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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Ben Steiner |Brendan Dunlop |Corey Brady |Tomas Karageorgos
Saturday was another home opener that held so much promise. The rain had stopped, the sun had come out, and Toronto FC scored first! Alas, in true TFC fashion, the day was spoiled by a lack of defending and overall lack of effort to play football. Despite a lot of cautious optimism echoed in the stands, Toronto FC fell 2-1 to a rejuvenated Chicago Fire. An important tip: if you leave before the 90th minute, traffic is exponentially better leaving the city.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Ben Steiner |Brendan Dunlop |Corey Brady |Tomas Karageorgos
While Toronto FC fans were ecstatic to cheer on their team in all red on a sunny Saturday afternoon at BMO Field, it was the same old result at the end of 90 minutes. Toronto FC lost their third match in a row, falling 2-1 to Gregg Berhalter’s Chicago Fire in TFC’s 2025 home opener. It was head coach Robin Fraser’s first time back in the BMO dugout since he left the club as an assistant in 2018.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Ben Steiner |Brendan Dunlop |Corey Brady |Tomas Karageorgos
When things are going badly, any filter that may have been previously applied completely evaporates. Toronto FC fans let their feelings be known at TFC’s home opener on Saturday afternoon. As the Reds were losing on the pitch, fans in the supporters’ south end blamed the one player they feel is most responsible for the club’s turmoil and their torment, and he wasn’t even dressed to play.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Tomas Karageorgos |Andrew Hockridge |Tom Nightingale
Presumably, Jesse Marsch isn’t too worried about the injury status of Richie Laryea. Canada Soccer announced Marsch’s final 23-man Canada roster for the CONCACAF Nations League Finals on Wednesday. Although Laryea missed Toronto FC’s defeat at FC Cincinnati through injury, he’s still got the CanMNT call.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Tomas Karageorgos |Andrew Hockridge |Corey Brady |Tom Nightingale
Robin Fraser continues to take the positives in his post-game assessments, but Toronto FC suffered another disheartening 2-0 loss away to Cincinnati at TQL stadium on Saturday night. Let’s go behind the numbers. In U.S. dollars, the amount of money given to FC Cincinnati in the Luciano Acosta deal with FC Dallas. Under the new “Cash-for-Player” initiative in MLS, teams can buy players for money without utilizing General Allocation Money (GAM) or other assets.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Tomas Karageorgos |Andrew Hockridge |Tom Nightingale
If you think Robin Fraser is longing for the TFC glory days, imagine how Greg Vanney must feel. The LA Galaxy’s nightmare start to the 2025 season continued on Sunday as they lost 3-0 at home to St. Louis City SC, marking their fourth straight loss across all competitions. The defending MLS Cup champions have yet to secure a point in league play and now hold the unfortunate distinction of being the first team in MLS history to begin a title defence with three straight losses. Yikes.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Tomas Karageorgos |Andrew Hockridge |Tom Nightingale
Toronto FC couldn’t score in Cincinnati, but TFC II figured it out on Sunday evening. Toronto FC II kicked off their 2025 MLS NEXT Pro campaign with a strong performance, securing a 1-0 victory over FC Cincinnati 2 in their season opener. The Young Reds fielded a heavily Canadian lineup, with seven domestic players in the starting XI and three more coming off the bench.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Tomas Karageorgos |Andrew Hockridge |Corey Brady |Tom Nightingale
After what was a difficult 2-0 loss to swallow on Saturday night against FC Cincinnati, Robin Fraser is attempting to look on the bright side. TFC stood tall and weathered the storm in the first half, ending the first 45 scoreless even though they were on the end of some very close calls. “We really talked about being defensively solid. Early on, we certainly avoided a few scares. I thought we were pretty cohesive defensively,” head coach Robin Fraser said post-match.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Andrew Hockridge |Corey Brady |Tom Nightingale |Tomas Karageorgos
After the first three games of the still relatively fresh MLS campaign, Toronto FC have accumulated just one single point. A second-half penalty from FC Cincinnati record-signing Kévin Denkey was enough to seal all three points for FC Cincinnati in a 2-0 win over Toronto FC at TQL Stadium on Saturday night. The Ohio venue continues to be a house of horrors for the Reds. TFC have only scored one goal there and remain winless in five attempts.
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1 month ago | 
wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Tom Nightingale |Tomas Karageorgos |Andrew Hockridge
Toronto FC are still winless. Cincinnati isn’t the easiest place to change that. TFC’s new MLS season is off to a rough start. A 2-2 draw at D.C. United on opening day offered a bit of hope, but that was quickly wiped out by a 4-2 defeat to Orlando City SC last weekend, where Toronto’s defensive issues were on full display. After conceding twice in a 90-second span during the first half, TFC were left chasing the game early.
