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MLS Spotlight: With newfound swagger, Marky Delgado carves out a place with Toronto FC

After an up-and-down first year in Toronto, the 21-year-old midfielder has found the confidence to utilize his technical gifts and build toward a bright future.

It’s no secret that how a story begins sets the tone for the rest of the tale.

Just ask Toronto FC’s Marky Delgado. The start of 2016 could not have been more different than the year that preceded it.

In 2015, Delgado was a teenager who was leaving life in Southern California behind after his first club, Chivas USA, folded. Taken in the MLS dispersal draft, he found himself thrust into a new team, new country and harsh new weather.