Toronto FC records

This page details Toronto FC records from their inaugural season in 2007 as a member of Major League Soccer up to and including the match versus New England Revolution on October 22, 2011. It includes player records, attendances and competition information.

All records listed are from competitive matches only, unless otherwise stated.

Player records

Appearances

• Youngest player – Fuad Ibrahim, 16 years 10 months 27 days (v. Chicago Fire, MLS, July 12, 2008)
• Youngest starter – Fuad Ibrahim, 16 years 11 months 3 days (v. San Jose Earthquakes, MLS, July 19, 2008)
• Oldest player – Rick Titus, 39 years 5 months 27 days (home v. Chivas USA, MLS, September 6, 2008)

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.

• Most MLS appearances - Jim Brennan, 84
• Most consecutive appearances – Chad Barrett, 39 (August 3, 2008 – August 4, 2009)

Goalscorers

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.

• Most goals (all competitions) - Dwayne De Rosario, 32
• Most league goals - Dwayne De Rosario, 27
• Most goals in a season (all competitions) - Dwayne De Rosario, 17 (2010)
• Most league goals in a season – Dwayne De Rosario, 15 (2010)
• Most goals in a match - Dwayne De Rosario, 3 (v. Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, June 18, 2009)
• Most goals in a league match - 2 ( Amado Guevara, Rohan Ricketts, Danny Dichio, Dwayne De Rosario, Chad Barrett, Javier Martina, Maicon Santos, Alan Gordon, Danny Koevermans)
• Most consecutive MLS matches with at least one goal - Dwayne De Rosario, 5 (April 10, 2010 - May 1, 2010)

Records

• Fastest goal – 2 minutes, Miguel Cañizalez (v. Columbus Crew, MLS, September 22, 2007)
• Youngest goalscorer – Fuad Ibrahim, 16 years 10 months 27 days (away v. Chicago Fire, MLS, July 12, 2008)
• Oldest goalscorer – Danny Dichio, 34 years 8 months 4 days (home v. New York Red Bulls, MLS, June 13, 2009)

Debut goals

• Jarrod Smith, away v. Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS, April 13, 2008
• Julius James, home v. Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS, May 31, 2008
• Abdus Ibrahim, away v. Chicago Fire, MLS, July 12, 2008
• Ali Gerba, away v. Columbus Crew, MLS, July 25, 2009
• Peri Marosevic, away v. Portland Timbers, MLS, July 30, 2011

Clean sheets

Substitute appearances during a clean sheet are in italics.

• Most clean sheets in a season - Stefan Frei - 11, 2010
• Most league clean sheets in a season - Stefan Frei - 8, 2010

Club records

Wins

• Record away win – 6-1 (v. Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, June 18, 2009)
• Record home win - 4-0 (v. FC Dallas, MLS, June 17, 2007)

By season

• Most wins in a season – 14 in 42 matches, 2010
• Most league wins in a season – 10 in 30 matches, 2009
• Fewest league wins in a season – 6 in 30 matches, 2007

Defeats

• Record away defeat – 0-5 (v. New York Red Bulls, MLS, October 24, 2009 & v. New York Red Bulls, MLS, July 6, 2011)
• Record home defeat – 2-6 (v. Philadelphia Union, MLS, May 28, 2011)

By season

• Most league defeats in a season – 17 in 30 matches, 2007
• Fewest defeats in a season - 13 in 36 matches, 2009
• Fewest league defeats in a season – 11 in 30 matches, 2009

Draws

• Highest scoring home draw – 2-2 (three times)
• Highest scoring away draw – 3-3 (v. D.C. United, MLS, May 9, 2009 & v. DC United, MLS, August 6, 2011)

By season

• Most draws in a season - 17 in 46 matches, 2011
• Most league draws in a season – 15 in 34 matches, 2011
• Fewest league draws in a season – 7 in 30 matches, 2007

Goals

• Most goals scored in a match - 6 (away v. Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, June 18, 2009)
• Most goals conceded in a match - 6 (home v. Philadelphia Union, MLS, May 28, 2011)
• Most goals scored in a league match - 4 (home v. FC Dallas, June 17, 2007 & home v. Chicago Fire, May 8, 2010)
• Most goals conceded in a Canadian Championship match - 2 (away v. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, twice)
• Most goals scored in a CONCACAF Champions League match - 3 (away v. FC Dallas, October 18, 2011)
• Most goals conceded in a CONCACAF Champions League match - 4 (away v. Real Salt Lake, September 15, 2010) & (away v. Pumas UNAM, September 14, 2011)

By season

• Most goals scored in a season - 54 in 46 matches, 2011
• Most league goals scored in a season – 37 in 30 matches, 2009
• Fewest goals scored in a season – 25 in 30 matches, 2007
• Fewest league goals scored in a season – 25 in 30 matches, 2007
• Most goals conceded in a season – 70 in 46 matches, 2011
• Most league goals conceded in a season – 59 in 34 matches, 2011
• Fewest goals conceded in a season – 47 in 34 matches, 2008
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season – 41 in 30 matches, 2010

Points

• Most points in an MLS season - 39 in 30 matches, 2009
• Fewest points in an MLS season – 25 in 30 matches, 2007

Firsts

Matches

Pre-season friendlies from 2007 only counted if 90 minutes against professional opposition.

