Toronto FC: 2024 schedule, players, manager, stadium & more

After a couple of tough years, Toronto FC appointed former Canada manager John Herdman towards the end of the 2023 campaign, a season which saw Toronto finish rock bottom in the Eastern Conference.

So far, there’s been little in terms of moves from Herdman and the team. They have brought in just two players, including Tyrese Spicer, their 23-year-old top pick from this year’s SuperDraft. 

Things went wrong for Toronto last term despite them having some good players, so it will be on Herdman to get the best out of this squad. 

Given his extensive background as a national team boss, he should be comfortable working with what he’s got. However, he needs to work miracles to make this team competitive again in a short space of time.

Stadium: BMO Field 
Manager: John Herdman 
Captain: Jonathan Osorio 
Top league scorer last season: Federico Bernardeschi 
Last season's position: 15th in Eastern Conference

Season schedule

Date	Home team	Away team
February 25	FC Cincinnati	Toronto FC
March 3	New England Revolution	Toronto FC
March 9	Toronto FC	Charlotte FC
March 16	New York City	Toronto FC
March 23	Toronto FC	Atlanta United
March 30	Toronto FC	Sporting Kansas City
April 6	Vancouver Whitecaps	Toronto FC
April 13	Charlotte FC	Toronto FC
April 20	Toronto FC	New England Revolution
April 27	Orlando City	Toronto FC
May 4	Toronto FC	FC Dallas
May 11	Toronto FC	New York City
May 15	Nashville	Toronto FC
May 18	Toronto FC	CF Montreal
May 25	Toronto FC	FC Cincinnati
May 29	Philadelphia Union	Toronto FC
June 1	DC United	Toronto FC
June 15	Toronto FC	Chicago Fire
June 19	Toronto FC	Nashville
June 22	New York Red Bulls	Toronto FC
June 29	Atlanta United	Toronto FC
July 3	Toronto FC	Orlando City
July 6	Columbus Crew	Toronto FC
July 13	Toronto FC	Philadelphia Union
July 17	Inter Miami	Toronto FC
July 20	Montreal	Toronto FC
August 24	Houston Dynamo	Toronto FC
August 31	Toronto FC	DC United
September 14	Toronto FC	Austin FC
September 18	Toronto FC	Columbus Crew
September 21	Colorado Rapids	Toronto FC
September 28	Chicago Fire	Toronto FC
October 2	Toronto FC	New York Red Bulls
October 5	Toronto FC	Inter Miami

Manager - John Herdman

• Date Joined - October 1, 2023
• Date of Birth - July 19, 1975
• Nationality -  English
• Previous Clubs - New Zealand Women’s national team, Canada Women’s national team, Canada Men’s national team

Stadium

• Name - BMO Field
• Capacity - 30,000
• Opened - 2007

Team Roster

Goalkeepers	Nationality
Sean Johnson	USA
Luka Gavran	Canada
Defenders
Aimé Mabika	Zambia
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	Canada
Sigurd Rosted	Norway
Kobe Franklin	Canada
Luke Singh	Trinidad and Tobago
Shane O'Neill	USA
Raoul Petretta	Italy
Midfielders
Latif Blessing	Ghana
Jonathan Osorio	Canada
Brandon Servania	USA
Kosi Thompson	Canada
Alonso Coello	Spain
Deiby Flores	Honduras
Forwards
Federico Bernardeschi	Italy
Cassius Mailula	South Africa
Ayo Akinola	Canada
Lorenzo Insigne	Italy
Prince Osei Owusu	Germany
Deandre Kerr	Canada
Jordan Perruzza	Canada
Hugo Mbongue	Canada
Adama Diomande	Norway
Tyrese Spicer	Trinidad and Tobago

Last season's performance

Last year was one to forget for the Reds, with coach Bob Bradley departing in June after an awful start. 

However, things didn’t get much better after he left, with the club losing 13 of their final 14 MLS games to end up with a club-record low of 22 points. 

Toronto both fell short in the Canadian Championship and the Leagues Cup at the first hurdle, while they finished with the worst record across all of MLS. 

Toronto have now failed to make the postseason for three consecutive seasons, which isn’t sitting well with their passionate support. 

The one bright spot was the emergence of striker Deandre Kerr, who scored five times overall last term. He looks like he could become a real hometown favourite going forward, with the 21-year-old likely to play a key role in Herdman’s side.

This season's prospects

There’s little hope of an immediate turnaround for Toronto FC, which is likely based on their lack of offseason activity. 

Deiby Flores - a midfielder picked up from Hungarian side Fehervar - is their only addition outside of Spicer. 

The Reds head into this campaign +10000 to lift the MLS Cup, the joint-longest odds in the league. That’s not likely to be the aim at BMO Field this season, but Herdman will be tasked with improving on the team’s worst-ever season. 

While Toronto had a poor start, they were 11th at the half-way point and just three points shy of a Wild Card berth. Bradley only lasted a few more games and then the wheels came off as they waited for a new manager to take over.

Herdman can at least get them back to their level from the first half of last season, and he has young talent to work with. If he can get something from their underwhelming Italian superstars - Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi - and push into the top seven, that would be a great start to his reign.

Previous five seasons

Season	Eastern Conference Finish
2019	4th
2020	2nd
2021	13th
2022	13th
2023	15th

Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.