Toronto FC 2007
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| 2007 Season | |
| Manager |  Mo Johnston |
| Final League Position | 7th, last place (Eastern Conference) 13th, last place (overall) |
| Top Goalscorer | Danny Dichio (6) |
| MLS Cup | Did not qualify |
| Carolina Challenge Cup | Runners-up |
Next season  2008 |
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[edit] Summary
Toronto FC began play in Major League Soccer in 2007, and the club's first regular season match was on April 7, 2007 at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, California away to Chivas USA. Toronto FC suffered a 2-0 loss. Toronto's first home match was on April 28, 2007 at BMO Field against Kansas City Wizards. The home side lost 1-0 on an 81st minute goal by Eddie Johnson.
Danny Dichio scored the first goal ever for Toronto FC on May 12, 2007 against Chicago Fire in the franchise's first ever win, a 3-1 victory. Although they did not make the MLS playoffs, Toronto FC was a success in its inaugural season, selling out every home game at BMO Field and capturing significant media attention in Toronto and in other MLS markets.
Dichio was also the first ever Toronto FC player red-carded, being ejected in the 44th minute of the same game as his historic goal. That strike had ended the second longest opening scoreless streak for a new club in MLS after Real Salt Lake. Toronto won the game 3-1, with additional goals by Maurice Edu and Kevin Goldthwaite. Game play was delayed several minutes as many fans threw seat cushions onto the field in celebration. The cushions had been a free gift to ticket-holders to commemorate the club's official opening weekend. Now, Toronto FC fans sing Dichio's name in the 24th minute of every match. On May 26, 2007 Dichio scored the team's first-ever goal on the road[25] and the last goal of Toronto's first season, in the 91st minute of the final game against the New England Revolution.
At the 6th minute of Toronto FC's loss to DC United on August 26th, Toronto FC broke the Major League Soccer record of minutes without a goal at 558 minutes. The record was previously held by Real Salt Lake. On September 22nd, Toronto FC ended their streak, scoring at the two minute mark of their match against the Columbus Crew on a goal by Miguel Cañizalez, setting a league record at 824 minutes. Cañizalez's goal was also the first goal by a Canadian during MLS play at BMO Field.
In their inaugural season, Toronto FC's average attendance was 20,130, the third highest in the league behind Los Angeles Galaxy (24,252) and D.C. United (20,967).
[edit] Matches
[edit] Competitive Games
[edit] Mid-season friendlies
| Date | Home | Score | Away | TFC Goal Scorers |
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| 2007-05-23 | Toronto FC | 0 - 0 |  Benfica |
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| 2007-07-26 | Toronto FC | 2 - 4 |  Aston Villa |
Lombardo, Dunivant |
[edit] Appearances
Competitive matches only.
| Name | Nation | MLS 2007 season | |||||
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| Appearances | Games started | Goals | Shutouts | ||||
| Jim Brennan |  |
27 | 27 | 1 | |||
| Carl Robinson |  |
26 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Maurice Edu |  |
25 | 25 | 4 | |||
| Andrew Boyens |  |
23 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Marvell Wynne | |
22 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Chris Pozniak | |
19 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Collin Samuel |  |
18 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Todd Dunivant | |
18 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Andy Welsh | |
18 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Danny Dichio | |
17 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Tyrone Marshall |  |
16 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Cunningham | |
16 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Andrea Lombardo | |
16 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Ronnie O'Brien |  |
13 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Adam Braz | |
13 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Stamatopoulos | |
12 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Miguel Cañizalez | |
12 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Edson Buddle | |
9 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Greg Sutton | |
8 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Srdjan Djekanovic | |
8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Marco Reda | |
8 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Goldthwaite | |
7 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Alecko Eskandarian | |
5 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Gabe Gala | |
5 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joey Melo | |
5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paulo Nagamura |  |
3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sam Reynolds | |
2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Hemming | |
4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Mulrooney | |
2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Conor Casey | |
2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Monsalve | |
1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Abbe Ibrahim |  |
1 | 0 | 0 | |||
[edit] Goals
| # | Name | Nation | MLS Goals |
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| 1 | Danny Dichio | |
6 |
| 2 | Maurice Edu | |
4 |
| 3 | Jeff Cunningham | |
3 |
| 3 | Collin Samuel | |
3 |
| 5 | Carl Robinson | |
2 |
| 6 | Andrew Boyens | |
1 |
| 6 | Jim Brennan | |
1 |
| 6 | Miguel Cañizalez | |
1 |
| 6 | Alecko Eskandarian | |
1 |
| 6 | Kevin Goldthwaite | |
1 |
| 6 | Andy Welsh | |
1 |
[edit] Reserve appearances
MLS reserve matches only.
Note: missing statistics from the following reserve matches:
- Colorado Rapids Reserves 3-0 TFC Reserves, October 7, 2007
- LA Galaxy Reserves 0-1 TFC Reserves, October 13, 2007
| # | Name | Nation | MLS Reserve Division 2007 | |||||
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| Appearances | Games started | Goals | Shutouts | |||||
| 1 | David Guzman | |
10 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Cristian Nuñez | |
10 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Gabe Gala | |
9 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Joey Melo | |
9 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Stephen Lumley | |
9 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Tyler Hemming | |
8 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Srdjan Djekanovic | |
8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Miguel Cañizalez | |
7 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Nana Attakora-Gyan | |
6 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Adam Braz | |
5 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Andrea Lombardo | |
5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Marco Reda | |
4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| David Monsalve | |
3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Evan Millward | |
3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Desmond Humphries | |
3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Abbe Ibrahim | |
3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| A.J. Gray | |
3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Fante | |
3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Nicki Budalic | |
2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Rich Asante | |
2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Pozniak | |
2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Tomer Chencinski | |
2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Kayin Jeffers | |
2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Dethomasis | |
2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Boyens | |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Cameron Medwin | |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Edson Buddle | |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Conor Casey | |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Shane Lammie | |
1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Bruno | |
1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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