page_title: Toronto FC Academy
section_title: BMO Training Ground
hierarchical_section_title: Toronto FC Academy / BMO Training Ground
caption_attribution_description: English: bird eye view
context_page_description: Toronto FC Academy, also known as TFC Academy, is the youth academy and development system of Canadian Major League Soccer club Toronto FC.
  The academy has divisions from U12 to U19 and includes over 110 young players. The U19, U17 and U15 teams compete in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, while the U16 and U14 play in the Ontario Player Development League. The senior academy team is known as Toronto FC III.
context_section_description: In April 2011, Toronto FC unveiled plans to develop a state-of-art facility and soccer program that looked to develop the next generation of Canadian players through coaching, training, technology, equipment and support. Construction began in May 2011 and in June 2012, TFC academy moved to their new BMO Training Ground on 14 acres of land in Downsview Park, located in North York. Built at a cost of $21 million to MLSE, the facility has 4 pitches in total: four full-sized grass pitches (two heated) and 1 artificial turf pitches (1 capable of being bubbled for year-round use). The 36,000 square foot facility also contains first team facilities (dressing room, hot tub, ice bath, rehabilitation pool, physiotherapy room, private dining) seven dressing rooms for the Academy teams, gym, physio and rehab facilities (separate from first team), kitchen, cafeteria, media room, classroom and offices for coaching staff.
caption: Bird's-eye view
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