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2023 Toronto FC II season

The 2023 Toronto FC II season is the eighth season of play in the club's history and their second season in MLS Next Pro.

Toronto FC II
2023 season
OwnerMaple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
ManagerGianni Cimini
MLS Next Pro11th (East)
23rd (overall)
MLSNP Cup Playoffsdid not qualify
Top goalscorerJesús Batiz (8 goals)
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Team Roster

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MLS Next Pro allows for up to 35 players on a roster. Roster slots 1 through 24 are reserved for players on professional contracts. The remaining 11 slots are for amateur MLS Academy players (who are unpaid, must be under the age of 21, be part of the team's academy, and have never signed a professional contract or played in the NCAA).[1]

As of September 24, 2023[2]

Coaching staff

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As of November 15, 2022[3]
Coaching staff
Head coach   Gianni Cimini
Assistant coach   Marco Casalinuovo
Assistant coach   Yianni Michelis
Goalkeeping coach   David Monsalve

Transfers

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Note: All figures in United States dollars.

In

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Transferred In

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No. Pos. Player From Fee/notes Date Source
38 DF   Jalen Watson   Penn State Nittany Lions Toronto FC draft pick, Signed to second team March 17, 2023 [4]
73 FW   Jesus Batiz   Rochester New York FC March 21, 2023 [5]
70 MF   Matthew Catavolo   Valour FC Undisclosed fee March 21, 2023 [5]
72 MF   Jordan Faria   MuSa March 22, 2023 [6]
95 MF   Ife Adenuga   Sigma FC Short-term contract with extension option June 3, 2023 [7]
50 GK   Gianluca Catalano   Vaughan Azzurri Short-term contract with extension option June 23, 2023 [8]
49 GK   Baj Maan   Simcoe County Rovers FC Short-term contract September 22, 2023 [9]
54 DF   Kelsey Egwu   FC London Short-term contract September 24, 2023

Loaned in

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No. Pos. Player From Fee/notes Date Source
81 MF   Themi Antonoglou   Toronto FC Loan from first team March 31, 2023 [10]
83 FW   Hugo Mbongue   Toronto FC Loan from first team April 14, 2023 [11]
30 GK   Tomás Romero   Toronto FC Loan from first team April 23, 2023 [12]
47 MF   Kosi Thompson   Toronto FC Loan from first team April 23, 2023 [12]
3 DF   Cristián Gutiérrez   Toronto FC Loan from first team May 14, 2023 [13]
18 GK   Greg Ranjitsingh   Toronto FC Loan from first team June 11, 2023 [14]
7 MF   Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty   Toronto FC Loan from first team June 15, 2023 [15]
20 FW   Ayo Akinola   Toronto FC Loan from first team June 15, 2023 [15]
77 FW   Jordan Perruzza   Toronto FC Loan from first team July 12, 2023
11 MF   Latif Blessing   Toronto FC Loan from first team September 1, 2023 [16]
90 GK   Luka Gavran   Toronto FC Loan from first team September 8, 2023 [17]

Out

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Transferred out

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No. Pos. Player To Fee/notes Date Source
34 DF   Klaidi Cela   Vaughan Azzurri Option declined November 15, 2022 [18]
85 MF   Antonio Carlini Option declined November 15, 2022 [18]
64 MF   Kota Sakurai Option declined November 15, 2022 [18]
68 MF   Nakye Greenidge-Duncan   New England Revolution II Option declined November 15, 2022 [18]
73 FW   Stefan Karajovanovic   Napier City Rovers Option declined November 15, 2022 [18]
60 GK   Baj Maan   Simcoe County Rovers Contract expired November 15, 2022 [18]
70 GK   Andreas Vaikla   Scrosoppi FC Contract expired November 15, 2022 [18]
35 MF   Mehdi Essoussi   Alliance United FC Contract expired November 15, 2022 [18]
72 MF   Steffen Yeates   Pacific FC Contract expired November 15, 2022 [18]
80 FW   Paul Rothrock   Tacoma Defiance Contract expired November 15, 2022 [18]
58 DF   Kobe Franklin   Toronto FC Signed with first team February 24, 2023 [19]
52 MF   Alonso Coello   Toronto FC Signed with first team April 6, 2023 [20]
90 GK   Luka Gavran   Toronto FC Signed with first team August 20, 2023 [21]

