Hernandez is already gone, so his spot is taken by Hagglund right now.Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud
Hernandez is already gone, so his spot is taken by Hagglund right now.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
Yeah I know we didn't resign him. What I meant was use Zavaleta like we used Hernandez last season. Give him that roster spot and upgrade the CB position instead of looking at more midfielders.
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this
Big time....
I would LOVE to see TAM or GAM or whatever it's called on a CB to play along side Mavinga
this would move TFC into another MLS stratosphere - alone at the top, imo
This!
It's very clear that TFC's weak spot is central defense this season, because Moor, Hagglund and Zavaleta are not the same quality like the rest of the team in other field areas.
(Moor of course just because age is getting to him, the other two never were.)
And yet we have one of the best defences in the league. If we can find another gem like Mavinga who's a bit down on his luck like he was, then we should grab him, for sure. Hagglund and Zavaleta are quite solid MLS defenders.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
Four players were signed to USL contracts with TFC2.
Midfielder Mariano Miño
Defender Robert Boskovic
Goalkeeper Drew Shepherd
Defender Kyle Bjornethun
https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/03/15/toronto-fc-ii-sign-four-players
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Sheppard was our 2nd round pick
Boskovic from Academy
Bjorthun from Portland B
Mino from Uruguay
Nice mix
Boskovic is my call for 1 of the next defenders to make it to the first team.
He's on route to play almost 50 professional games as a CB before 20. Every time i've seen him play, I have liked the what I've seen.
Composed player, and has the ability to play out the back, reads the game very well. His downside is his weakness, which ultimately can be worked on especially for his size.
They all look skin and bones, hopefully the gym can make men out of em.
These kids will get trucked on defence, imagine Jozy posting in the box on one them lolFour players were signed to USL contracts with TFC2.
Midfielder Mariano Miño
Defender Robert Boskovic
Goalkeeper Drew Shepherd
Defender Kyle Bjornethun
https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/03/15/toronto-fc-ii-sign-four-players
News ..
Toronto FC announced Wednesday that the club has re-signed midfielder Victor Vázquez to a multi-year contract extension.
Vázquez, 31, was named to the Major League Soccer Best XI for the 2017 season, after finishing second in the league in assists (16), and leading MLS with six game-winning assists. Vázquez made 39 combined appearances, registering 10 goals and 20 assists across all competitions (MLS league, MLS Cup Playoffs and Canadian Championship). He was named MLS Player of the Week four times (Weeks 13, 25, 27 & 28).
“Following the conclusion of the 2016 season, teams within MLS started to figure out they could sit back on us. It was critical for our group to find a top-level talent that could help unlock teams and put us over the top,” said Toronto FC Sr. Vice-President, Soccer Operations & General Manager Tim Bezbatchenko. “Victor ultimately would become that piece helping us in our success last season in winning the treble. We are pleased to get this deal done so that Victor can help us defend our titles this season and beyond.”
Vázquez has made five appearances across MLS league play and the Concacaf Champions League this season for Toronto FC.
Vazquez multi-year extension
No mention of TAM being used in the press release. Mavinga's extension didn't mention TAM either, though Mavinga wasn't a TAM signing in the first place. Vazquez was however.
So is the club just not revealing our use of TAM or are both these guys actually below the salary threshold? Surely not for Vazquez at least, he'd be taking a big pay cut.
Anyways, this is great news since it was possible that Vazquez could have left after this season.
IIRC you have to make it public when you use TAM. I don't know if that extends to contract extensions but in this case I doubt it. Vazquez was a key player to a championship team and is gaining in age. There's no way on earth he took a pay cut big enough to be under the threshold. If anything he probably got a decent raise.
I don't know why but I always thought Mavinga was a TAM signing. Having him on less than 300k is probably the best deal in the league.
With this sort of momentum from Bez & Co.I wonder if we’ll be hearing good news about The big 3 soon as well?
TAM threshold is $480,625. We could've given him a raise to just under that, in which case it wouldn't be TAM
Mavinga salary last year was $300,000. We know we gave him a raise, so maybe he's at 400k?
Right. I'd forgotten we gave him a new contract in the off-season. He's probably up near the threshold now.
Vasquez contract extended
Could be non related but what does that mean for Aketxe. It sounded like we brought him in to be an understudy for Vazquez, but does this now mean he'll be that for two season? Would he want to be that after leaving home and crossing the ocean?
I think it means the team isn't very confident of being able to resign Osorio at anything resembling a team friendly contract. Aketxe is probably more of a short-mid term like for like replacement for Osorio, not Vazquez.Could be non related but what does that mean for Aketxe. It sounded like we brought him in to be an understudy for Vazquez, but does this now mean he'll be that for two season? Would he want to be that after leaving home and crossing the ocean?
Osorio is looking like a tasty bit of trade bait right now
I sadly agree that the possibility of resigning Osorio appears remote. Getting to the right pay packet and role on the team will be difficult.
Not sure how Aketxe is going to plug in as a 2-way mid though. He’ll press high but doesn’t dig in enough in the defending 3rd. Maybe it’s there, we just haven’t seen it yet.
Just musing, but if TFC makes it to the CWC and Osorio and Delgado start and perform well, what are the odds that they'll get serious offers from European scouts and will be gone anyways?
A part of me wouldn't be surprised if either of them get interest from Mexican clubs if they keep performing well against Liga MX teams. Delgado is of Mexican descent and Osorio was in Uruguay with Cavallini who is now at Puebla.
Delgado already had Liga MX interest when we signed him to his extension at the tail end of last season.
Oso is out of contract at the end of the season and I think Larson mentioned he has interest abroad.
Delgado got the extension to ward off the Liga MX interest was my recollection of how it was reported at the time.
Only to Montreal and Vancouver.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I thought he was signed through 2019, but based on Vanney's comments ("It’s good to get him settled in and looking beyond this year"), it sounds like VV had an escape clause at the end of this year. So that's why this happened now.
Based on VV's comments ("I hope I can maybe re-sign again in couple of years"), notwithstanding the use of the word "multiyear", this is a one year extension, through the end of 2019. Which makes sense. VV would want to see what happens with the DPs.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toro...ear-extension/
It's all coming to a boil this summer, because in world football, all kinds of stuff starts happening 18 months before contracts expire.
Last edited by ensco; 03-21-2018 at 01:23 PM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Yeah, that was it.
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