# 2008 Toronto FC season

The 2008 MLS season was the second season in Toronto FC's existence. The club's season began on March 29, 2008, in an away game against Columbus Crew, which resulted in a 2–0 loss. The club's first goal of the season was scored by Maurice Edu on April 5, 2008, in a 4–1 loss against D.C. United.

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | John Carver |
| Assistant coach | Chris Cummins |
| Director of soccer | Mo Johnston |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Paul Winsper |
| Goalkeeping coach | Eddie Kehoe |
| Equipment manager | Malcolm Phillips |
Last updated: May 11, 2008 Source: Toronto FC

### Other information

| Chairman | MLSE |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | BMO Field (20,522 / 75yards x 115yards) |
Source: BMO Field article on April 9, 2008

## Squad

As of October 26, 2008.

### First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Greg Sutton |
| 2 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman |
| 3 | DF | TRI | Julius James |
| 4 | DF | PUR | Marco Vélez |
| 5 | MF | CAN | Kevin Harmse |
| 7 | FW | USA | Abdus Ibrahim |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Danny Dichio |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ricketts |
| 11 | MF | CAN | Jim Brennan (Captain) |
| 12 | DF | USA | Todd Dunivant |
| 14 | DF | JAM | Tyrone Marshall |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Tyler Rosenlund |
| 16 | DF | USA | Marvell Wynne |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CAN | Joey Melo |
| 18 | GK | USA | Brian Edwards |
| 19 | FW | USA | Chad Barrett |
| 20 | MF | HON | Amado Guevara |
| 23 | FW | NZL | Jarrod Smith |
| 25 | FW | GUA | Carlos Ruiz |
| 26 | FW | CAN | Derek Gaudet |
| 27 | MF | CAN | Gabe Gala |
| 28 | FW | USA | Johann Smith |
| 29 | DF | CAN | Nana Attakora-Gyan |
| 33 | MF | WAL | Carl Robinson (Vice-Captain) |
| 36 | MF | BER | Kilian Elkinson |

### List of 2008 transfers
#### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | TRI | Julius James (1st round (9th overall) pick of the 2008 draft) |
| 8 | DF | USA | Pat Phelan (1st round (10th overall) pick of the 2008 draft) |
| 18 | GK | USA | Brian Edwards (2nd round (28th overall) pick of the 2008 draft) |
| 5 | MF | CAN | Kevin Harmse (from Los Angeles Galaxy for 2009 4th round draft pick) |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Tyler Rosenlund (signed as a free agent) |
| 23 | FW | NZL | Jarrod Smith (signed as a free agent) |
| 4 | DF | PUR | Marco Vélez (free transfer from Puerto Rico Islanders) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Laurent Robert (free transfer from Derby County) |
| 20 | MF | HON | Amado Guevara (from Chivas USA for 2009 and 2010 draft pick) |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ricketts (signed as a free agent) |
| 28 | DF | CIV | Olivier Tébily (signed as a free agent) |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Tyler Hemming (rejoined club under new contract) |
| 7 | FW | USA | Abdus Ibrahim (from FC Dallas for pick in 2010 MLS draft) |
| 25 | FW | GUA | Carlos Ruiz (from Los Angeles Galaxy for first round pick in 2009 MLS draft and supplemental pick) |
| 2 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman (from New York Red Bull for two supplemental draft picks) |

#### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | CAN | Chris Pozniak (picked by San Jose Earthquakes in expansion draft) |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Adam Braz (waived) |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Marco Reda (waived) |
| 15 | MF | CAN | David Guzmán (waived) |
| 18 | GK | CAN | Srdjan Djekanović (waived) |
| 23 | DF | CAN | Miguel Canizalez (waived) |
| 28 | DF | CAN | Stephen Lumley (waived) |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Cristian Nuñez (waived) |
| 39 | GK | CAN | Kenny Stamatopoulos (loan return to Tromsø IL) |
| 5 | MF | IRL | Ronnie O'Brien (to San Jose Earthquakes for 2009 1st Round draft pick) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | TRI | Collin Samuel (waived) |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Andrew Boyens (waived) |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Tyler Hemming (waived) |
| 8 | DF | USA | Pat Phelan (to New England Revolution) |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Andrea Lombardo (waived) |
| 28 | DF | CIV | Olivier Tebily (waived) |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Laurent Robert (waived) |
| 6 | MF | USA | Maurice Edu (to Rangers F.C.) |

#### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| – | FW | CAN | Jeffrey Gonsalves (at Rhode Island Stingrays) |

## Squad statistics

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate number of games started. Updated to games played October 26, 2008.

