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    Default TFC top 10 players of first 10 seasons

    When I was in New York on the weekend they had a wall of their top 20 players in 20 years. Here are my TFC top 10 in 10 years.

    Michael Bradley

    Dwayne De Rosario
    Stefan Frei
    Torsten Frings
    Sebastian Giovinco
    Amado Guevara
    Carl Robinson
    Danny Dichio
    Jermain Defoe
    Danny Koevermans

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    Had me until Defoe, taints the list.

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    Tough list:

    Defoe - doesn't deserve to be on that list

    Morgan? - He is our all time appearance leader for the first decade of the franchise
    Henry? - First signed from the academy and has moved onto one of the top leagues in the world

    I guess it really depends on how one defines "Top 10"

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    Ryan Johnson?
    Joao Plata?
    Ashtone Morgan?
    Doneil Henry?
    Mo Edu?


    Definitly Defoe off the list though.
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    I did this for waking the red a little while ago.

    It's a very subjective topic, so many will disagree.

    http://www.wakingthered.com/2016/3/4...o-danny-dichio

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    Defoe is on the list. Not sure how he couldnt be.

    Plata over robbo, other than that i agree with OP

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    What a weird list to make.

    What a weird team history.

    Yeah Defoe deserves the spot of 2014 but Ryan Johnson got 3 more goals than he did 2 yrs prior.

    But that year Koevs got more accolades for 2 less.

    I'm pretty sure this game is to look at the entirety of years and allows skipping a year or 2.
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    In order....

    1.Giovinco
    2. De Rosario
    3. Dichio
    4. Guevara
    5. Bradley
    6. Frings
    7. Henry
    8. Koevermans
    9. Frei
    10. Brennan

    Honourable mentions:
    Morgan, Robinson, Eckersley

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shway View Post
    In order....

    1.Giovinco
    2. De Rosario
    3. Dichio
    4. Guevara
    5. Bradley
    6. Frings
    7. Henry
    8. Koevermans
    9. Frei
    10. Brennan

    Honourable mentions:
    Morgan, Robinson, Eckersley
    Interesting that Dichio is still that high. Love the guy but the older this team gets, the more one has to ignore the numbers and look at the sentimental.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shway View Post
    In order....

    1.Giovinco
    2. De Rosario
    3. Dichio
    4. Guevara
    5. Bradley
    6. Frings
    7. Henry
    8. Koevermans
    9. Frei
    10. Brennan

    Honourable mentions:
    Morgan, Robinson, Eckersley
    Well done. I'd change the order a bit but overall great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kodiakTFC View Post
    Well done. I'd change the order a bit but overall great.
    Ecks signed for Oldham Athletic this year; shame he wasn't in this TFC; if he'd maintained the discipline he had when he first arrived, in this team, he'd be a real asset.

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    Eckersley would definitely make my list
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    It's upsetting that a "top ten" list is so difficult to make! After 5 players (that we can all pretty much agree on) we really are clutching at straws a little. Even Frings you could argue might not make the list - he was alright during his time but didn't do anything so spectacular that you can call him great at TFC. Frings did no better or worse than Cheyrou in his first season, and nobody would put him in their top ten.

    A bottom ten might be easier to list!

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-boy View Post
    It's upsetting that a "top ten" list is so difficult to make! After 5 players (that we can all pretty much agree on) we really are clutching at straws a little. Even Frings you could argue might not make the list - he was alright during his time but didn't do anything so spectacular that you can call him great at TFC. Frings did no better or worse than Cheyrou in his first season, and nobody would put him in their top ten.

    A bottom ten might be easier to list!
    That would be a decisive list... i would never stop arguing that Freddy hall was/is/always will be the worst player we have ever signed.

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    I don't know, I think a bottom ten might be even harder - though I'm sure we'll all agree on Cunningham and Garcia
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    Buzzfeed has warped all your minds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OgtheDim View Post
    Buzzfeed has warped all your minds.
    We know which former TFC player you should hang out with this weekend

    Are you more Sebastian Giovinco or Jermaine Defoe?
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    20 TFC Defenders Who Did Better Somewhere Else, #15 Will Blow Your Mind

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    Quote Originally Posted by eustacchio View Post
    I don't know, I think a bottom ten might be even harder - though I'm sure we'll all agree on Cunningham and Garcia
    Mista, Chris Pozniak, Jonas Elmer, Alen Stevanović, Adam Braz, Kevin Harmse

    just to start
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    I'm just going to leave this here and quietly leave. The Top 10 discussion; although awesome, is a land mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OgtheDim View Post
    20 TFC Defenders Who Did Better Somewhere Else, #15 Will Blow Your Mind
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pint View Post
    That would be a decisive list... i would never stop arguing that Freddy hall was/is/always will be the worst player we have ever signed.
    Worst at playing? Debatable, but worst as in hated has to be Ruiz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by T-boy View Post
    Even Frings you could argue might not make the list - he was alright during his time but didn't do anything so spectacular that you can call him great at TFC. Frings did no better or worse than Cheyrou in his first season, and nobody would put him in their
    I think the list should take into consideration who and what they were too the team when they were playing. To compare Cheyrou to Frings IMO is incomparable considering Frings (captain, easily one of our best CDMs, moved to CB to fill a reoccurring hole, and was still creating chances from there) played many key roles during his time, that Benoit would not even be put in considering the quality around him.

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    Am I the only one who doesn't get the Dichio fetish on here? His accolades are a product of historically low standards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fort York Redcoat View Post
    Worst at playing? Debatable, but worst as in hated has to be Ruiz.
    Close behind would be Lauren Robert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cas87 View Post
    Mista, Chris Pozniak, Jonas Elmer, Alen Stevanović

    just to start
    I don't think Elmer ever started a game for us. Same with that Bermudian/Canadian kid Mo Johnston signed from Crescent or St. Mike's or somewhere as some favor to someone.

    Marco Reda was truly terrible for us that first year; Freddy Hall is the worst professional goalkeeper I've ever seen and I've literally played against better high school keepers. Hall might be the worst pro player I've ever seen.

    Julius James was a truly terrible defender at the MLS level. Obvious from his first day he wasn't going to make it, despite being a highly lauded pick.

    Then there was the Colombian dude who didn't make it through camp, the defender who got beat on every deep ball. Can't remember his name.

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    Geovanny Caicedo?

    Also can't forget about John Bostock, Adam Braz, Andrea Lombardo, Aaron Maund, and of course Andy Fucking Iro,

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    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    Same with that Bermudian/Canadian kid Mo Johnston signed from Crescent or St. Mike's or somewhere as some favor to someone.
    Kilian Elkinson

    Quote Originally Posted by jloome View Post
    Then there was the Colombian dude who didn't make it through camp, the defender who got beat on every deep ball. Can't remember his name.
    Geovanny Caicedo
    edit: ^beat me to it


    How can anybody forget Elbekay Bouchiba as well.

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    Andrea Lombardo did so well, he earned himself a transfer to York University.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cas87 View Post
    Mista, Chris Pozniak, Jonas Elmer, Alen Stevanović

    just to start
    Pozniak does not belong in this category. He was no superstar but he was a useful utility man during that season playing three or four different positions and he was not a liability as such. Not a star but not an awful player either.

 

 

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