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2018 Toronto FC season

The 2018 Toronto FC season was the 12th season in the history of Toronto FC.

2018 season

Tim Bezbatchenko
Greg Vanney
BMO Field
Conference: 9thOverall: 19th
Did not qualify
Champions
Runners-up
Runners-up
League: Sebastian Giovinco (13)All: Sebastian Giovinco (18)
30,799(September 15 vs. LA Galaxy)
14,823(September 19 vs. UANL, Camp. Cup)
League: 26,628All: 25,152

Home colours

The 2018 Toronto FC season was the 12th season in the history of Toronto FC.

On April 10, Toronto qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League final for the first time in club history. After a 2–1 home loss to Guadalajara on April 17 in the first leg of the final, Toronto would win the return away leg 2–1 a week later, restoring a tie on the aggregate score, but lost 4–2 in the subsequent penalty shoot-out.

On August 15, Toronto won a third consecutive Canadian Championship title following a 7–4 aggregate victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. As holders of the MLS Cup, Toronto played against Tigres UANL on September 19 in the inaugural Campeones Cup, losing the match 3–1 at home.

Despite having three games still remaining in the season, Toronto were officially eliminated from playoff contention following a 2–1 home loss against Vancouver on October 6, and thus lost the chance to defend their MLS Cup title.

As of May 9, 2018.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club
1	Clint Irwin	GK	(1989-04-01) April 1, 1989	2016	Colorado Rapids
25	Alex Bono	GK	(1994-04-25) April 25, 1994	2015	Syracuse Orange
28	Caleb Patterson-Sewell	GK	(1987-05-20) May 20, 1987	2018	Jacksonville Armada
2	Justin Morrow	LB / LWB / CB	(1987-10-04) October 4, 1987	2014	San Jose Earthquakes
3	Drew Moor	CB	(1984-01-15) January 15, 1984	2016	Colorado Rapids
5	Ashtone Morgan	LB / LWB	(1991-02-09) February 9, 1991	2011	Toronto FC Academy
6	Nick Hagglund	CB	(1992-09-14) September 14, 1992	2014	Xavier Musketeers
9	Gregory van der Wiel	RB / RWB	(1988-02-03) February 3, 1988	2018	Cagliari
12	Jason Hernandez	CB	(1983-08-26) August 26, 1983	2017	New York City FC
15	Eriq Zavaleta	CB	(1992-08-02) August 2, 1992	2015	Seattle Sounders FC
23	Chris Mavinga	CB / LB	(1991-05-26) May 26, 1991	2017	Rubin Kazan
52	Julian Dunn	CB	(2000-07-11) July 11, 2000	2018	Toronto FC II
4	Michael Bradley	DM / CM	(1987-07-31) July 31, 1987	2014	Roma
7	Víctor Vázquez	AM	(1987-01-20) January 20, 1987	2017	Cruz Azul
14	Jay Chapman	AM	(1994-01-01) January 1, 1994	2015	Michigan State Spartans
18	Marky Delgado	CM	(1995-05-16) May 16, 1995	2015	Chivas USA
21	Jonathan Osorio	AM / CM	(1992-06-12) June 12, 1992	2013	SC Toronto
27	Liam Fraser	DM	(1998-02-13) February 13, 1998	2018	Toronto FC II
54	Ryan Telfer	LM / ST / LWB	(1994-03-04) March 4, 1994	2018	Toronto FC II
55	Aidan Daniels	CM	(1998-09-06) September 6, 1998	2018	Toronto FC II
96	Auro Jr.	RB / RWB	(1996-01-23) January 23, 1996	2018	São Paulo FC
10	Sebastian Giovinco	ST	(1987-01-26) January 26, 1987	2015	Juventus
11	Jon Bakero	FW	(1996-11-05) November 5, 1996	2018	Chicago Fire
16	Lucas Janson	FW	(1994-08-16) August 16, 1994	2018	Tigre
17	Jozy Altidore	CF	(1989-11-06) November 6, 1989	2015	Sunderland
20	Ayo Akinola	ST	(2000-01-20) January 20, 2000	2018	Toronto FC II
22	Jordan Hamilton	ST	(1996-03-17) March 17, 1996	2014	Toronto FC Academy
87	Tosaint Ricketts	CF	(1987-08-06) August 6, 1987	2016	Boluspor

Toronto has seven MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2018 season. They traded one spot to Los Angeles FC in exchange of $50,000 of General Allocation Money.

