Toronto FC ends its pandemic-prompted 31-game, 10-month road trip on Saturday when it hosts Orlando City SC at BMO Field.
Buoyed by a coaching change, a rare win last time out, Jozy Altidore's return to the fold and sleeping in their own beds, players and staff at the 2-8-2 MLS club finally have something to smile about.“Definitely excited, definitely ready to go . I think we're in for a really special atmosphere and a really special welcoming back,” he added.
The league and its Canadian teams have applied for a so-called National Interest Exemption, which would allow players who aren't fully vaccinated to cross the border with a modified quarantine. While most teams are almost fully vaccinated, they want to have access to all their roster. Every player is “able and prepared” to travel, he said when asked about the requirement to be fully vaccinated to cross the border without quarantine.
But one of those wins came last time out, a 3-2 victory July 7 at New England, in Javier Perez's debut as interim coach after Chris Armas was fired three days earlier. That snapped a six-game losing streak. Toronto is without Ayo Akinola, Richie Laryea and Jonathan Osorio , Eriq Zavaleta and Kemar Lawrence . Orlando is missing Daryl Dike .
With 75 goals in competitions, the 31-year-old Altidore is second to only former Italian star Sebastian Giovinco in club scoring. But the U.S. international, whose US$3.6-million salary is the sixth-highest in the league this season according to April figures from the MLS Players Association, only has three goals in 17 league appearances over the last two seasons.
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