2015 Toronto FC season

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Toronto FC
2015 season
General Manager Tim Bezbatchenko
Head Coach Greg Vanney
Major League Soccer Conference: 6th
Overall: 12th
MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round
Canadian Championship Semifinals
Top goalscorer League:
Sebastian Giovinco (22)
All:
Sebastian Giovinco (23)
Highest home attendance 30,266
(August 29 vs. Montreal Impact)
Lowest home attendance 16,382
(June 27 vs. D.C. United)
Average home league attendance League: 23,451
All: 23,319
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015 Toronto FC season was the ninth season in club history. On October 14, the team qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.[1] The club began the season with a seven match road trip due to ongoing renovations at BMO Field. Their first home game was played May 10 against the Houston Dynamo, more than two months into the season.

Background

During the 2014 season, Toronto FC finished seventh out of ten teams in the Eastern Conference.

On 12 July 2015, Giovinco achieved Toronto FC's first ever hat-trick in MLS play against New York City FC in a 4–4 draw at Yankee Stadium, and set up the fourth goal during the match, also missing a penalty. It was also the third fastest hat trick scored in the league's history at 9 minutes.[2] Following the match, he received the player of the week award for the third time in the 2015 MLS season.[3]

Roster

Current roster

As at the end of season.[4]

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age at year end) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Chris Konopka United States GK (1985-04-14)April 14, 1985 (aged 30) United States Philadelphia Union
12 Joe Bendik United States GK (1989-04-25)April 25, 1989 (aged 26) United States Portland Timbers
25 Alex Bono United States GK (1994-04-25)April 25, 1994 (aged 21) United States Syracuse Orange
40 Quillan Roberts Canada GK (1994-09-13)September 13, 1994 (aged 21) Canada TFC Academy
Defenders
2 Justin Morrow United States FB (1987-10-04)October 4, 1987 (aged 28) United States San Jose Earthquakes
5 Ashtone Morgan Canada FB (1991-02-09)February 9, 1991 (aged 24) Canada TFC Academy
6 Nick Hagglund United States CB (1990-09-14)September 14, 1990 (aged 25) United States Xavier Musketeers
15 Eriq Zavaleta United States CB (1992-08-02)August 2, 1992 (aged 23) United States Seattle Sounders
23 Josh Williams United States CB (1988-04-18)April 18, 1988 (aged 27) United States New York City FC
24 Damien Perquis Poland CB (1984-04-10)April 10, 1984 (aged 31) Spain Real Betis
28 Mark Bloom United States FB (1987-11-25)November 25, 1987 (aged 28) United States Atlanta Silverbacks
38 Clément Simonin France CB (1991-07-01)July 1, 1991 (aged 24) United States NC State Wolfpack
41 Ahmed Kantari Morocco CB (1985-06-28)June 28, 1985 (aged 30) France Lens
Midfielders
4 Michael Bradley United States CM (1987-07-31)July 31, 1987 (aged 28) Italy Roma
8 Benoît Cheyrou France CM (1981-05-03)May 3, 1981 (aged 34) France Marseille
11 Jackson Brazil RW (1988-06-03)June 3, 1988 (aged 27) United States FC Dallas
14 Jay Chapman Canada AM (1994-01-01)January 1, 1994 (aged 21) Canada K-W United FC
18 Marky Delgado United States CM (1995-05-16)May 16, 1995 (aged 20) United States Chivas USA
19 Daniel Lovitz United States LW (1991-08-27)August 27, 1991 (aged 24) United States Elon Phoenix
20 Chris Mannella Canada DM (1994-06-07)June 7, 1994 (aged 21) Canada TFC Academy
21 Jonathan Osorio Canada AM (1992-06-12)June 12, 1992 (aged 23) Canada SC Toronto
26 Collen Warner United States DM (1988-06-24)June 24, 1988 (aged 27) Canada Montreal Impact
34 Manny Aparicio Canada CM (1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 20) Canada TFC Academy
Forwards
10 Sebastian Giovinco Italy ST (1987-01-26)January 26, 1987 (aged 28) Italy Juventus
16 Herculez Gomez United States CF (1982-04-06)April 6, 1982 (aged 33) Mexico Tijuana
17 Jozy Altidore United States CF (1989-11-06)November 6, 1989 (aged 26) England Sunderland
22 Jordan Hamilton Canada ST (1996-03-17)March 17, 1996 (aged 19) Canada TFC Academy
27 Luke Moore England ST (1986-02-13)February 13, 1986 (aged 29) United States Chivas USA
55 Robbie Findley United States CF (1985-08-04)August 4, 1985 (aged 30) United States Real Salt Lake

