MANITOBA, Canada—As silly season begins its pre-match routine, Toronto FC have continued to play their cards close to their vest in regard to any potential additions to the squad, utilizing their third Designated Player (DP) spot or otherwise. Following Pablo Piatti’s departure for Elche CF at the end of last season, the DP spot has been vacant, taunting us with possibility, leading us to wild speculation, and wildly speculate we will.
Toronto have had mixed success with bringing in players with European or South American pedigree throughout the club’s history. For every Sebastian Giovinco and Alejandro Pozuelo we’ve been able to dote over, we’ve had a Laurent Robert and a Gregory van der Weil to rant about on the way home (In my opinion, giving a fullback the #9 was just setting that up for failure from the start).