Toronto FC brought in its first new face of this off-season Wednesday, signing midfielder Sergio Camargo.
The 22-year-old — who was born in Colombia but grew up in Newmarket — joined the Reds’ academy in the fall of 2009, which allowed Toronto to forgo Friday’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft and sign Camargo as a homegrown player.
He is just the 13th player in club history to sign for the first team from the academy.
“We are very excited to sign Sergio, another Canadian homegrown player.” Reds general manager Tim Bezbatchenko said in a release. “During his time in our academy, NCAA and PDL, Sergio has progressed and grown his game on a number of levels.