The 2013 Toronto FC season was Toronto FC's seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of soccer in the United States and Canada. Kevin Payne became the club's first president during the off-season. He also became the club's general manager. The season opened on March 2.
2013 season | |||
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President and General Manager | Kevin Payne | ||
Head Coach | Ryan Nelsen | ||
Stadium | BMO Field | ||
Major League Soccer | Conference: 9th Overall: 17th | ||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
Canadian Championship | Semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Robert Earnshaw (8) All: Robert Earnshaw (8) | ||
Average home league attendance | 19,036 | ||
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The club entered the season as the defending Canadian Championship winners.
Kevin Payne became the club president and general manager during the off-season.[1] The club fired Paul Mariner as head coach and was replaced by Ryan Nelsen,[2] who was at the time an active player with Queens Park Rangers F.C. in England. Kevin Payne stated, in reference to Nelson's availability, that "We're not sure when he'll join us."[3] Nelson terminated his QPR contract before the end of the season,[4] and joined TFC in February 2013.
The season opened with an away game on March 2 against Vancouver Whitecaps FC[5] and the following week played their only MLS match away from BMO Field, the home opener against Sporting Kansas City on March 9, 2013,[6] with a then-record Toronto FC home MLS attendance of 25,991. The season finished with a home win against Montreal Impact on October 26.[7]
Win Draw Loss
Feb 9 Disney Pro Soccer Classic | Columbus Crew | 1–0 | Toronto FC | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex |
Gláuber 30' | Report |
Feb 13 Disney Pro Soccer Classic | Toronto FC | 3–0 | Orlando City SC | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex |
Taylor Morgan 53' Terry Dunfield 72' Jonathan Osorio 87' |
Report |
Feb 16 Disney Pro Soccer Classic | Toronto FC | 0–3 | Philadelphia Union | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex |
Report | Antoine Hoppenot 8' Róger Torres 40' Matt Kassel 51' |
Feb 23 Disney Pro Soccer Classic | Sporting Kansas City | 1–0 | Toronto FC | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex |
Claudio Bieler 23' Oriol Rosell 48' |
Report | Darren O'Dea 15' Justin Davis 35' Darren O'Dea 57' |
Mar 2 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | Toronto FC | BC Place |
Koffie 59' | report | Dunfield 27' | Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Guzman |
Mar 9 2 | Toronto FC | 2–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Rogers Centre |
Earnshaw 2', 21' (pen.) 86' Califf 77' O'Dea 90+5' |
report[6] | Nagamura 24' Collin 39' Sinovic 75' Bieler 77' Feilhaber 78' |
Attendance: 25,991 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
Mar 16 3 | Montreal Impact | 2–1 | Toronto FC | Olympic Stadium |
Bernier 34' (pen.) 64' Di Vaio 46+' Iapichino 67' |
report | Hall 21' Earnshaw 68' (pen.) Eckersley 92+' |
Attendance: 37,896 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
Mar 30 4 | Toronto FC | 2–2 | LA Galaxy | BMO Field |
Earnshaw 29' Califf 51' Osorio 79' |
[1] | Magee 16' Sarvas 76' Villarreal 92+' |
Attendance: 18,355 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
Apr 6 5 | Toronto FC | 2–2 | FC Dallas | BMO Field |
Russell 90' 14' Ephraim 46' Silva 58' Braun 85' 94' |
Stats | Jacobson 34' 86' Pérez 59' Castillo 84' |
Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
Apr 13 6 | Philadelphia Union | 1–1 | Toronto FC | PPL Park |
McInerney 93' Cruz 36' Daniel 83' Casey 92' |
Stats | Earnshaw 71' Agbossoumonde 68' O'Dea 74' Ephraim 74' Bendik 80' Morgan 21' 88' |
Attendance: 17,182 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
Apr 20 7 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | Houston Dynamo | BMO Field |
Hall 58' | Creavalle 94' | Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Drew Fischer |
Apr 27 8 | Toronto FC | 1–2 | New York Red Bulls | BMO Field |
Osorio 83' | Cahill 39', 89' | Attendance: 20,009 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
May 4 9 | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | Toronto FC | Dick's Sporting Goods Park |
Buddle 86' | Stats | Attendance: 12,658 Referee: Matthew Foerster |
May 8 10 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–1 | Toronto FC | Buck Shaw Stadium |
