After last season’s run to the treble and their narrow CONCACAF Champions League miss in spring, no one expected everything to end so quickly for Toronto FC. A club that last year were arguably MLS’s best-ever team are 11 points out of the playoffs in mid-July, a shocking regular season collapse.
Everything may not be lost for TFC, who still have many of the remnants from the treble-winning 2017 side. The Big Three — Sebastian Giovinco, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore — are still there. Their most significant offseason loss was wing-back Steven Beitashour. But FiveThirtyEight gives them only a 20 percent chance of making the playoffs.