• First match – v. Houston Dynamo, Carolina Challenge Cup, March 25, 2007 (lost 2-0)
• First win – v. New York Red Bulls, Carolina Challenge Cup, March 28, 2007 (2-1)
• First home match – v. Kansas City Wizards, MLS, April 28, 2007 (lost 1-0)

Goals

• First goal - Alecko Eskandarian (v. New York Red Bulls, Carolina Challenge Cup, March 28, 2007)
• First brace - Amado Guevara (v. Kansas City Wizards, MLS, April 28, 2008)
• First hat-trick - Dwayne De Rosario (v. Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, June 18, 2009)

MLS matches

• First MLS match – v. Chivas USA, April 7, 2007 (lost 2-0)
• First MLS win, first home win, and first points - v. Chicago Fire, May 12, 2007 (3-1)

MLS points

• First MLS away point - v. Columbus Crew, May 26, 2007 (2-2)
• First MLS away win - v. Real Salt Lake, July 4, 2007 (2-1)

MLS goals

• First MLS goal and first goal at home - Danny Dichio (v. Chicago Fire, May 12, 2007)
• First MLS away goal - Danny Dichio (v. Columbus Crew, May 26, 2007)
• First MLS 'game-winning goal' - Kevin Goldthwaite (v. Chicago Fire, May 12, 2007)
• First MLS 'game-tying goal' - Jim Brennan (v. Columbus Crew, May 26, 2007)

MLS clean sheets

• First MLS clean sheet - Greg Sutton (home v. Houston Dynamo, May 16, 2007)
• First MLS away clean sheet - Srdjan Djekanovic (v. Houston Dynamo, July 15, 2007)

Sequences

Wins

• Most consecutive wins - 3 (April 13–26, 2008) and (June 13–24, 2009)
• Most consecutive league wins – 3 (April 13–26, 2008)

Draws

• Most consecutive draws – 4 (June 2, 2010 - July 1, 2010)

Losses

• Most consecutive losses – 4 (April 7-28, 2007) and (July 6–23, 2011)

Unbeaten

• Most consecutive matches unbeaten - 11 (May 8, 2010 - July 10, 2010)
• Most consecutive league matches unbeaten – 8 (May 8, 2010 - July 10, 2010)

At home

• Most consecutive home wins - 6 (October 22, 2009 - May 22, 2010)
• Most consecutive home matches unbeaten – 18 (August 15, 2009 – August 17, 2010)
• Most consecutive home league matches unbeaten – 17 (June 13, 2009 - August 7, 2010)
• Most consecutive home matches unbeaten in a single season – 14 (April 15, 2010 - August 17, 2010)
• Most consecutive home league matches unbeaten in a single season – 10 (April 15, 2010 - August 7, 2010)

Winless

• Most consecutive matches winless – 12 (July 7, 2007 – September 29, 2007) former league record

Clean sheets

• Most consecutive clean sheets - 4 (May 12, 2010 - May 22, 2010)
• Most consecutive league clean sheets - 2 (four times)
• Most consecutive minutes without allowing a goal - 476 minutes - Stefan Frei (386 min.) and Jon Conway (90 min.) (May 8, 2010 - May 29, 2010)

By season

• Most clean sheets in a season - 15 in 42 matches (2010)
• Most league clean sheets in a season - 8 in 30 matches (2008) & (2010)

Scoreless

• Most consecutive minutes scoreless – 824 minutes (July 7, 2007 – September 22, 2007) league record

Attendances

All attendances at home.

• Highest attendance - 22,453 (v. Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS, April 13, 2011)
• Lowest attendance – 500 (v. FC Dallas, CONCACAF Champions League, August 25, 2011)
• Lowest league attendance – 16,313 (v. DC United, April 16, 2011)
• Highest Canadian Championship attendance - 21,436 (v. Montreal Impact, April 28, 2010)
• Lowest Canadian Championship attendance - 15,176 (v. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, June 2, 2010)
• Highest CONCACAF Champions League attendance - 20,758 (v. Puerto Rico Islanders, July 29, 2009)
• Highest attendance for a friendly - 22,089 (v. Real Madrid, August 7, 2009)
• Lowest attendance for a friendly – 18,097 (v. Pachuca CF, July 5, 2008)
• Highest MLS attendance at BMO Field not involving Toronto FC – 21,700 (FC Dallas v. Colorado Rapids, MLS Cup 2010, November 21, 2010)
• Highest soccer attendance at BMO Field not involving Toronto FC – 21,978 (Canada v. Jamaica, August 20, 2008)