### Players

| Number | Position | Name | MLS Regular Season | MLS Regular Season | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total |
| Number | Position | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | Hunter Freeman | 7 (7) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 7 (7) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Julius James | 14 (11) | 1 | - | - | 3 (1) | 0 | 17 (12) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Marco Vélez | 23 (23) | 2 | - | - | 4 (4) | 1 | 27 (27) | 3 |
| 5 | MF | Kevin Harmse | 16 (13) | 0 | - | - | 2 (1) | 0 | 18 (14) | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Maurice Edu$^1$ | 13 (12) | 1 | - | - | 3 (3) | 1 | 16 (16) | 2 |
| 7 | FW | Abdus Ibrahim | 12 (4) | 2 | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 | 13 (5) | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Danny Dichio | 23 (16) | 5 | - | - | 2 (2) | 0 | 25 (18) | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Rohan Ricketts | 27 (26) | 4 | - | - | 4 (4) | 2 | 31 (30) | 6 |
| 11 | MF | Jim Brennan (C) | 28 (27) | 1 | - | - | 3 (3) | 0 | 31 (30) | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Todd Dunivant | 9 (5) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 (5) | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Rick Titus | 1 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Tyrone Marshall | 24 (23) | 0 | - | - | 3 (3) | 0 | 27 (26) | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Tyler Rosenlund | 8 (3) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 (3) | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Marvell Wynne | 24 (24) | 2 | - | - | 4 (4) | 0 | 28 (28) | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Joey Melo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | FW | Andrea Lombardo$^1$ | 1 (0) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (0) | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Chad Barrett | 13 (13) | 4 | - | - | - | - | 13 (13) | 4 |
| 20 | MF | Amado Guevara | 21 (20) | 4 | - | - | 3 (3) | 0 | 24 (23) | 4 |
| 21 | FW | Collin Samuel$^1$ | 1 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Jarrod Smith | 19 (5) | 1 | - | - | 2 (0) | 0 | 21 (5) | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Tyler Hemming$^2$ | 3 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 (1) | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Carlos Ruíz | 5 (3) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 (3) | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Derek Gaudet | 1 (0) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (0) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Gabe Gala | 1 (0) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (0) | - |
| 28 | FW | Johann Smith | 10 (3) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 10 (3) | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Olivier Tébily$^1$ | 4 (3) | 0 | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Nana Attakora-Gyan | 5 (3) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 (3) | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Laurent Robert$^1$ | 17 (16) | 1 | - | - | 4 (4) | 0 | 21 (20) | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Carl Robinson (VC) | 27 (27) | 1 | - | - | 4 (4) | 0 | 31 (31) | 1 |
| 34 | DF | Tim Regan | 1 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Diaz Kambere | 1 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Kilian Elkinson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 96 | FW | Jeff Cunningham$^1$ | 16 (7) | 3 | - | - | 4 (2) | 0 | 20 (9) | 3 |

### Goalkeepers

| Number | Position | Name | MLS Regular Season | MLS Regular Season | MLS Regular Season | MLS Regular Season | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| Number | Position | Name | Apps | GA | GAA | CS | Apps | GA | GAA | CS | Apps | GA | GAA | CS | Apps | GA | GAA | CS |
| 1 | GK | Greg Sutton | 24 (24) | 35 | 1.46 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 (4) | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 28 (28) | 39 | 1.39 | 7 |
| 18 | GK | Brian Edwards | 6 (6) | 8 | 1.33 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 (6) | 8 | 1.33 | 2 |
$^1$Player is no longer with team $^2$Left club at start of the season but later rejoined under a new contract GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; CS = Clean sheets

## Competitions summary

Updated to games played October 26, 2008.

