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    Default Thead April 21st - Best Defenders TFC History - Ye Shall Not Pass




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    1 - Drew Moor
    2 - Chris Mavinga
    3 - Justin Morrow
    4 - Omar Gonzalez
    5 - Steven Beitashor
    6 - Steven Caldwell
    7 - Damien Perquis
    8 - Todd Dunivant
    9 - Laurent Ciman
    10 - Jim Brennan
    11 - Auro
    12 - Adrien Serioux
    13 - GVW
    14 - Darren O'dea
    15 - Doniel Henry
    16 - Ginger Balls Eckersley
    17 - Marvell Wynne
    18 - Ashton Morgan
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    Have a look at the MLS Defender of the Year results over time.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS_De...the_Year_Award

    Notice anything?

    It's not that Morrow is the only TFC name on this list, although that is impressive.

    Every single name is a CB except one. Justin Morrow finished second as an LB in 2017.

    In terms of amazing things that got lost in the shuffle, that is right up there.

    Morrow is the best TFC defender ever.

    If the question is, who was the best TFC in the world based on peak level at another club, that is van der Wiel by a mile.
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    Steven Caldwell needs to be on there. He was the first one to really stabilize our defense and was Captain for a reason. I would put him before Perquis.

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    Any list is incomplete without Andy Iro

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    No way was VDW better than Serioux. No way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MightyDM View Post
    Steven Caldwell needs to be on there. He was the first one to really stabilize our defense and was Captain for a reason. I would put him before Perquis.

    I forgot about Caldwell - and I conceded to the Serioux > GvW argument

    Updated my list accordingly.
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    I would have O'Dea around 6th or 7th. Better than Perquis/Ciman/Dunivant (just based on play here)
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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    I would have O'Dea around 6th or 7th. Better than Perquis/Ciman/Dunivant (just based on play here)
    I always thought he was less effective than he looked - whereas some of the others were more effective than they lookd. He looked very good, but the goals still seemed to go in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    I would have O'Dea around 6th or 7th. Better than Perquis/Ciman/Dunivant (just based on play here)

    Not going to lie - I may have unintentionally put Dunivant as high as I did based on his rep with LA.

    I feel like Perquis was more stable in the back than O'Dea.

    O'Dea was tough and vocal. He was definitely a good leader for the time, but as someone else mentioned - the goals his back line let in were stinkers at times. And things did look more unorganized Under O'Dea compared to Perquis time. Mind you, the players in front of Perquis were better.

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    1. Drew Moor
    2. Justin Morrow
    3. Chris Mavinga

    Todd Dunivant was a solid LB for TFC, except he played one season and then was gone for a season then MoJo traded him for some allocation money. One of more terrible trades MoJo made. His quality showed when he won 5 MLS Cups, 2 Supporters Shield, 1 MLS Best 11, 1 US Open Cup
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    Morrow #1.

 

 

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