Average attendance

MLS regular season/MLS playoffs

• 2007 - 20,134/missed playoffs
• 2008 - 20,108/missed playoffs
• 2009 - 20,344/missed playoffs
• 2010 - 20,453/missed playoffs
• 2011 - 20,267/missed playoffs
• MLS All-Time - 20,262

MLS records

• Toronto is believed to have brought the largest contingent of travelling fans in an MLS regular-season match - approx. 2300 (v. Columbus Crew, March 29, 2008)^[1]

• Longest scoreless sequence – 824 minutes (July 7, 2007 – September 22, 2007)

Milestones

• First club outside the United States in MLS
• First Puerto Rican player in MLS - Marco Vélez (v. Columbus Crew, March 29, 2008)
• Last soccer game at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey (v. New York Red Bulls, October 24, 2009)

Canadian Championship records

Toronto FC hold the following Canadian Championship records:

• First goal - Marco Vélez (away v. Montreal Impact, May 27, 2008)
• First win - away v. Montreal Impact, May 27, 2008 (1-0)
• First clean sheet - Greg Sutton (away v. Montreal Impact, May 27, 2008) (1-0)
• Most goals in a match - 6 (away v. Montreal Impact, June 18, 2009)
• Largest margin of victory - 5 (away v. Montreal Impact, June 18, 2009) (6-1)

Football firsts

• First competitive goal at Saputo Stadium - Marco Vélez (away v. Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, May 27, 2008)
• First competitive win at Saputo Stadium - away v. Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, May 27, 2008

Awards

• SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily Professional Sports Team of the Year
  • Finalist: 2008

MLS awards

• MLS Rookie of the Year – Maurice Edu (2007)
• MLS Best XI - Dwayne De Rosario (2009), (2010) and (2011)
• Player of the Week - Amado Guevara (Week 10, 2009), Chad Barrett (Week 17, 2009), Dwayne De Rosario (Weeks 5 and 10, 2010), Joao Plata (Week 8, 2011), Danny Koevermans (Week 27,2011)
• Goal of the Week – Danny Dichio (Weeks 6, 9, and 29, 2007), Jim Brennan (Week 8, 2007), Chad Barrett (Week 20, 2008), O'Brian White (Week 26, 2009), Javier Martina (Week 2, 2011)
• Save of the Week - Stefan Frei (Weeks 15, 24, 25, and 26, 2009; Week 15, 2010 & Week 9, 2011), Amado Guevara (Week 22, 2009), Miloš Kocić (Week 22, 2011)
• MLS Most Valuable Player - Dwayne De Rosario (2011)
• MLS Golden Boot - Dwayne De Rosario (2011)

Front office

• Ticket Sales Team of the Year - 2007
• Corporate Partnerships Team of the Year - 2010
• Marketing Executive of the Year - César Velasco (2007)
• Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year - Paul Beirne (2007)^[2]
• Team Administrator of the Year - Corey Wray (2010)^[3]

Canadian Championship awards

• George Gross Memorial Trophy - Dwayne De Rosario (2009 & 2010), Joao Plata (2011)

Toronto FC awards

• Most Valuable Player - Jim Brennan and Carl Robinson (co-winners) (2007), Carl Robinson (2008), Dwayne De Rosario (2009), Adrian Cann (2010)
• Golden boot for team top scorer - Danny Dichio (2007), Chad Barrett (2008), Dwayne De Rosario (2009), Dwayne De Rosario (2010)
• Defender of the year - Jim Brennan (2007), Marvell Wynne (2008), Stefan Frei (2009)
• Humanitarian of the Year - Chris Pozniak (2007), Todd Dunivant (2008), Jim Brennan (2009), Stefan Frei (2010)

Fan awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year - Jim Brennan (2007), Greg Sutton (U-Sector) and Carl Robinson (Red Patch Boys) (2008), Dwayne De Rosario (2009), Stefan Frei (2010)

References

• "Schedule: 2007 results". http://www.mlsnet.com. http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/schedule/results.jsp?team=t280. Retrieved 2 February 2007. 
• "TFC lose Pozniak to expansion draft". http://www.sportsnet.ca. http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2007/11/21/pozniak_expansion/. Retrieved 3 February 2007. 
• "2008 results". http://www.mlsnet.com. http://web.mlsnet.com/schedule/results.jsp?team=t280&year=2008. Retrieved 13 September 2009. 
• "2009 results". http://www.mlsnet.com. http://web.mlsnet.com/schedule/results.jsp?team=t280&year=2009. Retrieved 26 October 2009. 
• "De Rosario, Frei and Brennan Win Team Awards". http://www.mlsnet.com. http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20091112&content_id=7656570&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280. Retrieved 17 November 2009.