Toronto FC 2 (Bernardeschi 55’; Petretta 89’), New York City FC 3 (Rodríguez 23’; Jones 44’; Perea 78’)  TFC’s 5-game winning streak snapped in 1st loss since April 13  Insigne returns for Reds after missing last 8 games with injury  TORONTO – A win by Toronto FC on Saturday night would have brought them up to 22 points on the 2024 MLS campaign, the same number of points they recorded all last season.   But TFC couldn’t get the job done and squandered a chance to climb into second place in the Eastern Conference in a 3-2 loss to New York City FC at BMO Field.  ..read more

Toronto FC is riding high at the moment.  Winners of five consecutive matches in all competitions (its longest such run since 2020), TFC will be looking to extend their winning streak when they host New York City FC this weekend. Toronto (6-4-1) currently sits third in the Eastern Conference and can climb into second place with a win, if FC Cincinnati also loses on the road to the Columbus Crew on Saturday.  "It always feels better when we're winning. The start of the season felt good and then we had a blip. But we responded well, and I think a win [against New York] to just stay in ..read more

Toronto FC will try to make it six wins in a row in all competitions when it hosts New York City FC on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET/Apple TV).         NYCFC (4-5-2) sits in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, four spots and five points below TFC in the table and is coming off a 2-0 home loss to the Colorado Rapids last Sunday. The defeat snapped the club's five-game unbeaten run, which included three straight wins. It was also New York's first ever loss to Colorado in seven all-time meetings between the teams.  Toronto and New York previously met on ..read more

In a continuing series at TFC Republic, we'll look at some of Major League Soccer's more arcane roster rules and break them down by using real-life examples so that they are easily understandable.   In this week's edition: We look at Toronto FC and Ayo Akinola mutually agreeing to terminate his contract.  ..read more

TFC Republic in conjunction with Footy Prime is proud to present the TFC 3 Questions podcast. In this week's edition of the podcast, host James Sharman, former Toronto FC captain Jim Brennan and TFC Republic's John Molinaro answer the following three questions: 5 straight wins for TFC, but do the opponents matter? Is Matty Longstaff a key figure in the team's future? What happened to former Reds forward Ayo Akinola? Listen to the podcast below ..read more

Some random thoughts I had on Toronto FC as it prepares for Saturday's home game against New York City FC.  Federico Bernardeschi's buy in has been impressive John Herdman raised a few eyebrows earlier this week when he mentioned Federico Bernardeschi could see action in Wednesday's Canadian Championship tilt away to League1 Quebec champions CS Saint-Laurent. "You may see Bernardeschi in this game. That's part of the process we've been looking at across these games. It's a quarter-final for us. So, these are big matches," Herdman said ..read more

Toronto FC 3 (Longstaff 50’; Kerr 59’; Bernardeschi 76’), CS Saint-Laurent 0  TFC in firm control headed into 2nd leg at BMO Field   Reds have won five games in a row in all competitions  After an uninspiring opening 45 minutes, Toronto FC found its rhythm in the second half and got the job done in the first leg of its Canadian Championship quarter-final.  Starters Matty Longstaff and Deandre Kerr and substitute Federico Bernardeschi scored after the halftime break to guide TFC to a 3-0 win over semi-professional club CS Saint-Laurent on a soggy Wednesday night at Montre ..read more

Toronto FC has already dispatched one semi-professional team in the 2024 Canadian Championship. Now another one stands in its way of advancing to the semifinals. TFC smashed reigning League1 Ontario champions Simcoe County Rovers 5-0 at BMO Field earlier this month in the first round to advance to the quarter-finals. Waiting for Toronto in the final eight is CS Saint-Laurent, last year's League1 Quebec champions, who'll be looking to pull off another upset in this competition when it hosts the opener of this two-legged aggregate quarter-final series. “Sometimes it can be tough; underestimatin ..read more

Toronto FC announced it has come to an agreement with the Canadian forward to mutually terminate his contract ..read more

Toronto FC will be very busy this week with a midweek Canadian Championship game vs. CS Saint-Laurent followed by a home contest in MLS against New York City FC on the weekend.  TFC (6-4-1) finds themselves in third place in the Eastern Conference after Saturday's 3-1 home win over FC Dallas, a result that allowed John Herdman's side to extend its winning streak to four games in all competitions.  Here's what to look for from the Reds this week:  ..read more