With the SuperDraft in the rear-view and the players set to report to training camp next week, the 2017 MLS season is upon us.
As such, the first mailbag of the year seems as good a time as any to look back on the 2016 season.
And what a season it was.
Fans of Toronto FC have waited a long time for a season like it; one that in the long and winding history of the club will undoubtedly be a memorable one, perhaps the most, right up there with the inaugural campaign.
The year began in optimism, despite the long road trip.