Toronto Football Club
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| Full name | Toronto Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Reds |
| Short name | TFC |
| Founded | 2005 |
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BMO Field Toronto, Ontario |
| Stadium capacity |
30,991 |
| Owner | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment |
| President | Bill Manning |
| General Manager | Tim Bezbatchenko |
| Coach | Greg Vanney |
| League | Major League Soccer |
| 2016 | Eastern Conference: 3rd Overall: 5th Playoffs: Runners-up 2nd (MLS Cup finalists) |
| Website | Club website |
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| TFC | TFC II | TFC III | Academy |
Toronto Football Club, commonly referred to as Toronto FC, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The club plays its home matches at BMO Field, located at Exhibition Place on Toronto's shoreline.
Toronto FC began play in 2007 as an expansion team, and was the first Canadian based franchise in the league. The team is coached by Greg Vanney. The team is operated by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which also operates the United Soccer League's affiliate team Toronto FC II, as well as the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, and other teams.
In 2017, Toronto FC won the Supporters' Shield and set the all-time MLS regular season record for points with 69. They are also six-time winners of the Canadian Championship, were semi-finalists of 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League, and 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference champions.
MLS awarded Toronto an expansion team in 2005. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) paid $10 million for the team. The name of the club was announced on May 11, 2006.
The announcement followed an online consultation in which the public was invited to vote on the name during a limited period. The voting options were "Toronto Northmen", "Inter Toronto FC", "Toronto Reds", and "Toronto FC". MLSE's strategy in choosing "Toronto FC" following this process was based on two reasons. Firstly, over 40 percent of the online vote supported the simple Toronto FC name during the consultation; secondly, MLSE hoped that the fairly generic name would help the new club earn a more organic nickname from the Toronto fans rather than having one imposed upon the club. The team has been called "TFC" and "the Reds" by the media and the club. The "FC" in the team's name became the conventional initialism for Football Club.
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