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
18 MF United States Marky Delgado United States Chivas USA Selected in the 2014 MLS Dispersal Draft November 19, 2014 [5]
55 FW United States Robbie Findley United States Real Salt Lake Selected in the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft December 12, 2014 [6]
25 GK United States Alex Bono United States Syracuse Orange Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft January 15, 2015 [7]
17 FW United States Jozy Altidore England Sunderland Swap for Jermain Defoe January 15, 2015 [8]
14 MF Canada Jay Chapman Canada TFC Academy Promoted to the first team January 15, 2015 [9]
15 DF United States Eriq Zavaleta United States Seattle Sounders Acquired for 2016 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick January 26, 2015 [10]
24 DF Poland Damien Perquis Spain Real Betis Free January 26, 2015 [11]
8 MF France Benoît Cheyrou France Marseille Free January 29, 2015 [12]
10 FW Italy Sebastian Giovinco Italy Juventus Free February 2, 2015 [13][14]
38 DF France Clément Simonin United States NC State Wolfpack Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft March 27, 2015 [15]
41 DF Morocco Ahmed Kantari France Lens Free Transfer July 24, 2015 [16]
23 DF United States Josh Williams United States New York City FC Claimed off waivers July 31, 2015 [17]
16 FW United States Hérculez Gómez Mexico Tijuana Acquired the right of first refusal from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for allocation money August 7, 2015 [18]

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. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

No. Pos. Player Previous Club Notes Date Source
25 GK United States Alex Bono United States Syracuse Orange MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#6) January 15, 2015 [19]
38 DF France Clément Simonin United States NC State Wolfpack MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#9) January 15, 2015 [19]
DF Canada Skylar Thomas United States Syracuse Orange MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#11) January 15, 2015 [19]
DF United States Wesley Charpie United States South Florida Bulls MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#29) January 15, 2015 [19]
FW United States Edwin Rivas United States Cal State Northridge Matadors MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#37) January 15, 2015 [19]
FW United States Mike Ramos United States Whitworth Pirates MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#50) January 20, 2015 [20]
FW Mexico Sal Bernal United States UNLV Rebels MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#70) January 20, 2015 [20]
FW United States Tyler Engel United States North Carolina Tar Heels MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#81) January 20, 2015 [20]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
25 MF United States Jeremy Hall United States New England Revolution Traded for a 2015 MLS SuperDraft 4th round pick December 12, 2015 [21][22]
18 FW England Jermain Defoe England Sunderland Swap for Jozy Altidore January 15, 2015 [8]
32 FW United States Andrew Wiedeman Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer January 26, 2015 [21]
4 MF Canada Kyle Bekker United States FC Dallas Traded for Allocation Money January 26, 2015 [23]
7 FW Ghana Dominic Oduro Canada Montreal Impact Traded for Allocation Money January 27, 2015 [24]
16 DF England Bradley Orr England Blackburn Rovers Loan Expired January 1, 2015 [21]
25 DF Canada Doneil Henry England West Ham United Loan Expired January 1, 2015 [21]
2 DF United States Ryan Richter Canada Ottawa Fury Contract Expired January 28, 2015 [21]
14 MF Canada Dwayne De Rosario Retired January 30, 2015 [21]
13 DF Scotland Steven Caldwell Retired July 14, 2015 [25]
9 FW Brazil Gilberto United States Chicago Fire Claimed off waivers July 27, 2015 [26]
7 FW Nigeria Bright Dike Russia Amkar Perm Waived August 4, 2015 [27]
3 DF United States Warren Creavalle United States Philadelphia Union Traded for 2016 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick August 7, 2015 [28]

Loan out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
9 FW Brazil Gilberto Brazil Vasco da Gama Recalled July 27, 2015 February 20, 2015 [29]
7 FW Nigeria Bright Dike United States San Antonio Scorpions Recalled July 1, 2015 April 27, 2015 [30]

Competitions

Preseason

Major League Soccer

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League tables

Eastern Conference

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Overall

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 4 15 58 58  0 49 11 1 5 34 22  +12 4 3 10 24 36  −12

Last updated: October 25, 2015.
Source: MLS

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ground A A A A A A A H A H H A H H H A A H A A H H A H H A H A H H H H H A
Result W L L L L W W L D W W W L W D L D W D L W L L W W L L L W W W W L L

Last updated: October 25, 2015.
Source: Regular season matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

