Hopefully In 2012, A More Talented And Comfortable TFC Defence

By Duncan Fletcher Waking The Red

Toronto FC pre-preseason squad depth. Defenders
Concluding our look at just where Toronto FC stands heading into preseason, we finally get to the defence and despite the deliberate delay in getting to that part, it wasn’t enough for reinforcements to arrive, and we actually lost a defender in Andy Iro. Given the whole point of this is to look at what we have now to see what needs to be resolved in preseason, I’ll have to ignore those players who are rumoured to be coming in. For the sake of getting the squad together as early as possible to maximise familiarity, I hope those players do come on board shortly. If this post can be horribly out of date within the next few days, I’d be very happy.

While 2011 saw TFC often revert to a 5 man defence to solidify things at the back, I think it’s pretty clear that Aron Winter’s preferred default formation remains the 4-3-3. Last season, after Adrian Cann and Dicoy Williams suffered season ending injuries, the available defenders weren’t really capable of thriving in that formation so things had to be changed around. Hopefully 2012 will see a more talented and comfortable defence that will be able to cope with the more attacking formation, and allow Torsten Frings to move back to his midfield position.

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