Single Biggest Reason No Toronto FC Playoffs
By Ben Knight Onward Soccer
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If you add up the MLS regular season, Voyageurs Cup and CONCACAF Champions League, Toronto FC played 36 competitive matches in 2009.
Overall, they won 13, lost 13 and drew 10. You can’t really be any more of a .500 club than that.
When Danny Dichio started, they were 5-2-1.
History won’t remember this, but the bald-headed fan favourite from England played the full 90 minutes in five of those games – including consecutive 1-0 home victories over Chivas USA and the Kansas City Wizards, who just happened to be the two MLS division leaders at the time. He also went the distance in a certain 6-1 win over the Montreal Impact you might just vaguely remember.
The numbers for Dichio as a sub are a little harder to get a read on. He came in 16 times, and the team won 4 and drew 5. They conceded 5 more goals than they scored with Dichio on the field, having broken even before he appeared.
You’ll find this is a common ailment across the roster. Toronto FC conceded an appalling number of late goals, and Dichio’s average run-out as a sub came in the 71st minute.
When Dichio didn’t appear, Toronto FC went 4-4-4.
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