Loaned out

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No. Pos. Player To Fee/notes Date Source
52 MF   Alonso Coello   Toronto FC Short term loans (March 24, March 31) March 24, 2023 [22][23]
71 MF   Markus Cimermancic   Toronto FC Short term loans (March 24, May 20, July 8) March 24, 2023 [22][24][25]
65 DF   Antony Curic   Toronto FC Short term loans (May 13, May 17, May 20) May 13, 2023 [26][27][24]
72 FW   Jordan Faria   Toronto FC Short term loan May 20, 2023 [24]
90 GK   Luka Gavran   Toronto FC Short term loans (June 21, June 24, July 1) June 21, 2023 [28][29][30]
76 DF   Lazar Stefanovic   Toronto FC Short term loans (July 1, July 30) July 1, 2023 [30][31]
73 MF   Jesús Batiz   Toronto FC Short term loans (July 4, July 8, July 30) July 4, 2023 [32][25][31]
51 DF   Adam Pearlman   Toronto FC Short term loans (July 4, July 8, August 30) July 4, 2023 [32][25][33]
40 GK   Adisa De Rosario   HFX Wanderers FC Loan until September 15, 2023 August 4, 2023 [34][35]
38 DF   Jalen Watson   Pacific FC Loan August 18, 2023 [36]
82 MF   Julian Altobelli   Toronto FC Short term loan October 4, 2023 [37]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

March 19, 2023 Friendly Toronto FC II 0–2 York United FC Toronto, Ontario
7:45 PM Report dos Santos   38'
De Rosario   59'		 Stadium: BMO Training Centre at Downsview Park
Referee: Yusri Rudolph
April 7, 2023 Friendly Toronto FC II 1–1 Simcoe County Rovers FC
Altobelli   Report Halley   Referee: Ryan Schwenger

Competitions

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MLS Next Pro

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Main article: 2023 MLS Next Pro season

Standings

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Eastern Conference
Pos Div Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
9 CT Huntsville City FC 28 9 4 3 12 48 45 +3 38
10 CT Atlanta United 2 28 9 2 4 13 50 52 −2 35
11 NE Toronto FC II 28 6 3 5 14 43 57 −14 29
12 CT FC Cincinnati 2 28 7 2 2 17 37 65 −28 27
13 CT Inter Miami CF II 28 5 1 5 17 34 68 −34 22
Source: MLSNP Eastern Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall table
Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
21 Whitecaps FC 2 28 8 3 4 13 36 49 −13 34
22 Real Monarchs 28 8 2 3 15 27 54 −27 31
23 Toronto FC II 28 6 3 5 14 43 57 −14 29
24 FC Cincinnati 2 28 7 2 2 17 37 65 −28 27
25 Los Angeles FC 2 28 6 0 7 15 30 39 −9 25
Source: MLSNP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Match results

