Just 10 months after coming within a penalty kick shootout of becoming the first Major League Soccer team to lift the Concacaf Champions League title, Toronto FC hit rock bottom.
Missing out on the MLS playoffs last fall less than a year after being crowned MLS Cup champions may have felt like the worst it could get for TFC, but a new low was reached on Tuesday night after a 4-0 loss to Panamanian side Independiente, a team making its CCL debut. Now, instead of taking a step towards another deep CCL run, Toronto FC returns to Canada faced with the harsh reality that the wheels have come off a team that was being called the best in MLS history just a year ago.