On relatively few occasions in 2017 were Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore able to play 90 minutes together for Toronto FC. Many of the times one or both of them missed out, I was predicting Jordan Hamilton might slot in up front.
I was wrong every time. Hamilton didn’t get a single MLS start last year, even when it seemed unavoidable. Instead, he made eight league appearances off the bench, and he started three times in the Canadian Championship (helping out with the CanCon requirement).
Tosaint Ricketts was always the de-facto backup striker, of course.