Jahn 46' Wondolowski 81' |
Stats | Braun 14' | Attendance: 10,048 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
May 18 11 | Toronto FC | 0–1 | Columbus Crew | BMO Field |
Oduro 42' | Attendance: 18,278 |
May 25 12 | New England Revolution | 2–0 | Toronto FC | Gillette Stadium |
Fagúndez 23' Agudelo 93+' |
Stats | Attendance: 10,711 |
Jun 1 13 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | Philadelphia Union | BMO Field |
Osorio 66' | report | McInerney 91+' | Attendance: 19,221 Referee: Geoff Gamble |
Jun 15 14 | D.C. United | 1–2 | Toronto FC | RFK Stadium |
De Rosario 19' (pen.) | Stats | Earnshaw 30' Woolard 41' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 13,846 |
Jun 22 15 | Houston Dynamo | 0–0 | Toronto FC | BBVA Compass Stadium |
Stats | Attendance: 22,039 |
Jun 29 16 | Toronto FC | 0–1 | Real Salt Lake | BMO Field |
Stats | Álvarez 45' | Attendance: 20,841 |
Jul 3 17 | Toronto FC | 3–3 | Montreal Impact | BMO Field |
Brockie 6' Caldwell 21' O'Dea 24' |
Stats | Romero 1' Camara 69' Di Vaio 70' |
Attendance: 21,700 |
Jul 13 18 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–0 | Toronto FC | Sporting Park |
Saad 21', 51' Bieler 63' |
Stats | Attendance: 21,126 |
Jul 17 19 | Chivas USA | 1–0 | Toronto FC | Home Depot Center |
Torres 79' | Stats | Attendance: 7851 |
Jul 20 20 | Toronto FC | 0–0 | New York Red Bulls | BMO Field |
Stats | Attendance: 19,444 |
Jul 27 21 | Toronto FC | 2–1 | Columbus Crew | BMO Field |
Osorio 87' Wiedeman 90+4' |
Stats | Oduro 17' | Attendance: 17,987 |
Aug 4 22 | New England Revolution | 0-1 | Toronto FC | Gillette Stadium |
report | Laba 2' | Attendance: 11,543 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
Aug 10 23 | Toronto FC | 1–2 | Seattle Sounders FC | BMO Field |
Osorio 46' | report | Rosales 16' Johnson 23' Henry 40' (o.g.) Joseph 75' |
Attendance: 18,766 Referee: Mark Geiger |
Aug 17 24 | Columbus Crew | 2-0 | Toronto FC | Columbus Crew Stadium |
Higuaín 19' 67' Trapp 45' O'Rourke 80' |
Summary | Eckersley 36' | Attendance: 16,352 Referee: Ted Unkel |
Aug 24 25 | D.C. United | 1–1 | Toronto FC | RFK Stadium |
De Rosario 10' Korb 83' |
Report | Convey 60' | Attendance: 13,972 Referee: Chris Penso |
Aug 30 26 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | New England Revolution | BMO Field |
Wiedeman 45' Caldwell 68' Morgan 75' Henry 86' |
Stats | Fagúndez 2' 54' Nguyen 30' Caldwell 74' Imbongo 87' |
Attendance: 18,623 |
Sep 7 27 | Portland Timbers | 4–0 | Toronto FC | Jeld-Wen Field |
Alhassan 45+1' Wallace 40' 83' Johnson 40' 87' Valeri 90+3' |
Stats | Agbossoumonde 25' Hall 90+3' |
Attendance: 20,674 |
Sep 11 28 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | Chicago Fire | BMO Field |
Earnshaw 23' Convey 29' Braun 45+1' Hall 71' Henry 90+1' |
report | Duka 20' | Attendance: 15,217 Referee: Geoff Gamble |
Sep 14 29 | New York Red Bulls | 2–0 | Toronto FC | Red Bull Arena |
Henry 32' Espíndola 80' |
report | Attendance: 17,236 |
Sep 21 30 | Toronto FC | 1–2 | Sporting Kansas City | BMO Field |
Russell 38' | Stats | Sapong 18', 53' | Attendance: 12,627 |
Sep 28 31 | Toronto FC | 4–1 | D.C. United | BMO Field |
Russell 25' Dike 67' Shanosky 71' (o.g.) Rey 87' |
Stats | Jeffrey 15' | Attendance: 15,879 |
Oct 5 32 | Philadelphia Union | 1–0 | Toronto FC | PPL Park |
Kléberson 90+5' | Stats | Attendance: 18,996 |
Oct 19 33 | Chicago Fire | 1–0 | Toronto FC | Toyota Park |
Magee 63' (pen.) | Stats | Attendance: 19,889 |
Oct 26 34 | Toronto FC | 1–0 | Montreal Impact | BMO Field |
Earnshaw 16' 23' | report | Bernardello 23' Mapp 26' Lefèvre 90+3' Ferrari 90+4' |
Attendance: 13,211 Referee: David Gantar |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 59 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
2 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 58 | |
3 | New England Revolution | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 51 | |
4 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 51 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
5 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 49 | |
6 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 49 | |
7 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 46 | |
8 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 41 | |
9 | Toronto FC | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 29 | |
10 | D.C. United | 34 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 16 |