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March 27, 2023 1 FC Cincinnati 2 4–2 Toronto FC II Highland Heights, Kentucky
7:00 PM Castellano   7'
Ordóñez   47', 81'
Valenzuela   56'		 Report Walkes   24'
Díaz   29' (pen.)		 Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium
Referee: Kevin Fikar
March 31, 2023 2 Chicago Fire FC II 2–0 Toronto FC II Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 PM Leonard   55'
Ostrem   58'		 Report Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
Note: The match start time was delayed due to weather concerns
April 14, 2023 3 Toronto FC II 0–2 New York City FC II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Report Myers   29', 47' Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
April 23, 2023 4 Philadelphia Union II 3–3
(5–4 SO)		 Toronto FC II Chester, Pennsylvania
2:00 PM Rafanello   13'
Riasco   14'
Stojanovic   82'		 Report Curic   56'
Mbongue   68'
Batiz   74' (pen.)		 Stadium: Subaru Park
Referee: Gary Gutierrez
Shootout
Craig  
Pierre  
Stojanovic  
Pérez  
Odada  		 Curic  
Altobelli  
Antonoglou  
Batiz  
Thompson  
April 30, 2023 5 Orlando City B 3–2 Toronto FC II Kissimmee, Florida
6:00 PM Freeman   48'
Salim   84'
Tablante   90+1'		 Report Batiz   3'
Mbongue   54'		 Stadium: Osceola County Stadium
Referee: Natalie Simon
May 7, 2023 6 Toronto FC II 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2 Toronto, Ontario
7:00PM Faria   16', 36'
Mbongue   81'		 Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Roberto D'Alesio
May 14, 2023 7 Toronto FC II 2–3 New England Revolution II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Catavolo   3'
Batiz   39'		 Report Cimermancic   44' (o.g.)
Rivera   84', 85'		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Aubrey Kotelko
May 21, 2023 8 Toronto FC II 3–2 Chicago Fire FC II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Altobelli   50', 65'
Díaz   80'		 Report Osorio   31' (pen.)
Nesci   48'		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass
May 25, 2023 9 New York City FC II 3–1 Toronto FC II Queens, New York City, New York
7:00 PM Di Ponzio   41'
Beer   58'
Jiménez   83'		 Report Díaz   36' Stadium: Belson Stadium
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
May 28, 2023 10 Atlanta United 2 2–0 Toronto FC II Kennesaw, Georgia
6:00 PM Gavran   29' (o.g.)
Tmimi   49'		 Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Anya Voigt
June 4, 2023 11 Toronto FC II 3–0 Orlando City B Toronto, Ontario
9:00 PM Walkes   31'
Cimermancic   35'
Batiz   64'		 Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Ryan Schwenger
Note: The match was originally scheduled for an 8:00 pm start, being changed to 9:00 pm on gameday. The match was abandoned in the 72nd minute due to the lights shutting off, with the result considered final.
June 11, 2023 12 Inter Miami CF II 1–1
(4–5 SO)		 Toronto FC II Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6:00 PM Sunderland   38' Report Batiz   50' (pen.) Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: John Rush
Shootout
Sessock  
Perkovich  
Convers  
Morales  
D'Agostini  
Boatwright  
Sar-Sar  		 Curic  
Catavolo  
Antonoglou  
Batiz  
Pearlman  
Faria  
Cimermancic  
Note: The match was delayed in the 43rd minute due to weather conditions.
June 15, 2023 13 Toronto FC II 1–2 Huntsville City FC Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Batiz   90+4' Report Amiche   29'
Drack   64'		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Seyed-Mohammad Mohseni
June 18, 2023 14 Toronto FC II 0–0
(4–3 SO)		 Atlanta United 2 Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Jérémie Blanchette
Shootout
Curic  
Altobelli  
Batiz  
Antonoglou  
Faria  		 Conway  
Carleton  
Tmimi  
Villal  
Tiente  
June 23, 2023 15 New England Revolution II 1–1
