CARSON, CALIF.—Argentine winger Pablo Piatti, Toronto FC’s new designated player, will miss the start of the MLS regular season with a strained hamstring.
A club spokesman said the 30-year-old Piatti suffered the injury at training camp in Irvine, Calif. He has since returned to Toronto where an MRI showed the hamstring strain.
There was no immediate timetable for his return, with the spokesman saying the early prognosis was Piatti would be out a few weeks.
The Argentine has played just seven games since undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery last February while with Spain’s Espanyol.