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Canadian Championship

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Mid-season friendlies

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 29, 2015

No. Pos Nat Player Total Major League Soccer MLS Cup Playoffs Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Chris Konopka 24 0 21+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF United States Justin Morrow 35 2 31+1 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF United States Michael Bradley 28 5 25+0 5 1+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Canada Ashtone Morgan 20 0 17+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF United States Nick Hagglund 14 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF France Benoît Cheyrou 31 2 28+0 1 1+0 0 1+1 1
10 FW Italy Sebastian Giovinco 35 23 32+1 22 1+0 0 1+0 1
11 MF Brazil Jackson 27 1 14+12 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK United States Joe Bendik 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Canada Jay Chapman 11 0 1+9 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 DF United States Eriq Zavaleta 21 1 11+7 1 0+1 0 2+0 0
16 FW United States Hérculez Gómez 8 1 2+5 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 FW United States Jozy Altidore 27 14 21+4 13 1+0 0 1+0 1
18 MF United States Marky Delgado 22 3 19+1 3 0+1 0 1+0 0
19 MF United States Daniel Lovitz 12 0 3+8 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Canada Chris Mannella 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Canada Jonathan Osorio 32 1 26+3 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
22 FW Canada Jordan Hamilton 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF United States Josh Williams 13 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Poland Damien Perquis 26 1 24+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 GK United States Alex Bono 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF United States Collen Warner 31 2 20+9 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
27 FW England Luke Moore 17 1 6+9 1 0+0 0 1+1 0
28 DF United States Mark Bloom 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF Canada Manny Aparicio 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 DF France Clément Simonin 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 GK Canada Quillan Roberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 DF Morocco Ahmed Kantari 13 0 10+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
55 FW United States Robbie Findley 26 2 18+7 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
Players who appeared for Toronto but left during the season:
3 DF United States Warren Creavalle 16 1 8+6 1 0+0 0 1+1 0
7 FW Nigeria Bright Dike 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF Scotland Steven Caldwell 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals and assists

Assists

Correct as of October 29, 2015

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Correct as of October 29, 2015

R Pos Nat Name Major League Soccer MLS Cup Playoffs Canadian Championship Total
1 GK United States Chris Konopka 4 4
2 GK United States Joe Bendik 1 1
TOTALS 5 5

Disciplinary record

Correct as of October 29, 2015[31]

No. Pos. Name MLS MLS Cup Playoffs Canadian Championship Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 GK United States Chris Konopka 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF United States Justin Morrow 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
3 DF United States Warren Creavalle 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
4 MF United States Michael Bradley 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF Canada Ashtone Morgan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF United States Nick Hagglund 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF France Benoît Cheyrou 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 FW Italy Sebastian Giovinco 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
11 MF Brazil Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 GK United States Joe Bendik 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF United States Eriq Zavaleta 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW United States Jozy Altidore 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
18 MF United States Marky Delgado 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
21 MF Canada Jonathan Osorio 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF Poland Damien Perquis 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
26 MF United States Collen Warner 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
27 FW England Luke Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
38 DF France Clément Simonin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
41 DF Morocco Ahmed Kantari 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
55 FW United States Robbie Findley 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 53 4 1 0 1 0 55 4

Recognition

MLS Team of the Week

Week Starters Bench Opponent Link
1 United States Justin Morrow, United States Michael Bradley, United States Jozy Altidore, United States Greg Vanney Vancouver Whitecaps [32]
4 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Real Salt Lake [33]
5 France Benoît Cheyrou Chicago Fire [34]
7 Italy Sebastian Giovinco FC Dallas [35]
8 United States Jozy Altidore Canada Ashtone Morgan, Italy Sebastian Giovinco Orlando City [36]
9 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Philadelphia Union [37]
11 United States Chris Konopka New England Revolution [38]
12 Italy Sebastian Giovinco France Benoît Cheyrou Portland Timbers [39]
13 United States Justin Morrow, Italy Sebastian Giovinco United States Eriq Zavaleta San Jose Earthquakes [40]
14 Italy Sebastian Giovinco D.C. United [41]
17 United States Michael Bradley, Italy Sebastian Giovinco Montreal Impact, D.C. United [42]
19 Italy Sebastian Giovinco New York City FC [43]
20 Italy Sebastian Giovinco United States Marky Delgado Philadelphia Union [44]
21 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Columbus Crew [45]
23 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Orlando City SC, Sporting Kansas City [46]
25 United States Michael Bradley Orlando City SC [47]
26 United States Michael Bradley United States Chris Konopka, Canada Jonathan Osorio Montreal Impact [48]
29 Italy Sebastian Giovinco France Benoît Cheyrou New York City FC, Colorado Rapids [49]
30 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Chicago Fire [50]
31 Canada Jonathan Osorio Italy Sebastian Giovinco Philadelphia Union [51]
34 Brazil Jackson Montreal Impact [52]

MLS Player of the Week

Week Player Week's Statline
1 United States Jozy Altidore 2 Goals
13 Italy Sebastian Giovinco 2 Assists
14 Italy Sebastian Giovinco 2 Goals
19 Italy Sebastian Giovinco 3 Goals, 1 Assist

MLS Goal of the Week

Week Player Opponent Ref
23 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Orlando City SC [53]

MLS Player of the Month

Month Player Month's Statline
July Italy Sebastian Giovinco 5 Goals, 3 Assists
August Italy Sebastian Giovinco 4 Goals, 3 Assists

End of Season awards

Award Player
MLS Golden Boot Italy Sebastian Giovinco [54]
Most Assists Italy Sebastian Giovinco [55]
MLS Newcomer of the Year Award Italy Sebastian Giovinco [56]
MLS Best XI Italy Sebastian Giovinco [57]
Most Valuable Player Italy Sebastian Giovinco [58]

References

  1. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/toronto-fc-qualifies-for-playoffs-1.3271385
  2. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/07/12/toronto-fcs-greg-vanney-stunned-after-sebastian-giovinco-hat-trick-crazy-hec
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