Tosaint Ricketts can’t put a finger on the last time he was afforded the security he feels at Toronto FC.
“I don’t even know,” the 30-year-old Canadian striker said Monday. “I never really had that stability throughout my whole career, which is tough on a player, but it kind of moulded me into the man I am today.”
On Tuesday night in Columbus, he’ll be the man leading the attack in the opening leg of the MLS Eastern Conference final against the Crew. Focused and confident — and raring to get back on the field after a 16-day break — Ricketts doesn’t come across as someone who usually plays third fiddle behind Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore, both serving one-game suspensions for infractions in their semifinal win over the New York Red Bulls.