The Current State of Toronto FC: My Thoughts - Part 2

With all the issues in Part 1 (and more) surrounding the team, many TFC supporters feel hopeless that anything is going to change for the better. Other TFC supporters have taken the “hope and pray” approach and are eager that the team will get some positive results. But there are some TFC supporters, including myself, who are pressing for drastic change at the club. I may not agree with some TFC supporters’ way of supporting the team, but you have every right to support the club whichever way you see fit.

I don’t like how some TFC supporters are constantly blindly positive about the team and follow the team around like a bunch of sheep. But if that is the way you want to support your team, then so be it. I also don’t like how some TFC supporters think that this team will never succeed and are always pessimistic about them. I admit that I still think this way at times, but if you want to think this way about the team, then go ahead. I prefer to be realistic about this team.

I have seen Toronto FC go through some half-assed changes over the 6 years of their existence. Year after year, coaching change after coaching change. When coaches weren’t the target, general managers were, as was the case of Mo Johnston in 2010, and the team still performed poorly. Now there are TFC supporters (including myself) who want the Toronto FC front office fired and held accountable for Toronto FC’s failures. Tom Anselmi, Earl Cochrane, and others in the front office have been the only people who have been a part of Toronto FC since the beginning.

It’s time for a change at the top. Kill the virus at the source, I say. There needs to be a new, proper long-term vision and strategy at the club. Tom Anselmi had 6 years to fulfill his vision for the club, and he has failed at it. Letting Jurgen Klinsmann do the work for you was just weak.

Now don’t let people tell you that you are hopeless in trying to make a difference in this team, because you certainly can. I wish there can be more active dissent towards the Toronto FC front office from the Toronto FC supporters. The banners at BMO Field are a good start, but I wish there is a way to make Tom Anselmi really feel what we are really going through. He mentions that he is “fully aware” of the frustrations of the supporters, but I don’t think he has any idea what we are really going through. There are other ways of expressing dissent to the Toronto FC front office, such as boycotting games and protests (these are merely suggestions). My main problem with active dissent is that I don’t think that enough Toronto FC supporters will be up for it, because I have heard many varying opinions on the current state of Toronto FC. They can think whatever they want to think.

As for me, I am tired of seeing this team go through losing season after losing season. I am tired of Toronto FC being labeled as the embarrassment of Major League Soccer, and of North America for that matter. I am tired of the lack of accountability for Toronto FC’s failings in the front office, and of the lack of leadership. I dream of a time where BMO Field is once again filled to the rafters supporting the team they love. Seriously, it’s time for a change at the top.

I want to see this team succeed for once, and I will do what I can to make it happen. Don’t you?