“We need more firepower. A dynamic player, who can score and create. [Alejandro] Pozuelo is silky and can create but we need someone else who can do a little bit of that & score on his own”.
That is what Jozy Altidore described as Toronto FC’s signing priority this past offseason. The reds had just lost the 2019 MLS Cup final in a game where they dominated the Seattle Sounders professionally but were missing a killer instinct in the final third.
Given that a designated player spot had just opened up after Michael Bradley agreed to take a TAM deal, and that the most recently departed designated player was Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC fans were expecting big things.