These things are supposed to work themselves out, and then they didn’t.
No one knows exactly what happened behind the scenes, of course, but Raheem Edwards was traded to the Montreal Impact soon after Los Angeles FC had picked him up in Tuesday’s Expansion Draft and all we got from Toronto FC was a brief statement from general manager Tim Bezbatchenko.
“No matter how you work your protected list, we knew losing someone [in the Expansion Draft] was a possibility due to the depth of our roster,” Bezbatchenko said.
“Raheem is an exciting young player and even better person.