Inexplicably, over the last two weeks, Toronto FC have sold two of their best players, first Victor Vasquez, and now Sebastian Giovinco, the best player in club history and the biggest single reason for its recent successes.
After a stellar run for a couple of years, in which they were (unlicky) runners-up for the MLS Cup in 2016 and then outright winners in 2017, 2018 came as a big disappointment, and the team did not even make the playoffs.
Why, though, new general manager Ali Curtis would decide to sell perhaps their two best players remains a mystery to me. The new season is only a few weeks away, and American stars Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore can't carry the team alone (and Altidore's time with Toronto may be coming to an end soon). Maybe there will be a big surpise acquisition announcement but, without Giovinco and Vasquez, those playoffs are looking more and more like a distant memory.
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