2013 Toronto FC season

Toronto FC
2013 season
President and General Manager	Kevin Payne
Head Coach	Ryan Nelsen
Stadium	BMO Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th; Overall: 17th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
Canadian Championship	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Earnshaw (8); All: Robert Earnshaw (8)
Average home league attendance	19,036
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2013 Toronto FC season was Toronto FC's seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of soccer in the United States and Canada. Kevin Payne became the club's first president during the off-season. He also became the club's general manager. The season opened on March 2.

The club entered the season as the defending Canadian Championship winners.

Review and events

Kevin Payne became the club president and general manager during the off-season.^[1] The club fired Paul Mariner as head coach and was replaced by Ryan Nelsen,^[2] who was at the time an active player with Queens Park Rangers F.C. in England. Kevin Payne stated, in reference to Nelson's availability, that "We're not sure when he'll join us."^[3] Nelson terminated his QPR contract before the end of the season,^[4] and joined TFC in February 2013.

The season opened with an away game on March 2 against Vancouver Whitecaps FC^[5] and the following week played their only MLS match away from BMO Field, the home opener against Sporting Kansas City on March 9, 2013,^[6] with a then-record Toronto FC home MLS attendance of 25,991. The season finished with a home win against Montreal Impact on October 26.^[7]

Fixtures and results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Pre-season

Feb 9 Disney Pro Soccer Classic	Columbus Crew	1–0	Toronto FC	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
	Gláuber 30'	Report

Feb 13 Disney Pro Soccer Classic	Toronto FC	3–0	Orlando City SC	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
	Taylor Morgan 53' Terry Dunfield 72' Jonathan Osorio 87'	Report

Feb 16 Disney Pro Soccer Classic	Toronto FC	0–3	Philadelphia Union	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
		Report	Antoine Hoppenot 8' Róger Torres 40' Matt Kassel 51'

Feb 23 Disney Pro Soccer Classic	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Toronto FC	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
	Claudio Bieler 23' Oriol Rosell 48'	Report	Darren O'Dea 15' Justin Davis 35' Darren O'Dea 57'

MLS regular season

Match results

Mar 2 1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Toronto FC	BC Place
	Koffie 59'	report	Dunfield 27'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Guzman

Mar 9 2	Toronto FC	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Rogers Centre
	Earnshaw 2', 21' (pen.) 86' Califf 77' O'Dea 90+5'	report^[6]	Nagamura 24' Collin 39' Sinovic 75' Bieler 77' Feilhaber 78'	Attendance: 25,991 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Mar 16 3	Montreal Impact	2–1	Toronto FC	Olympic Stadium
	Bernier 34' (pen.) 64' Di Vaio 46+' Iapichino 67'	report	Hall 21' Earnshaw 68' (pen.) Eckersley 92+'	Attendance: 37,896 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Mar 30 4	Toronto FC	2–2	LA Galaxy	BMO Field
	Earnshaw 29' Califf 51' Osorio 79'	[1]	Magee 16' Sarvas 76' Villarreal 92+'	Attendance: 18,355 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Apr 6 5	Toronto FC	2–2	FC Dallas	BMO Field
	Russell 90' 14' Ephraim 46' Silva 58' Braun 85' 94'	Stats	Jacobson 34' 86' Pérez 59' Castillo 84'	Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Apr 13 6	Philadelphia Union	1–1	Toronto FC	PPL Park
	McInerney 93' Cruz 36' Daniel 83' Casey 92'	Stats	Earnshaw 71' Agbossoumonde 68' O'Dea 74' Ephraim 74' Bendik 80' Morgan 21' 88'	Attendance: 17,182 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Apr 20 7	Toronto FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	BMO Field
	Hall 58'		Creavalle 94'	Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Drew Fischer

Apr 27 8	Toronto FC	1–2	New York Red Bulls	BMO Field
	Osorio 83'		Cahill 39', 89'	Attendance: 20,009 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

May 4 9	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Toronto FC	Dick's Sporting Goods Park
	Buddle 86'	Stats		Attendance: 12,658 Referee: Matthew Foerster

May 8 10	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Toronto FC	Buck Shaw Stadium
	Jahn 46' Wondolowski 81'	Stats	Braun 14'	Attendance: 10,048 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 18 11	Toronto FC	0–1	Columbus Crew	BMO Field
			Oduro 42'	Attendance: 18,278

May 25 12	New England Revolution	2–0	Toronto FC	Gillette Stadium
	Fagúndez 23' Agudelo 93+'	Stats		Attendance: 10,711

