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MLS Season Preview: Change, continuity strange bedfellows as Toronto FC strives to become MLS elite

TFC overhauled its leaky defense while keeping the rest of the team largely intact ahead of a 2016 campaign filled with promise and expectation.

No one could accuse Toronto FC of being boring last year.

A free-wheeling side led by bombastic newcomer Sebastian Giovinco, TFC scored goals by the bucket load in 2015. Unfortunately for the Reds, they gave up an equal amount of goals, effectively rendering the high-octane attack neutral.

And on the rare nights when the attack went cold, the defensive problems stood out, as Toronto found out in its sole playoff game against the Montreal Impact — a 3-0 loss at Stade Saputo.