Toronto FC
Toronto FC is a Canadian professional football club located in Toronto, Ontario. The club participates in Major League Soccer as the first non-US team in MLS. The club's first regular season match was April 7, 2007 at Home Depot Center in Los Angeles versus Chivas USA. They suffered a 0-2 loss. Their first home match was April 28, 2007 at BMO Field against the Kansas City Wizards. Toronto FC lost to the Kansas City Wizards 0-1, on an 81st minute goal by Eddie Johnson. Danny Dichio scored the first goal ever for Toronto FC on May 12, 2007 in the 24th minute vs. the Chicago Fire in the franchise's first ever win.
History
The name of the club was officially announced on May 11, 2006 by the team's owner, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE). The "FC" in the team's name is the conventional initialism for Football Club, but in official media and documents the team has only been referred to as Toronto FC, never Toronto Football Club. Larry Tannenbaum, chairman of MLSE, stated at the team name's unveiling that "I think the way we spell it is 'futbol'." In a Q&A posted on the MLSnet website, it was made clear that "FC" stood for "Football Club."
Ownership and management
Toronto FC are owned and managed by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., who are also the owners and operators of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a National Hockey League team, the Toronto Raptors, a National Basketball Association team, and the Toronto Marlies American Hockey League team. Along with owning professional sports teams, the company is also involved in real estate and property management, owning sports venues such as the Air Canada Centre and the General Motors Centre. Tom Anselmi, the COO and executive vice-president of MLSE, is regarded as the team's "de facto president". The duties of general manager are held by both the coach Mo Johnston and the team's business operations manager Paul Beirne.
Head coaches
~Mo Johnston (2006–)
Assistant coaches
1.Bob Gansler
2.Mike Matkovich
3.Carmine Issaco
Current roster
1 GK Greg Sutton
2 DF Andrew Boyens
3 DF Adam Braz
4 DF Marco Reda
5 MF Ronnie O'Brien
6 MF Maurice Edu
7 MF Andy Welsh
9 FW Danny Dichio
11 MF Jim Brennan (Captain)
12 DF Todd Dunivant
13 DF Chris Pozniak
14 DF Tyrone Marshall
15 MF David Guzman
16 DF Marvell Wynne
17 MF Joey Melo
18 GK Srdjan Djekanovic
20 FW Andrea Lombardo
21 FW Collin Samuel
22 GK Sam Reynolds
23 MF Miguel Cañizalez
24 MF Tyler Hemming
26 MF Christian Nuñez
27 DF Gabe Gala
28 DF Stephen Lumley
29 DF Nana Attakora-Gyan
33 MF Carl Robinson
93 FW Jeff Cunningham
Stadium: BMO Field
Located at Exhibition Place in Toronto, is Canada's first soccer-specific stadium.
Official Website:
http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/t280/index.jsp
參考: Official Website Of Toronto FC, Wikipedia, MLS, BMO Field