Jun 1 13	Toronto FC	1–1	Philadelphia Union	BMO Field
	Osorio 66'	report	McInerney 91+'	Attendance: 19,221 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Jun 15 14	D.C. United	1–2	Toronto FC	RFK Stadium
	De Rosario 19' (pen.)	Stats	Earnshaw 30' Woolard 41' (o.g.)	Attendance: 13,846

Jun 22 15	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Toronto FC	BBVA Compass Stadium
		Stats		Attendance: 22,039

Jun 29 16	Toronto FC	0–1	Real Salt Lake	BMO Field
		Stats	Álvarez 45'	Attendance: 20,841

Jul 3 17	Toronto FC	3–3	Montreal Impact	BMO Field
	Brockie 6' Caldwell 21' O'Dea 24'	Stats	Romero 1' Camara 69' Di Vaio 70'	Attendance: 21,700

Jul 13 18	Sporting Kansas City	3–0	Toronto FC	Sporting Park
	Saad 21', 51' Bieler 63'	Stats		Attendance: 21,126

Jul 17 19	Chivas USA	1–0	Toronto FC	Home Depot Center
	Torres 79'	Stats		Attendance: 7851

Jul 20 20	Toronto FC	0–0	New York Red Bulls	BMO Field
		Stats		Attendance: 19,444

Jul 27 21	Toronto FC	2–1	Columbus Crew	BMO Field
	Osorio 87' Wiedeman 90+4'	Stats	Oduro 17'	Attendance: 17,987

Aug 4 22	New England Revolution	0-1	Toronto FC	Gillette Stadium
		report	Laba 2'	Attendance: 11,543 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Aug 10 23	Toronto FC	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	BMO Field
	Osorio 46'	report	Rosales 16' Johnson 23' Henry 40' (o.g.) Joseph 75'	Attendance: 18,766 Referee: Mark Geiger

Aug 17 24	Columbus Crew	2-0	Toronto FC	Columbus Crew Stadium
	Higuaín 19' 67' Trapp 45' O'Rourke 80'	Summary	Eckersley 36'	Attendance: 16,352 Referee: Ted Unkel

Aug 24 25	D.C. United	1–1	Toronto FC	RFK Stadium
	De Rosario 10' Korb 83'	Report	Convey 60'	Attendance: 13,972 Referee: Chris Penso

Aug 30 26	Toronto FC	1–1	New England Revolution	BMO Field
	Wiedeman 45' Caldwell 68' Morgan 75' Henry 86'	Stats	Fagúndez 2' 54' Nguyen 30' Caldwell 74' Imbongo 87'	Attendance: 18,623

Sep 7 27	Portland Timbers	4–0	Toronto FC	Jeld-Wen Field
	Alhassan 45+1' Wallace 40' 83' Johnson 40' 87' Valeri 90+3'	Stats	Agbossoumonde 25' Hall 90+3'	Attendance: 20,674

Sep 11 28	Toronto FC	1–1	Chicago Fire	BMO Field
	Earnshaw 23' Convey 29' Braun 45+1' Hall 71' Henry 90+1'	report	Duka 20'	Attendance: 15,217 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Sep 14 29	New York Red Bulls	2–0	Toronto FC	Red Bull Arena
	Henry 32' Espíndola 80'	report		Attendance: 17,236

Sep 21 30	Toronto FC	1–2	Sporting Kansas City	BMO Field
	Russell 38'	Stats	Sapong 18', 53'	Attendance: 12,627

Sep 28 31	Toronto FC	4–1	D.C. United	BMO Field
	Russell 25' Dike 67' Shanosky 71' (o.g.) Rey 87'	Stats	Jeffrey 15'	Attendance: 15,879

Oct 5 32	Philadelphia Union	1–0	Toronto FC	PPL Park
	Kléberson 90+5'	Stats		Attendance: 18,996

Oct 19 33	Chicago Fire	1–0	Toronto FC	Toyota Park
	Magee 63' (pen.)	Stats		Attendance: 19,889

Oct 26 34	Toronto FC	1–0	Montreal Impact	BMO Field
	Earnshaw 16' 23'	report	Bernardello 23' Mapp 26' Lefèvre 90+3' Ferrari 90+4'	Attendance: 13,211 Referee: David Gantar

MLS regular season standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
4	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	MLS Cup Knockout Round
6	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
7	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
8	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
9	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
10	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16

Source: MLS

Overall table

Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2014 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City (C)	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57
4	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
5	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52
7	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
8	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
11	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
14	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
15	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
16	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
17	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
18	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26
19	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16	CONCACAF Champions League

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
34	29	6	17	11	30	47	−17	4	5	8	23	22	+1	2	12	3	7	25	−18

Last updated: September 14, 2013
Source: "Toronto FC Schedule".
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 14, 2013. Source: MLS Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Canadian Championship

