After two seasons in the playoffs, it’s easy to take the depth Toronto FC now have in their squad for granted. When you map it out player-by-player and compare to the darker days in the team’s history, it really is quite something.
There is no deeper position on the roster than central midfield. Just three years ago, the Reds were coming off a season in which Jonathan Osorio, at age 21, had played the most games among their midfielders. Then there was Reggie Lambe, now in League Two in England with Carlisle United, the since unofficially retired Bobby Convey and the officially retired Darel Russell.