FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – No player has ever exploded onto the scene in Major League Soccer quite like Sebastian Giovinco did in 2015.
The diminutive Italian ran away with the league’s Most Valuable Player award, racking up 22 goals and 16 assists to lead Toronto FC to their first-ever playoff appearance. He added the Audi Golden Boot and MLS Newcomer of the Year award to his trophy shelf, and was also named to the MLS Best XI.
It’s little surprise, then, that when Giovinco leads TFC into Gillette Stadium on Saturday afternoon (4 p.m. on CSN and 98.