The MLS off-season is still underway and many teams across the league still have incomplete squads heading into the 2023 campaign. But why does there seem to be a greater sense of urgency from TFC fans? Are TFC better today than they were to end the 2022 MLS season? These are common questions that continue to permeate throughout the TFC community.
The July 2022 mid-season arrivals of Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi, Domenico Criscito, Richie Laryea and Doneil Henry to TFC led to extremely high fan expectations. After missing out on the 2022 MLS playoffs from a poor first half before the mid-season arrivals, followed by a series of disappointing performances to close out the season, many fans felt that the club wasted the first half of the season by not getting these players in soon enough.