Things are looking up for Chris Mavinga. The 26-year-old’s Toronto FC career started with the birth of his first child and the complications of moving a new family over to Canada from France, and it perhaps should not have been a surprise when he endured a tough first start against Atlanta United as a result.
Mavinga has got better and better since then, though, and his performance against the Montreal Impact on Wednesday night was possibly the best of his TFC career thus far. Against a fast, counter-attacking Montreal side, the centre-back’s speed and ability to recover when Toronto’s defensive line was broken was invaluable.