Saturday, April 12, 2008
Toronto FC (Canada-MLS) 2008 Home kit
Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club located in Toronto, and the first non-American team in Major League Soccer (MLS). The club's first regular season match was April 7, 2007 at Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, a 0-2 loss to Chivas USA. Although they did not make the playoffs, Toronto FC was a success in its inaugural season, selling out every home game in the 20,000-seat BMO Field and capturing unprecedented media attention.The name of the club was officially announced on May 11, 2006 by the team's owner, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE).[1] The "FC" in the team's name is the conventional initialism for Football Club, but in official media and documents the team has only been referred to as Toronto FC, never Toronto Football Club. Larry Tannenbaum, chairman of MLSE, stated at the team name's unveiling that "I think the way we spell it is 'futbol'.