TORONTO - After practice Thursday, Nick DeLeon emerged from the gym at Toronto FC’s training centre with a smile and a bag of ice on his left knee.
Just “normal” maintenance, the veteran midfielder explained.
Off the pitch, DeLeon is still adjusting to the pandemic’s new normal. But he is going his own way.
His wife and two kids are back in Arizona where they have a better support system with family nearby. DeLeon has left the family home north of Toronto — he is a fan of wide open spaces rather than cities — and is living with some roommates in an Airbnb near Toronto’s training centre.