Toronto FC Soccer News

Canadian international goalkeeper Greg Sutton is leaving the Montreal Impact for Major League Soccer. Chances are the 29-year-old goalkeeper's next move will be to Toronto FC as the league looks to stock the expansion franchise with Canadian talent. Sutton had been under contract with Montreal until 2008. ``It's always hard to see a player like Greg go but on the other hand, it's part of the reality of soccer,'' Montreal ...

Toronto FC introduced three new players Wednesday, including three Canadian defenders. The expansion MLS team unveiled defenders Adam Braz, Chris Pozniak and Marco Reda along with Irish midfielder Ronnie O'Brien at a news conference 114 floors up at the CN Tower. Toronto FC kicks off next spring. Coach Mo Johnston made Canadian midfielder Jim Brennan his first signing before adding 10 more players in last Friday's expansion draft and adding ...

Toronto FC may have picked up 10 players in Friday's MLS expansion draft but the team's roster is still far from set. Canadian Adrian Serioux became Toronto's first casualty. Toronto FC head coach Mo Johnston kicked off what he promised to be a couple of days of wheeling and dealing by selecting the Houston Dynamo midfielder-defender in the expansion draft, then immediately traded him. Johnston sent the Toronto native, along ...

Toronto FC coach Mo Johnston knows he won't be stocking his new MLS squad with superstar players from Friday's expansion draft. Johnston will make 10 picks from a pool of players left unprotected by the 12 current MLS teams to help stock the league's newest franchise. But the pool isn't all that strong, said Johnston, and there are few players that caught his eye. ``It's fairly poor, to be honest ...

Jim Brennan, the only player signed to date by Toronto FC, will be joined by plenty of Canadians on the roster of the MLS expansion team. The 12 U.S. teams in the league are allowed to sign a maximum of four non-American players, and commissioner Don Garber revealed Wednesday that rules will be applied to Toronto FC so that Canadians get a good portion of the roster spots when the ...

Toronto FC has set the ticket prices for its inaugural Major League Soccer season. The team, which will play at the brand new BMO Field, announced that season ticket prices will range between $200 and $1,700 for its 16-game regular season home schedule. Tickets go on sale to the public on Nov. 1 through ticketmaster. Single game tickets will range in price from $15 to $60. Those interested can also ...

Toronto's new soccer stadium has a name _ BMO Field. BMO Financial Group has acquired the naming rights to the stadium that will be home to Major League Soccer's Toronto FC and Canada's national soccer teams. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and BMO announced the 10-year deal at a news conference Wednesday. BMO Field will open in the spring of 2007. ``Soccer is hugely popular, particularly among many of Canada's ...

Toronto FC already has a head coach with a big personality. Now it has a homegrown player to match. Coach Mo Johnston and the expansion Major League Soccer team will introduce Canadian international Jim Brennan as its first player signing at a news conference Friday, two sources confirmed Thursday. The 29-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., has won 43 caps for Canada, usually on the wing where he loves to rampage up ...

CIBC has long been a marquee sponsor of the Canadian Soccer Association, but the bank apparently has no problems with Toronto's new soccer stadium being named after the rival Bank of Montreal. The chief operating officer of the CSA said CIBC, by virtue of its relationship with the association, had first crack at the naming rights. That was part of the CSA's deal with Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which had bought the naming rights. ``CIBC were given ...

TORONTO (CP) _ Former Scottish star Mo Johnston was named head coach of the expansion MLS Toronto FC on Friday. Johnston, 43, was fired by the New York Red Bulls in late June. In eight months, his record was 5-4-8. The Red Bulls were 2-3-7 and sat in last place in the Eastern Conference when he was fired. His deal with Toronto FC runs through the 2009 season, based on ...