TFC used targeted allocation money to sign Osorio, meaning his deal is more than the league’s maximum salary budget charge of $504,375. He is not quite at the million-dollar mark but has the potential to get there, according to a source.
And who would argue he doesn’t deserve it?
Osorio’s rise has been a feel-good story in a Toronto season that has lacked them since the CONCACAF Champions League ended. Unusually, TFC president Bill Manning joined Osorio, Tim Bezbatchenko and Greg Vanney at Thursday’s press conference; Manning was probably happy to have something to talk about other than his teams’ long championship hangovers and fanbase problems.