Bill Manning was named Toronto FC’s new president a couple of weeks before their first-ever MLS playoff game against the Montreal Impact. It was the morning after that humiliation at Stade Saputo, though, that he said marked the beginning of his first day on the job.
And Manning had a big decision to make.
Almost exactly around the time of that playoff tie, it became clear that Jason Kreis, Manning’s MLS Cup-winning coach at Real Salt Lake, would not be back for a second season at New York City FC.