Toronto FC II have found a replacement for head coach Laurent Guyot, who left the USL club last week to pursue coaching opportunities in Europe. Today, they named Michael Rabasca the team’s new coach.
Rabasca has been in the TFC organization since 2014, as the team’s Director of High Performance. The club’s press release says that, in that role, he headed up the department in charge of assessing and helping players’ “cognitive, emotional, personality and social skill sets.” He’s worked with all levels of the TFC system, from the first team down to the academy.
Rabasca worked with Greg Vanney previously at Real Salt Lake’s youth system, and a quote from Tim Bezbatchenko in today’s announcement indicated that the two coaches have a strong relationship.