Football Season Guide

Second-worst defence in the league, joint-worst attack and bottom of the table. This is a summary of Toronto’s 2023 campaign, where they recorded just four wins and picked up a dreadful 22 points from 34 matches. Coach Bob Bradley was fired in June and Canada Men's National Team Head Coach John Herdman has been appointed as the new boss. Good news is that Herdman is a well-respected coach who improved Canada from 72nd to 40th in the FIFA World Rankings. Bad news is that 10 first-team players have departed and former Vancouver midfielder Deybi Flores is the only footballer they’ve signed so far. Meanwhile, uncertainty looms at the club regarding the future of their two stars, Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi. The two Italian forwards failed to step up last year and Toronto’s attack was awful. It remains to be seen if Herdman manages to convince them to buy into his project. That said, Toronto’s main strength is the aforementioned attacking duo. Insigne and Bernardeschi are two of the most talented forwards in the competition and it will be them who decide how far the teams goes this season. As for Toronto’s main weakness, it’s definitely their defence. Toronto have yet to make any improvements to beef up a backline that conceded 59 goals in 34 games last season.