The news isn’t as bad as it could have been for Clint Irwin, but the four to five weeks the goalkeeper will miss with a hamstring strain could still be enough to change the course of Toronto FC’s season.
The biggest positive, first of all, is that Irwin has suffered a seemingly straightforward muscle injury and has not damaged his knee, as was a concern when he caught his left foot in the turf and went down in agony in the first half of the Reds’ 0-0 draw with Sporting Kansas City.