Inside Toronto FC’s training centre, one wall of the two-storey entrance hall is covered with an array of team photos.
Another has cubbyholes cut into it to showcase the team’s trophies.
Hoisting hardware is what the MLS team is all about. So coach Greg Vanney and captain Michael Bradley were not impressed by weekend news that the Supporters’ Shield, awarded annually to the team that finishes with the best regular-season record, won’t be handed out this year because of the campaign’s unusual circumstances due to the pandemic.
Vanney, whose team leads the standings at 12-2-5 with four regular-season games to play, called the decision disappointing and “kind of disgraceful.