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2014 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | New York Red Bulls (S) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 59 | CONCACAF Champions League |
2 | Sporting Kansas City (C) | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 58 | |
3 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 57 | |
4 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 56 | |
5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 53 | |
6 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 52 | |
7 | New England Revolution | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 51 | |
8 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 51 | |
9 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 51 | |
10 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 51 | |
11 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 49 | CONCACAF Champions League |
12 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 49 | |
13 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 48 | |
14 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 46 | |
15 | FC Dallas | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 44 | |
16 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 41 | |
17 | Toronto FC | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 29 | |
18 | Chivas USA | 34 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 26 | |
19 | D.C. United | 34 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 16 | CONCACAF Champions League |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 25 | −18 |
Last updated: September 14, 2013
Source: "Toronto FC Schedule".
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
April 24 Leg 1 | Toronto FC | 2–0 | Montreal Impact | Toronto, Ontario |
Henry 49' Wiedeman 81' Wiedeman 84' |
Recap, Stats | Mallace 55' | Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 11,043 Referee: Paul Ward |
May 1 Leg 2 | Montreal Impact | 6–0 | Toronto FC | Montreal, Quebec |
Mapp 24' Tissot 25' Paponi 33' Di Vaio 44', 90' Romero 61' Wenger 90+4' |
Stats | Henry 14' Lambe 17' |
Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 14,931 |
August 7 Friendly | Toronto FC | 1–4 | Roma | Toronto, Ontario |
Burdisso 16' (o.g.) | Report | Florenzi 25' Borriello 33' Pjanić 67', 87' |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,274 |
As of October 26, 2013[update]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Major League Soccer | Canadian Championship | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeeper | |||||||||
12 | GK | USA | Joe Bendik | 33 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | GK | SUI | Stefan Frei | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
40 | GK | CAN | Quillan Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||
4 | DF | CAN | Doneil Henry | 22 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
5 | DF | CAN | Ashtone Morgan | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
6 | DF | USA | Gale Agbossoumonde | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | DF | USA | Jeremy Hall | 32 | 1 | 26+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
27 | DF | ENG | Richard Eckersley | 16 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | DF | USA | Ryan Richter | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
13 | DF | SCO | Steven Caldwell | 23 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
28 | DF | USA | Mark Bloom | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | SUI | Jonas Elmer | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||
8 | MF | CAN | Kyle Bekker | 11 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ENG | Darel Russell | 18 | 3 | 10+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | MF | BER | Reggie Lambe | 29 | 0 | 20+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
21 | MF | CAN | Jonathan Osorio | 30 | 5 | 18+10 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 |
20 | MF | ARG | Matías Laba | 16 | 1 | 16+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
15 | MF | USA | Bobby Convey | 21 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Rey | 13 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||
9 | FW | CAN | Emery Welshman | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
10 | FW | WAL | Robert Earnshaw | 27 | 8 | 23+3 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 |