### Pre-season friendlies

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| Houston Dynamo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| D.C. United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Toronto FC | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| Chivas USA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
| Charleston Battery | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| New York Red Bulls | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
| Toronto FC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 |

### Regular season
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 31 | −14 |
Last updated: October 30, 2008 Source: 2008 Major League Soccer season Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | L |

### Canadian Championship

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Montreal Impact | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Toronto FC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 |

## Matches

Updated to games played October 26, 2008.

### Legend

Win  Tie  Loss

### Canadian Championship
## Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played October 26, 2008.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | MLS Regular Season | MLS Cup | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | Rohan Ricketts | 4 (27) | - | 2 (4) | 6 (31) |
| 2 | Danny Dichio | 5 (23) | - | 0 (2) | 5 (25) |
| 3 | Chad Barrett | 4 (13)0 | - | - | 4 (13) |
| 3 | Amado Guevara | 4 (21) | - | 0 (3) | 4 (24) |
| 5 | Jeff Cunningham | 3 (16) | - | 0 (4) | 3 (20) |
| 5 | Marco Vélez | 2 (23) | - | 1 (4) | 3 (27) |
| 7 | Abdus Ibrahim | 2 (12) | - | 0 (1) | 2 (13) |
| 7 | Maurice Edu | 1 (13) | - | 1 (3) | 2 (16) |
| 7 | Marvell Wynne | 2 (24) | - | 0 (4) | 2 (28) |
| 10 | Tyler Rosenlund | 1 (8) | - | - | 1 (8) |
| 10 | Julius James | 1 (14) | - | 0 (3) | 1 (17) |
| 10 | Laurent Robert | 1 (17) | - | 0 (4) | 1 (21) |
| 10 | Jarrod Smith | 1 (19) | - | 0 (2) | 1 (21) |
| 10 | Carl Robinson | 1 (27) | - | 0 (4) | 1 (31) |
| 10 | Jim Brennan | 1 (28) | - | 0 (3) | 1 (31) |

### Goals conceded

| Rank | Name | MLS Regular Season | MLS Cup | Canadian Championship | Total | Average per game |
| 1 | Brian Edwards | 8 (6)0 | - | - | 8 (6)0 | 1.33 |
| 2 | Greg Sutton | 35 (24) | - | 4 (4) | 39 (28) | 1.39 |

### Discipline

| Rank | Name | MLS Regular Season | MLS Regular Season | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | Name | | | | | | | | | Total Cards |
| 1 | Amado Guevara | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | Jim Brennan | 5 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Marco Vélez | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Kevin Harmse | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Maurice Edu | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Laurent Robert | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Danny Dichio | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Tyrone Marshall | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Carl Robinson | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Jeff Cunningham | 3 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Abdus Ibrahim | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Hunter Freeman | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Chad Barrett | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tyler Rosenlund | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Marvell Wynne | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Club seasonal records

Updated to games played October 26, 2008.

### Matches

Season record wins
* Record win: 2–0 (v. Kansas City Wizards, April 26, 2008)
* Record away win: 3–1 (v. New York Red Bull, October 4, 2008)
Season record defeats
* Record defeat: 4–1 (v. D.C. United, April 5, 2008)
* Record home defeat: 3–1 (v. Chivas USA, September 6, 2008)
Season record draws
* Highest scoring home draw: 1–1 (v. New York Red Bulls, May 1, 2008)
* Highest scoring away draw: 2–2 (v. FC Dallas, October 11, 2008)

### Sequences

* Most consecutive wins: 3 (April 13, 2008 – May 1, 2008)
* Most consecutive draws: 2 (May 1, 2008 – May 17, 2008)
* Most consecutive losses: 2 (March 29, 2008 – April 13, 2008)
* Most consecutive matches unbeaten: 6 (April 13, 2008 – May 24, 2008)
* Most consecutive matches winless: 7 (August 17, 2008 – October 4, 2008)

### Attendance

* Highest home attendance: 20, 461 (v. New England Revolution, August 23, 2008)
* Lowest home attendance: 19, 657 (v. Columbus Crew, September 13, 2008)
* Average league attendance: 20,241