(4–2 SO)		 Toronto FC II Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:00 PM Adebayo-Smith   37' Report Altobelli   61' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Calin Radosav
Shootout
Marcos Dias  
Akanyirige  
Adebayo-Smith  
Awashie  
Greenidge-Duncan  		 Altobelli  
Díaz  
Stojadinovic  
Adenuga  
June 30, 2023 16 Toronto FC II 1–2 Crown Legacy FC Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Faria   55' Report Poreba   65'
João Pedro   90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Youcef Boumsied
July 7, 2023 17 Toronto FC II 2–3 Columbus Crew 2 Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Cimermancic   39'
Walkes   41'		 Report Goulbourne   34' (o.g.)
Hughes   50'
Micaletto   58'		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Mazen Hassanin
July 12, 2023 18 Toronto FC II 1–1
(4–2 SO)		 Philadelphia Union II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Curic   83' Report Rafanello   55' Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Ryan Schwenger
Shootout
Curic  
Díaz  
Catavolo  
Batiz  
Altobelli  		 Olney  
Le Guennec  
Stojanovic  
Tucker  
July 16, 2023 19 Huntsville City FC 1–2 Toronto FC II Huntsville, Alabama
7:00 PM Liadi   28' (pen.) Report Batiz   37'
Adenuga   78'		 Stadium: Joe W. Davis Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Pagan
July 21, 2023 20 Toronto FC II 6–1 Inter Miami CF II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Walkes   61'
Mbongue   66', 75'
Batiz   80'
Antonoglou   88'
Barrow   90+3'		 Report Valencia   5' Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Isabelle Duclos
August 3, 2023 21 Columbus Crew 2 4–0 Toronto FC II Columbus, Ohio
7:00 PM Micaletto   28' (33)
Bunbury   55'
Gannon   80'		 Report Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium
Referee: Benjamin Meyer
Note: Game originally scheduled for August 4
August 9, 2023 22 New York Red Bulls II 1–2 Toronto FC II Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM Shapiro-Thompson   23' Report Barrow   87'
Morgan   90+4'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Referee: Kenneth Rojas
August 18, 2023 23 Toronto FC II 0–0
(1–4 SO)		 New England Revolution II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Mazen Hassanin
Shootout
Batiz  
Altobelli  
Pearlman  		 Rozhansky  
Escobar  
Akanyirige  
Adebayo-Smith  
August 25, 2023 24 Crown Legacy FC 1–1
(3–1 SO)		 Toronto FC II Matthews, North Carolina
7:30 PM João Pedro   90+9' Report Faria   83' Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Referee: John Matto
Shootout
Petković  
Josué Rodrigues  
Poreba  
Williams  		 Pearlman  
Olguin  
Faria  
Stefanovic  
September 1, 2023 25 Toronto FC II 0–3 New York Red Bulls II Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM Report Sofo   23'
Mullings   32', 35'		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Youcef Boumsied
September 8, 2023 26 Philadelphia Union II 5–3 Toronto FC II Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Donovan   24', 84'
Westfield   50'
Stojanovic   55'
Rafanello   58'		 Report Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty   6'
Morgan   76'
Walkes   86'		 Stadium: Subaru Park
Referee: Austin Saini
September 15, 2023 27 New York City FC II 3–3
(4–1 SO)		 Toronto FC II Queens, New York City, New York
5:00 PM Arévalo   12'
Turnbull   45+1'
Jiménez   55'		 Report Díaz   28', 29'
Walkes   88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Belson Stadium
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Shootout
Myers  
Elias  
Benalcazar  
Owusu  		 Altobelli  
Catavolo  
Walkes  
September 24, 2023 28 Toronto FC II 0–4 Crown Legacy FC Toronto, Ontario
2:00PM Report Williams   15', 66'
Petković   78'
Tavares   84'		 Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

