age 27)	2023	Jahn Regensburg
29	Deandre Kerr		FW	(2002-11-29) November 29, 2002 (age 21)	2022	Syracuse Orange
77	Jordan Perruzza (loaned out)		FW	(2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 23)	2021	Toronto FC II
83	Hugo Mbongue		FW	(2004-07-27) July 27, 2004 (age 19)	2022	Toronto FC II
99	Adama Diomande		FW	(1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 (age 34)	2023	Odd

Players no longer on roster

No.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Departure	Next club
71	Markus Cimermancic		MF	(2004-10-01) October 1, 2004 (age 19)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
5	Lukas MacNaughton		CB	(1995-03-08) March 8, 1995 (age 29)	Traded	Nashville SC
65	Antony Ćurić		DF	(2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 23)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
72	Jordan Faria		MF	(2000-06-13) June 13, 2000 (age 23)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
22	Richie Laryea		RB	(1995-01-07) January 7, 1995 (age 29)	Loan expired	Nottingham Forest
90	Luka Gavran		GK	(2000-05-09) May 9, 2000 (age 23)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
76	Lazar Stefanovic		DF	(2006-08-10) August 10, 2006 (age 17)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
73	Jesús Batiz		MF	(1999-06-14) June 14, 1999 (age 24)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
51	Adam Pearlman		DF	(2005-04-05) April 5, 2005 (age 19)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II
14	Mark-Anthony Kaye		MF	(1994-12-02) December 2, 1994 (age 29)	Traded	New England Revolution
2	Matt Hedges		CB	(1990-04-01) April 1, 1990 (age 34)	Traded	Austin FC
82	Julian Altobelli		MF	(2002-11-04) November 4, 2002 (age 21)	Short-term loan expired	Toronto FC II

Roster slots

Toronto had 8+3 international roster slots and three Designated Player slots available for use in the 2022 season. Beginning in 2022, MLS added three non-tradeable international roster spots to the Canadian franchises to compensate for the more complicated residency requirements compared to in the United States; players occupying these additional roster spots were required to have played and been registered with a Canadian MLS club for at least one full year. ^[4] In 2022, they traded a 2023 international roster spot along with a 2023 MLS SuperDraft first round pick, Ralph Priso, and an undisclosed amount of General Allocation Money in exchange for Mark-Anthony Kaye. ^[5] In 2023, they traded a 2023 international roster spot, along with Jesús Jiménez in exchange for Brandon Servania. ^[6] Toronto acquired a 2023 International roster slot in July from the New England Revolution along with Latif Blessing, in exchange for Mark-Anthony Kaye. ^[7] Toronto acquired a 2023 International roster slot from the San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for loaning Ayo Akinola. ^[8]

Transfers

Note: All figures in United States dollars.

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee/notes	Date	Source
30	GK	Tomás Romero	Los Angeles FC	Selected in 2022 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage One	November 17, 2022	[9]
8	MF	Víctor Vázquez	LA Galaxy	Selected in 2022 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage Two, Signed	December 16, 2022	[10]
2	DF	Matt Hedges	FC Dallas	Free Agent Signing, Targeted Allocation Money	December 19, 2022	[11]
99	FW	Adama Diomande	Odd	Claimed MLS rights off Waivers	January 12, 2023	[12]
28	DF	Raoul Petretta	Kasımpaşa	Transfer, Targeted Allocation Money	January 24, 2023	[13]
1	GK	Sean Johnson	New York City FC	Free Agent Signing, Targeted Allocation Money	January 27, 2023	[14]
17	DF	Sigurd Rosted	Brøndby IF	Transfer, Targeted Allocation Money	February 7, 2023	[15]
23	MF	Brandon Servania	FC Dallas	Traded for Jesús Jiménez	February 20, 2023	[6]
19	DF	Kobe Franklin	Toronto FC II	Signed as a homegrown player	February 24, 2023	[16]
3	DF	Cristián Gutiérrez	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Claimed off Waivers	March 14, 2023	[17]
52	MF	Alonso Coello	Toronto FC II	Signed from second team	April 6, 2023	[18]
9	FW	C. J. Sapong	Nashville SC	Acquired from Nashville SC for Lukas MacNaughton, $125,000 in GAM, and $75,000 in conditional GAM	April 25, 2023	[19]
6	DF	Aimé Mabika	Inter Miami CF	Acquired from Inter Miami CF for $100,000 in GAM, and $100,000 in conditional GAM	April 25, 2023	[20]
11	MF	Latif Blessing	New England Revolution	Acquired along with an International Roster Slot in exchange for Mark-Anthony Kaye	July 13, 2023	[7]
12	FW	Cassius Mailula	Mamelodi Sundowns	U22 Initiative Signing	July 28, 2023	[21]
25	FW	Prince Osei Owusu	Jahn Regensburg	Undisclosed	August 4, 2023	[22]
90	GK	Luka Gavran	Toronto FC II	Signed from second team	August 20, 2023	[23]