14 | FW | NED | Danny Koevermans | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
17 | FW | USA | Justin Braun | 22 | 2 | 8+13 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
31 | FW | USA | Andrew Wiedeman | 16 | 3 | 9+5 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
7 | FW | NGA | Bright Dike | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
No Longer With Team | |||||||||
15 | MF | CAN | Matt Stinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | FW | JAM | Ashton Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
28 | FW | ENG | Taylor Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | John Bostock | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
31 | MF | ENG | Hogan Ephraim | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
23 | MF | CAN | Terry Dunfield | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
48 | DF | EIR | Darren O'Dea | 17 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
11 | MF | USA | Luis Silva | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
2 | DF | USA | Logan Emory | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | USA | Danny Califf | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
22 | FW | NZL | Jeremy Brockie | 15 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
37 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Urruti | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Total | Major League Soccer | Canadian Championship | ||||||
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MP | GA | GAA | MP | GA | GAA | MP | GA | GAA | ||
12 | Joe Bendik | 2970 | 46 | 1.39 | 2970 | 46 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 | — |
24 | Stefan Frei | 270 | 7 | 2.33 | 90 | 1 | 1.00 | 180 | 6 | 3.00 |
40 | Quillan Roberts | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Totals | 3240 | 53 | 1.47 | 3060 | 47 | 1.38 | 180 | 6 | 3.00 | |
Latest update: October 26, 2013 |
Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
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February 27, 2013 | Hogan Ephraim | MF | Queens Park Rangers | Loaned until June 30, 2013 | [27] |
March 8, 2013 | John Bostock | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | TBD | [28] |
May 7, 2013 | Steven Caldwell | DF | Birmingham City | July 2013 | [29] |
May 7, 2013 | Jeremy Brockie | FW | Wellington Phoenix | TBD | [29] |
July 12, 2013 | Mark Bloom | DF | Atlanta Silverbacks | Undisclosed | [30] |
Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref |
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November 15, 2012 | Adrian Cann | DF | San Antonio Scorpions | Released | [31] |
November 15, 2012 | Ty Harden | DF | Released | [31] | |
November 15, 2012 | Dicoy Williams | DF | Harbour View | Released | [31] |
November 15, 2012 | Oscar Cordon | MF | Brampton United | Released | [31] |
November 15, 2012 | Nicholas Lindsay | FW | Burlington SC | Released | [31] |
November 15, 2012 | Keith Makubuya | FW | Niagara United | Released | [31] |
December 3, 2012 | Aaron Maund | DF | Real Salt Lake | Traded for Justin Braun | [8] |
December 12, 2012 | Ryan Johnson | FW | Portland Timbers | Traded for Joe Bendik, 1st round 2013 SuperDraft pick & Allocation Money | [9] |
Miloš Kocić | GK | ||||
January 30, 2013 | Joao Plata | FW | Real Salt Lake | Traded for 2015 2nd Round MLS SuperDraft Pick | [32] |
February 4, 2013 | Eric Hassli | FW | FC Dallas | Traded for Conditional 2015 2nd Round SuperDraft Pick | [33] |
February 26, 2013 | Torsten Frings | MF | Retired | [34] [35] | |
February 27, 2013 | Quincy Amarikwa | FW | Chicago Fire | Traded for 2014 1st Round Supplemental Draft Pick | [27] |
March 19, 2013 | Matt Stinson | MF | Waived | [36] | |
March 29, 2013 | Júlio César | MF | Released | [37] | |
May 14, 2013 | Ashton Bennett | FW | Portmore United | Waived | [38] |
May 14, 2013 | Taylor Morgan | FW | Waived | [38] | |
May 24, 2013 | John Bostock | FW | Loan Ended/Waived | [39] | |
June 13, 2013 | Terry Dunfield | MF | Oldham Athletic | Waived | [40] |
June 27, 2013 | Logan Emory | DF | Waived | [41] | |
July 9, 2013 | Luis Silva | MF | D.C. United | Traded for allocation money | [42] |
July 12, 2013 | Danny Califf | DF | Retired | [43] | |
July 18, 2013 | Darren O'Dea | DF | FC Metalurh Donetsk | Mutual Agreement | [44] |
September 9, 2013 | Maximiliano Urruti | FW | Portland Timbers | Traded with an international roster spot for Bright Dike, 2015 MLS SuperDraft first round pick & allocation money | [25] |