Statistics

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Goals

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Rank Nation Player MLS Next Pro Playoffs Total
1   Jesús Batiz 8 0 8
2   Reshaun Walkes 6 0 6
3   Hugo Mbongue 5 0 5
  Alec Díaz 5 0 5
5   Jordan Faria 4 0 4
6   Julian Altobelli 3 0 3
7   Dékwon Barrow 2 0 2
  Markus Cimermancic 2 0 2
  Antony Curic 2 0 2
  Myles Morgan 2 0 2
11   Ife Adenuga 1 0 1
  Themi Antonoglou 1 0 1
  Matthew Catavolo 1 0 1
  Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 42 0 42

Updated to match played September 15, 2023
Source: Stats Crew

Shutouts

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Rank Nation Player Pos. MLS Next Pro Playoffs Total
1   Luka Gavran GK 3 0 3
2   Gianluca Catalano GK 1 0 1
Totals 4 0 4

Updated to match played August 18, 2023
Source: Stats Crew

References

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  1. ^ "Roster Guidelines". MLS Next Pro.
  2. ^ "Toronto FC II Roster". MLS Next Pro.
  3. ^ "Staff | Toronto FC". Toronto FC. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Toronto FC II add MLS SuperDraft pick Jalen Watson to roster". Toronto FC. March 17, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Toronto FC II sign Matthew Catavolo and Jesus Batiz". Toronto FC. March 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Toronto FC II sign midfielder Jordan Faria". Toronto FC. March 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "Toronto FC II sign midfielder Ife Adenuga to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. June 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "Toronto FC II sign goalkeeper Gianluca Catalano to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. June 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Toronto FC II sign goalkeeper Baj Maan to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. September 22, 2023.
  10. ^ "Toronto FC loan Themi Antonoglou to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. March 31, 2023.
  11. ^ "Toronto FC loan Hugo Mbongue to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. April 14, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Toronto FC loan four players to TFC II for upcoming match against Union II". Toronto FC. April 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "Toronto FC loan Romero and Gutiérrez to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. May 14, 2023.
  14. ^ "Toronto FC loan Ranjitsingh and Antonoglou to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. June 11, 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Toronto FC loan five players to TFC II". Toronto FC. June 15, 2023.
  16. ^ "Toronto FC loan Latif Blessing to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. September 1, 2023.
  17. ^ "Toronto FC loan four players to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. September 8, 2023.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Toronto FC II announces year-end roster decisions". Toronto FC. November 15, 2022.
  19. ^ "Toronto FC Sign Homegrown Defender Kobe Franklin". Toronto FC. February 24, 2023.
  20. ^ "Toronto FC sign midfielder Alonso Coello Camarero". Toronto FC. April 6, 2023.
  21. ^ "Toronto FC sign goalkeeper Luka Gavran". Toronto FC. August 20, 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Toronto FC sign Markus Cimermancic and Alonso Coello Camarero to short-term agreements". Toronto FC. March 24, 2023.
  23. ^ "Toronto FC sign Alonso Coello Camarero to a short-term agreement". Toronto FC. March 31, 2023.
  24. ^ a b c "Toronto FC sign three Young Reds to short-term loan agreements". Toronto FC. May 20, 2023.
  25. ^ a b c "Toronto FC sign three Young Reds to short-term agreements". Toronto FC. July 8, 2023.
  26. ^ "Toronto FC sign defender Antony Curic to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. May 13, 2023.
  27. ^ "Toronto FC Sign Defender Antony Curic to Short-Term Agreement". Our Sports Central. May 17, 2023.
  28. ^ "Toronto FC sign goalkeeper Luka Gavran to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. June 21, 2023.
  29. ^ "Toronto FC sign goalkeeper Luka Gavran to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. June 24, 2023.
  30. ^ a b "Toronto FC sign Gavran and Stefanovic to short-term agreements". Toronto FC. July 1, 2023.
  31. ^ a b "Toronto FC sign Stefanovic and Batiz to short-term agreements ahead of Leagues Cup match". Toronto FC. July 30, 2023.
  32. ^ a b "Toronto FC sign Pearlman and Batiz to short-term agreements". Toronto FC. July 4, 2023.
  33. ^ "Toronto FC sign defender Adam Pearlman to short-term loan agreement". Toronto FC. August 30, 2023.
  34. ^ "Toronto FC II loan goalkeeper Adisa De Rosario to York United FC". Toronto FC. August 4, 2023.
  35. ^ "Goalkeeper Adisa De Rosario returns to TFC II from loan". Toronto FC. September 15, 2023.
  36. ^ "Toronto FC II loan defender Jalen Watson to Pacific FC". Toronto FC. August 18, 2023.
  37. ^ "Toronto FC sign Midfielder Julian Altobelli to short-term agreement". Toronto FC. October 4, 2023.
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