Slot	Player	Nationality
1	Auro Jr.	Brazil
2	Jon Bakero	Spain
3	Sebastian Giovinco	Italy
4	Lucas Janson	Argentina
5	Chris Mavinga	DR Congo
6	Gregory van der Wiel	Netherlands
7	Víctor Vázquez	Spain

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date
20	FW	Ayo Akinola	TFC Academy	Promoted to First Team	December 18, 2017
27	MF	Liam Fraser	Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	January 19, 2018
9	DF	Gregory van der Wiel	Cagliari	Targeted allocation money signing	February 1, 2018
28	GK	Caleb Patterson-Sewell	Jacksonville Armada	Acquired MLS signing rights from New York Red Bulls for a 4th round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.	February 14, 2018
8	MF	Ager Aketxe	Athletic Bilbao	Targeted allocation money signing	February 23, 2018
52	DF	Julian Dunn	Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 13, 2018
54	MF	Ryan Telfer	Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 13, 2018
55	MF	Aidan Daniels	Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 13, 2018
88	MF	Mariano Miño	Toronto FC II	Promoted to First Team	April 20, 2018
11	FW	Jon Bakero	Chicago Fire	Acquired in exchange for $50,000 in GAM and Nicolas Hasler	July 20, 2018

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date
96	DF	Auro Jr.	São Paulo	Loan with option to buy	February 13, 2018
46	DF	Mitchell Taintor	Sacramento Republic FC	One game loan.	April 20, 2018
16	FW	Lucas Janson	Tigre	Loan with option to buy	August 8, 2018

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Pos.	Player	Previous club	Notes	Date
DF	Tim Kübel	Louisville Cardinals	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#28); Pick acquired from Minnesota United FC for the 23rd overall pick and $50,000 of targeted allocation money	January 19, 2018
GK	Drew Shepherd	Western Michigan Broncos	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#46)	January 19, 2018
DF	Andre Morrison	Hartford Hawks	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#69)	January 21, 2018
DF	Ben White	Gonzaga Bulldogs	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#92)	January 21, 2018

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date
44	MF	Raheem Edwards	Los Angeles FC	Selected in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft	December 12, 2017
40	GK	Mark Pais	Fresno FC	Option Declined	December 14, 2017
32	DF	Brandon Aubrey	Bethlehem Steel FC	Option Declined	December 14, 2017
27	DF	Øyvind Alseth	Ranheim	Option Declined	December 14, 2017
20	MF	Sergio Camargo	Calgary Foothills	Option Declined	December 14, 2017
31	MF	Armando Cooper	Universidad de Chile	Option Declined	December 14, 2017
9	MF	Tsubasa Endoh	Toronto FC II	Option Declined	December 14, 2017
33	DF	Steven Beitashour	Los Angeles FC	Contract Expired	December 14, 2017
8	MF	Benoît Cheyrou	Retired	Retired	December 21, 2017
19	ST	Ben Spencer	Phoenix Rising FC	Waived	June 23, 2018
88	MF	Mariano Miño	Villa Dálmine	Waived	June 30, 2018
26	MF	Nicolas Hasler	Chicago Fire	Traded in exchange for $50,000 in GAM and Jon Bakero	July 20, 2018

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Ager Aketxe	Cádiz	Loan with option to buy	July 11, 2018

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Source: Competitions

Rank	Pos	Nat	Name	Major League Soccer	Canadian Championship	Champions League	Campeones Cup	Total
1	GK		Alex Bono	3	0	2	0
2	GK		Clint Irwin	0	2	0	0

Source: Toronto FC

Updated to match played May 12, 2018

Source: Toronto FC

Week	Starters	Bench	Coach	Opponent
5	Jozy Altidore	Gregory van der Wiel		Real Salt Lake
9		Alex Bono		Chicago Fire
10	Sebastian Giovinco			Philadelphia Union
12	Ryan Telfer			Orlando City SC
15	Jonathan Osorio		Greg Vanney	Philadelphia Union
16	Nick Hagglund			D.C. United
21	Jonathan Osorio			Chicago Fire
22	Sebastian Giovinco Chris Mavinga			Chicago Fire
23	Sebastian Giovinco			Atlanta United FC
26	Michael Bradley Sebastian Giovinco		Greg Vanney	Montreal Impact
29		Jonathan Osorio		LA Galaxy
31	Víctor Vázquez	Justin Morrow		New England Revolution
35	Lucas Janson	Sebastian Giovinco		Atlanta United FC

Player
Sebastian Giovinco

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Jonathan Osorio

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Jonathan Osorio

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