That Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco will not be present when the team departs for Saturday night’s match against the LA Galaxy does not come as a surprise. Even if neither striker had complained of muscle tightness last weekend against the San Jose Earthquakes, there is a fairly good chance that at least one of them would not have made the trip anyway.
Greg Vanney left Giovinco, Victor Vazquez, Steven Beitashour and Eriq Zavaleta at home when TFC visited Seattle earlier this season and the premise here is the same: it just isn’t worth putting anyone with a knock or a bit of fatigue through a 10-hour round trip with barely three days to rest before the following game.