Semi final

April 24 Leg 1	Toronto FC	2–0	Montreal Impact	Toronto, Ontario
	Henry 49' Wiedeman 81' Wiedeman 84'	Recap, Stats	Mallace 55'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 11,043 Referee: Paul Ward

May 1 Leg 2	Montreal Impact	6–0	Toronto FC	Montreal, Quebec
	Mapp 24' Tissot 25' Paponi 33' Di Vaio 44', 90' Romero 61' Wenger 90+4'	Stats	Henry 14' Lambe 17'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 14,931

Mid-season friendly

August 7 Friendly	Toronto FC	1–4	Roma	Toronto, Ontario
	Burdisso 16' (o.g.)	Report	Florenzi 25' Borriello 33' Pjanić 67', 87'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,274

Player information

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

As of October 26, 2013^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		Canadian Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeeper
12	GK	USA	Joe Bendik	33	0	33+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	SUI	Stefan Frei	3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
40	GK	CAN	Quillan Roberts	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
4	DF	CAN	Doneil Henry	22	1	19+1	0	2+0	1
5	DF	CAN	Ashtone Morgan	24	0	20+2	0	2+0	0
6	DF	USA	Gale Agbossoumonde	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0
25	DF	USA	Jeremy Hall	32	1	26+5	1	0+1	0
27	DF	ENG	Richard Eckersley	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	USA	Ryan Richter	15	0	12+1	0	2+0	0
13	DF	SCO	Steven Caldwell	23	1	23+0	1	0+0	0
28	DF	USA	Mark Bloom	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SUI	Jonas Elmer	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	CAN	Kyle Bekker	11	0	3+6	0	2+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Darel Russell	18	3	10+8	3	0+0	0
19	MF	BER	Reggie Lambe	29	0	20+8	0	1+0	0
21	MF	CAN	Jonathan Osorio	30	5	18+10	5	2+0	0
20	MF	ARG	Matías Laba	16	1	16+0	1	0+0	0
15	MF	USA	Bobby Convey	21	1	20+1	1	0+0	0
23	MF	ESP	Álvaro Rey	13	1	9+4	1	0+0	0
Forwards
9	FW	CAN	Emery Welshman	2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
10	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw	27	8	23+3	8	1+0	0
14	FW	NED	Danny Koevermans	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0
17	FW	USA	Justin Braun	22	2	8+13	2	1+0	0
31	FW	USA	Andrew Wiedeman	16	3	9+5	2	2+0	1
7	FW	NGA	Bright Dike	7	1	5+2	1	0+0	0
No Longer With Team
15	MF	CAN	Matt Stinson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW	JAM	Ashton Bennett	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	ENG	Taylor Morgan	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	John Bostock	9	0	4+3	0	2+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Hogan Ephraim	10	0	8+1	0	0+1	0
23	MF	CAN	Terry Dunfield	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
48	DF	EIR	Darren O'Dea	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0
11	MF	USA	Luis Silva	16	0	11+3	0	0+2	0
2	DF	USA	Logan Emory	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	USA	Danny Califf	6	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
22	FW	NZL	Jeremy Brockie	15	1	11+4	1	0+0	0
37	FW	ARG	Maximiliano Urruti	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0

Goals against average

No.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship
No.	Player	MP	GA	GAA	MP	GA	GAA	MP	GA	GAA
12	Joe Bendik	2970	46	1.39	2970	46	1.39	0	0	—
24	Stefan Frei	270	7	2.33	90	1	1.00	180	6	3.00
40	Quillan Roberts	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	0	—
Totals		3240	53	1.47	3060	47	1.38	180	6	3.00
Latest update: October 26, 2013

