The club once known for its dizzying annual offseason turnover is preaching stability as it looks to take its place among the MLS elite.
2017 MLS SEASON PREVIEW
Toronto FC entered 2016 without ever having won an MLS playoff game. It ended the year within inches of claiming MLS Cup.
On the surface, such a stark turnaround may have been surprising. But after years of being the well-heeled laughingstock of Major League Soccer, the club decided to try something that had evaded it for most of its first decade of existence — consistency.
It started at the top, beginning with general manager Tim Bezbatchenko's hiring in 2013 and the subsequent slow build toward the front office that is in place today.