Loaned in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee/notes	Date	Source
22	DF	Richie Laryea	Nottingham Forest	Loan until June 30, 2023	August 5, 2022	[24]
52	MF	Alonso Coello	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (March 24, March 31)	March 24, 2023	[25] [26]
71	MF	Markus Cimermancic	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (March 24, May 20, July 8)	March 24, 2023	[25] [27] [28]
65	DF	Antony Ćurić	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (May 13, May 17, May 20)	May 13, 2023	[29] [30] [27]
72	MF	Jordan Faria	Toronto FC II	Short term loan	May 20, 2023	[27]
90	GK	Luka Gavran	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (June 21, June 24, July 1)	June 21, 2023	[31] [32] [33]
76	DF	Lazar Stefanovic	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (July 1, July 30)	July 1, 2023	[33] [34]
73	MF	Jesús Batiz	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (July 4, July 8, July 30)	July 4, 2023	[35] [28] [34]
51	DF	Adam Pearlman	Toronto FC II	Short term loans (July 4, July 8, August 30, October 7)	July 4, 2023	[35] [28] [36] [37]
5	MF	Franco Ibarra	Atlanta United FC	Six month loan, sent $50,000 GAM to Atlanta	July 10, 2023	[38]
82	MF	Julian Altobelli	Toronto FC II	Short term loan	October 4, 2023	[39]

MLS SuperDraft picks

2022 Toronto FC SuperDraft Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
2	32	Jalen Watson	Defender	Penn State Nittany Lions	Signed with Toronto FC II
3	61	Charlie Sharp	Forward	Western Michigan Broncos

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee/notes	Date	Source
38	LB	Luca Petrasso	Orlando City SC	Traded for $300,000 GAM and $100,000 conditional GAM	November 9, 2022	[40]
16	GK	Quentin Westberg	Atlanta United FC	Contract expired	November 15, 2022	[41]
25	GK	Alex Bono	D.C. United	Contract expired	November 15, 2022	[41]
15	CB	Doneil Henry	Minnesota United FC	Contract expired	November 15, 2022	[41]
14	MF	Noble Okello	New England Revolution II	Contract expired	November 15, 2022	[41]
23	CB	Chris Mavinga	LA Galaxy	Option declined	November 15, 2022	[41]
96	RB	Auro Jr.	FC Ordabasy	Option declined	November 15, 2022	[42]
99	FW	Ifunanyachi Achara	Houston Dynamo FC	Option declined	November 15, 2022	[41]
22	LW	Jacob Shaffelburg	Nashville SC	Purchase option exercised	November 15, 2022	[43]
44	LB	Domenico Criscito	Genoa	Announced retirement	November 15, 2022	[44]
11	MF	Jayden Nelson	Rosenborg	Transfer	February 8, 2023	[45]
9	FW	Jesús Jiménez	FC Dallas	Traded for Brandon Servania	February 20, 2023	[6]
12	DF	Kadin Chung	Vancouver FC	Mutual Termination	February 28, 2023	[46]
5	DF	Lukas MacNaughton	Nashville SC	Traded to Nashville for C. J. Sapong	April 25, 2023	[19]
14	MF	Mark-Anthony Kaye	New England Revolution	Traded to New England for Latif Blessing and an international roster slot	July 13, 2023	[7]
2	DF	Matt Hedges	Austin FC	Traded in exchange for $375,000 in 2024 GAM and up to an additional conditional $100,000 in 2025 GAM	July 26, 2023	[47]

Loaned out

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee/notes	Date	Source
26	DF	Luke Singh	Atlético Ottawa	One-year loan	March 2, 2023	[48]
20	FW	Ayo Akinola	San Jose Earthquakes	Loan until December 2023 with Purchase Option; TFC receives International roster slot	July 25, 2023	[8]
77	FW	Jordan Perruzza	HFX Wanderers FC	Loan until December 2023	August 7, 2023	[49]
47	MF	Kosi Thompson	Lillestrøm SK	Loan until December 2023 with purchase option	August 29, 2023	[50]

Pre-season

Matches

Competitions

Major League Soccer

League tables

Matches

Canadian Championship

Leagues Cup

Group stage

East 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATL	NYC	TOR
1	Atlas	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–0
2	New York City FC	2	1	0	0	1	5	1	+4	3			0–1	—	5–0
3	Toronto FC	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0			—	—	—

Competitions summary

Competition	Record								First Match	Last Match	Final Position
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
MLS Regular Season	34	4	10	20	26	59	−33	011.76	February 25	October 21	15th in Eastern Conference, 29th Overall
Canadian Championship	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	May 9		Quarter-finals
Leagues Cup	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	000.00	July 26	July 30	Group stage
Total	37	4	10	23	27	67	−40	010.81

Source: Competitions

Statistics

Goals

Shutouts

Rank	Nation	Player	Pos.	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	Total
1		Sean Johnson	GK	6	0	0	6
Totals				6	0	0	6

Updated to match played May 31, 2023
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Honours

MLS Team of the Matchday

Matchday	Starters	Bench	Coach	Ref.
2	—	Sean Johnson	—	[51]
4	Richie Laryea	Federico Bernardeschi	—	[52]
5	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	—	—	[53]
6	—	Federico Bernardeschi	—	[54]
7	—	Mark-Anthony Kaye	—	[55]
8	Richie Laryea	—	—	[56]
9	—	Jonathan Osorio	—	[57]
10	Richie Laryea	C.J. Sapong	—	[58]
13	—	Richie Laryea	—	[59]
15	Lorenzo Insigne	—	—	[60]
17	Richie Laryea	—	—	[61]
27	Federico Bernardeschi	—	—	[62]
29	Deandre Kerr	Alonso Coello Lorenzo Insigne	—	[63]
35	—	Jonathan Osorio	—	[64]

MLS Goal of the Matchday

Matchday	Player	Opponent	Ref.
6	Federico Bernardeschi	Charlotte FC	[65]

References

Notes

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