Bookings

Transactions

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 3, 2012	Justin Braun	FW	Real Salt Lake	Traded for Aaron Maund	^[8]
December 12, 2012	Joe Bendik	GK	Portland Timbers	Traded with 1st round 2013 SuperDraft pick & Allocation Money for Ryan Johnson & Miloš Kocić	^[9]
December 14, 2012	Danny Califf	DF	Chivas USA	Selected in stage 2 of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft	^[10]
December 20, 2012	Gale Agbossoumonde	DF	Carolina RailHawks	Acquired via weighted lottery	^[11]
January 15, 2013	Júlio César	MF	Sporting Kansas City	Free Transfer	^[12]
January 17, 2013	Kyle Bekker	MF	Boston College Eagles	1st round 2013 SuperDraft pick	^[13]
January 17, 2013	Emery Welshman	FW	Oregon State Beavers	1st round 2013 SuperDraft pick	^[13]
March 1, 2013	Robert Earnshaw	FW	Cardiff City	Free Transfer	^[14]
March 1, 2013	Ashton Bennett	FW	Coastal Carolina	2nd round 2013 Supplemental Draft pick	^[15]
March 1, 2013	Taylor Morgan	FW	George Mason	4th round 2013 Supplemental Draft pick	^[15]
March 1, 2013	Jonathan Osorio	MF	SC Toronto	Free Transfer	^[15]
March 1, 2013	Darel Russell	MF	Portsmouth	Free Transfer	^[16]
March 25, 2013	Ryan Richter	DF	Charleston Battery	Free Transfer	^[17]
April 25, 2013	Matías Laba	MF	Argentinos Juniors	Undisclosed	^[18]
May 16, 2013	Bobby Convey	MF	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for a 2014 MLS SuperDraft third round pick	^[19]
July 2, 2013	Michael Thomas	MF	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for a 2015 MLS SuperDraft second round pick	^[20]
July 25, 2013	Álvaro Rey	MF	Xerez Club Deportivo	Undisclosed	^[21]
August 1, 2013	Jonas Elmer	DF	FC Winterthur	Undisclosed	^[22]
August 8, 2013	/ Manuel Aparicio	MF	Toronto FC Academy	Undisclosed	^[23]
August 16, 2013	Maximiliano Urruti	FW	Newell's Old Boys	Undisclosed	^[24]
September 9, 2013	Bright Dike	FW	Portland Timbers	Traded with a 2015 MLS SuperDraft first round pick & allocation money for Maximiliano Urruti & an international roster spot	^[25]
September 13, 2013	Chris Konopka	GK	Philadelphia Union	Traded for a 2014 MLS SuperDraft third round pick	^[26]

Loan In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
February 27, 2013	Hogan Ephraim	MF	Queens Park Rangers	Loaned until June 30, 2013	^[27]
March 8, 2013	John Bostock	MF	Tottenham Hotspur	TBD	^[28]
May 7, 2013	Steven Caldwell	DF	Birmingham City	July 2013	^[29]
May 7, 2013	Jeremy Brockie	FW	Wellington Phoenix	TBD	^[29]
July 12, 2013	Mark Bloom	DF	Atlanta Silverbacks	Undisclosed	^[30]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 15, 2012	Adrian Cann	DF	San Antonio Scorpions	Released	^[31]
November 15, 2012	Ty Harden	DF		Released	^[31]
November 15, 2012	Dicoy Williams	DF	Harbour View	Released	^[31]
November 15, 2012	Oscar Cordon	MF	Brampton United	Released	^[31]
November 15, 2012	Nicholas Lindsay	FW	Burlington SC	Released	^[31]
November 15, 2012	Keith Makubuya	FW	Niagara United	Released	^[31]
December 3, 2012	Aaron Maund	DF	Real Salt Lake	Traded for Justin Braun	^[8]
December 12, 2012	Ryan Johnson	FW	Portland Timbers	Traded for Joe Bendik, 1st round 2013 SuperDraft pick & Allocation Money	^[9]
December 12, 2012	Miloš Kocić	GK	Portland Timbers		^[9]
January 30, 2013	Joao Plata	FW	Real Salt Lake	Traded for 2015 2nd Round MLS SuperDraft Pick	^[32]
February 4, 2013	Eric Hassli	FW	FC Dallas	Traded for Conditional 2015 2nd Round SuperDraft Pick	^[33]
February 26, 2013	Torsten Frings	MF		Retired	^[34] ^[35]
February 27, 2013	Quincy Amarikwa	FW	Chicago Fire	Traded for 2014 1st Round Supplemental Draft Pick	^[27]
March 19, 2013	Matt Stinson	MF		Waived	^[36]
March 29, 2013	Júlio César	MF		Released	^[37]
May 14, 2013	Ashton Bennett	FW	Portmore United	Waived	^[38]
May 14, 2013	Taylor Morgan	FW		Waived	^[38]
May 24, 2013	John Bostock	FW		Loan Ended/Waived	^[39]
June 13, 2013	Terry Dunfield	MF	Oldham Athletic	Waived	^[40]
June 27, 2013	Logan Emory	DF		Waived	^[41]
July 9, 2013	Luis Silva	MF	D.C. United	Traded for allocation money	^[42]
July 12, 2013	Danny Califf	DF		Retired	^[43]
July 18, 2013	Darren O'Dea	DF	FC Metalurh Donetsk	Mutual Agreement	^[44]
September 9, 2013	Maximiliano Urruti	FW	Portland Timbers	Traded with an international roster spot for Bright Dike, 2015 MLS SuperDraft first round pick & allocation money	^[25]

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