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| Full name | Toronto Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Reds | |||
| Short name | TFC | |||
| Founded | October 27, 2005 | |||
| Stadium | BMO Field Toronto, Ontario | |||
| Capacity | 30,000[1] | |||
| Investor-operator[a] | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment | |||
| President | Vacant | |||
| General Manager | Jason Hernandez | |||
| Coach | John Herdman | |||
| League | Major League Soccer | |||
| 2024 | Eastern Conference: 11th Overall: 22nd Playoffs: Did not qualify | |||
| Website | torontofc.ca | |||
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Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO Field, located at Exhibition Place on Toronto's shoreline west of Downtown Toronto. Toronto FC joined MLS in 2007 as an expansion team and was the first Canadian-based franchise in the league.
The first team is operated by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), which also operates the MLS Next Pro affiliate team Toronto FC II and most other professional sports franchises in the city, like the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL), Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
In 2017, Toronto FC won a domestic treble with the MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield and Canadian Championship, making them the first and only MLS club to ever do so. They are eight-time winners of the Canadian Championship and were runners-up of the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League and the MLS Cup in 2016 and 2019.
As of 2023,[update] the club has an estimated value of US$690 million, making them the sixth most valuable club behind Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Atlanta United FC, New York City FC, and D.C. United, and have the highest player payroll in Major League Soccer.[3][4][5]
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- ^ Birnbaum, Justin (February 2, 2023). "Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Clubs 2023: LAFC Is The First Billion-Dollar Franchise". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
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- ^ "MLS team values". Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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