TORONTO - It’s been a difficult year on and off the field for Toronto FC’s Alejandro Pozuelo.
Frustrated by injury since the pre-season, the reigning MLS MVP has appeared in just 14 of the club’s 29 league games this season. Last year he didn’t miss a start.
The 30-year-old Spanish playmaker had nine goals and 10 assists in 2020. This season he has one goal and four assists.
“A difficult year,” he said in a virtual availability Monday ahead of Toronto’s game Wednesday against Inter Miami in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “Not only personally but with the team when we had to go to Orlando (to relocate due to the pandemic).