Waking the Red

1 week ago | wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Thomas Hewitt |Brendan Dunlop |Andrew Hockridge

For Toronto FC, the promise of brighter days has emerged amid a mightily impressive three-match run, which has seen TFC go toe-to-toe with Major League Soccer heavyweights. But that newfound belief and momentum can be a slippery slope. After all, the Reds are still winless in 2025 and haven’t tasted victory in a competitive game since last September.

1 week ago | wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Thomas Hewitt |Brendan Dunlop |Andrew Hockridge

Robin Fraser believes Toronto FC are done with their trade and transfer business until the summer. The MLS primary transfer window shuts in one week’s time, on April 23. Fraser isn’t anticipating getting any further reinforcements in the coming days. “There’s nothing concrete or in the works that we’re far down the road with for next week,” Fraser told Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press on Wednesday.

1 week ago | wakingthered.com | Corey Brady |Thomas Hewitt |Brendan Dunlop |Andrew Hockridge

On the eve of the Northern Super League’s inaugural game, the NSL club in Canada’s largest city has a new ownership group. AFC Toronto announced a major shift in its ownership structure on Tuesday, days before the club kick-off their existence at BMO Field on Saturday. Michigan-based entrepreneur Mark Mitchell has become AFC Toronto’s majority owner, bringing new American resources and long-term vision to one of the founding franchises of Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league.

1 week ago | wakingthered.com | Thomas Hewitt |Brendan Dunlop |Andrew Hockridge |Corey Brady

If you take a quick look at the MLS Eastern Conference standings, you’ll have to go all of the way down to 14th to find Toronto FC. Four points after eight matches is not ideal and Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Minnesota wasn’t exactly the most enthralling match to watch. Additionally, the absence of a win so far this season compounds the impending sense of dread for TFC supporters. Are we already facing another lost season to mediocrity and without playoff soccer?

1 week ago | wakingthered.com | Brendan Dunlop |Andrew Hockridge |Corey Brady |Thomas Hewitt

It was a mixed bag of results for the Canadian Premier League’s GTA clubs over the weekend. Forge FC continued their dominant start to the season, a high-octane performance landed an assured 2-0 win over Pacific FC on Vancouver Island. York United wish they could say the same. Their home opener went awry as an early lead vanished and the Nine Stripes ultimately lost 2-1 to a gritty Halifax Wanderers team.