• The Canadian Press

    Return of Osorio, Laryea boosts Toronto FC ahead of games in Miami and Montreal

    Buoyed by the return of captain Jonathan Osorio and Richie Laryea from Copa America and having finally snapped a nine-game winless run, Toronto FC looks to consolidate a post-season position with 10 games remaining in the MLS regular season. The playoff push starts with two challenging road games, however, as John Herdman's team visits Inter Miami on Wednesday and CF Montreal on Saturday. Toronto (8-13-3, 27 points) currently sits eighth in the Eastern Conference and needs to pick up points if i

  • The Canadian Press

    Toronto FC ends six-game losing streak with 2-1 comeback win over Philadelphia

    TORONTO — Toronto FC celebrated a much-needed 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union in style Saturday night, banging a drum in front of the diehard fans in the south stand of BMO Field. "We won a match and we're banging the drum. I mean normally you do that after you've won a cup final or the league or something," Toronto coach John Herdman said with a laugh. One of the fans jumped out of the stands to give the players the drum. "I think they know how much we needed it," said Herdman. "It felt ama

  • The Canadian Press

    Toronto FC, Philadelphia Union meet at BMO Field with both in desperate need of a win

    TORONTO — Toronto FC's annual Caribbean Heritage Match on Saturday features two teams desperate to celebrate a win. Toronto and the Philadelphia Union are both mired in nine-game winless streaks (0-7-2 for Toronto and O-5-4 for Philadelphia). Their last league victories were May 18 (3-0 at New England for the Union and 5-1 over visiting Montreal for TFC). "It's a squad that's coming in in a very similar situation to us," Toronto coach John Herdman said of Philadelphia "Missing a lot of players …

  • The Canadian Press

    Slumping Toronto FC in tough against a Columbus Crew side operating in high gear

    Mired in an eight-game winless streak that includes five straight losses, struggling Toronto FC finds itself in tough again Saturday when it visits the defending MLS champion Columbus Crew. The two teams have been heading in different directions. After picking up 10 of a possible 15 points from its first five games of the campaign (3-1-1), Toronto has collected just 14 of a possible 51 in the 17 games since (4-11-2). TFC (7-12-3) arrives at Lower.com Field in eighth place in the Eastern Conferen