Toronto FC records

This page details Toronto FC records from their inaugural season in 2007 as a member of Major League Soccer up to and including the Red Bull New York away match on 17 August 2008. It includes player records, attendances and competition information.

Player records

Appearances

* Youngest first-team player – flagicon|USA Abdus Ibrahim, 16 years 10 months 27 days ("v." Chicago Fire, Major League Soccer, 12 July, 2008)
* Youngest first-team starter – flagicon|USA Abdus Ibrahim, 16 years 11 months 3 days ("v." San Jose Earthquakes, Major League Soccer, 19 July, 2008)
* Oldest first-team player – flagicon|ENG Danny Dichio, 33 years 10 months 4 days (away "v." Red Bull New York, Major League Soccer, 17 August 2008)
* Oldest first-team starter – flagicon|ENG Danny Dichio, 33 years 8 months 14 days (home "v." Vancouver Whitecaps, Canadian Championship, 1 July 2008)

Most appearances

"Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored."

* Most clean sheets in a season - flagicon|CAN Greg Sutton - 7, 2008 "ongoing"
* Most MLS clean sheets in a season - flagicon|CAN Greg Sutton - 6, 2008 "ongoing"

Club records

Wins

* Record win – 4-0 (home "v." FC Dallas, Major League Soccer, 17 May 2007)
* Record away win – 3-2 ("v." LA Galaxy, Major League Soccer, 13 April 2008)

By season

* Most wins in a season – 8 in 23 matches, 2008 "(ongoing)"
* Most MLS wins in a season – 7 in 19 matches, 2008 "(ongoing)"
* Fewest MLS wins in a season – 6 in 30 matches, 2007

Defeats

* Record defeat – 0-4 (away "v." New England Revolution, 14 April 2007)
* Record home defeat – 0-3 ("v." Chicago Fire, Major League Soccer, 29 July 2007)

By season

* Most MLS defeats in a season – 17 in 30 matches, 2007
* Fewest MLS defeats in a season – 17 in 30 matches, 2007

Draws

* Highest scoring home draw – 2-2 ("v." New England Revolution, Major League Soccer, 20 October 2007)
* Highest scoring away draw – 2-2 ("v." Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer, 26 May 2007)

By season

* Most MLS draws in a season – 7 in 30 matches, 2007
* Fewest MLS draws in a season – 7 in 30 matches, 2007

Goals

* Most goals scored in a match - 4 (home "v." FC Dallas, Major League Soccer, 17 May 2007)
* Most goals conceded in a match - 4 (away "v." New England Revolution, Major League Soccer, 14 April 2007)
* Most goals scored in a Canadian Championship match - 2 (away "v." Vancouver Whitecaps, 9 July 2008)
* Most goals conceded in a Canadian Championship match - 2 (away "v." Vancouver Whitecaps, 9 July 2008)

By season

* Most MLS goals scored in a season – 25 in 30 matches, 2007
* Fewest MLS goals scored in a season – 25 in 30 matches, 2007
* Most MLS goals conceded in a season – 49 in 30 matches, 2007
* Fewest MLS goals conceded in a season – 49 in 30 matches, 2007

Points

* Most points in a MLS season - 25 in 20 matches, 2008 "(ongoing)"
* Fewest points in a MLS season – 25 in 30 matches, 2007

Firsts

Matches

"Pre-season friendlies from 2007 only counted if 90 minutes against professional opposition."

* First match – "v." Houston Dynamo, Carolina Challenge Cup, 25 March 2007 (lost 2-0)
* First win – "v." Red Bull New York, Carolina Challenge Cup, 28 March 2007 (2-1)
* First home match – "v." Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, 28 April 2007 (lost 1-0)

Goals

* First goal - flagicon|USA Alecko Eskandarian ("v." Red Bull New York, Carolina Challenge Cup, 28 March 2007)
* First brace - flagicon|HON Amado Guevara ("v." Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, 28 April 2008)

=MLS matches=

* First MLS match – "v." Chivas USA, 7 April 2007 (lost 2-0)
* First MLS win, first home win, and first points - "v." Chicago Fire, 12 May 2007 (3-1)

=MLS points=

* First MLS away point - "v." Columbus Crew, 26 May 2007 (2-2)
* First MLS away win - "v." Real Salt Lake, 4 July 2007 (2-1)

=MLS goals=

* First MLS goal and first goal at home - flagicon|ENG Danny Dichio ("v." Chicago Fire, 12 May 2007)
* First MLS away goal - flagicon|ENG Danny Dichio ("v." Columbus Crew, 26 May 2007)
* First MLS 'game-winning goal' - flagicon|USA Kevin Goldthwaite ("v." Chicago Fire, 12 May 2007)
* First MLS 'game-tying goal' - flagicon|CAN Jim Brennan ("v." Columbus Crew, 26 May 2007)

=MLS clean sheets=

* First MLS clean sheet - flagicon|CAN Greg Sutton (home "v." Houston Dynamo, 16 May 2007)
* First MLS away clean sheet - flagicon|CAN Srdjan Djekanovic ("v." Houston Dynamo, 15 July 2007)

equences

Wins

* Most consecutive wins – 3 (13 April – 26 April 2008)

Draws

* Most consecutive draws – 2 (7 July 2007 – 15 July 2007)

Losses

* Most consecutive losses – 4 (7 April 2007 – April 28 2007)

Unbeaten

* Most consecutive matches unbeaten – 6 (13 April 2008 – 21 May 2008)

At home

* Most consecutive home wins - 3 (21 May 2007 - 14 June 2008)

* Most consecutive home matches unbeaten – 10 (4 October 2007 – 21 June 2008)
* Most consecutive home MLS matches unbeaten – 11 (4 October 2007 – 19 July 2008)
* Most consecutive home matches unbeaten in a single season – 8 (19 April – 21 June 2008)
* Most consecutive home MLS matches unbeaten in a single season – 9 (19 April – 19 July 2008)

Winless

* Most consecutive matches winless – 12 (7 July 2007 – 29 September 2007) "league record"

Clean sheets

* Most consecutive clean sheets - 2 (19 April 2008 - 21 April 2008)
* Most consecutive MLS clean sheets - 2 (19 April 2008 - 21 April 2008)
* Longest clean sheet streak - 272 minutes - flagicon|CAN Greg Sutton (1 May 2008 - 24 May 2008)

By season

* Most clean sheets in a season - 7 in 22 matches (2008) "(ongoing)"
* Most MLS clean sheats in a season - 6 in 20 matches (2008) "(ongoing)"

coreless

* Most consecutive minutes scoreless – 824 minutes (7 July 2007 – 22 September 2007) "league record"

Attendances

"All attendances at home."

* Highest attendance – 20 522 ("v." Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS, 5 August 2007)
* Lowest attendance – 18 097 ("v." Pachuca CF, friendly, 5 July 2008)
* Lowest MLS attendance – 19 123 ("v." Houston Dynamo, 16 May 2007)
* Highest Canadian Championship attendance - 20 107 ("v." Vancouver Whitecaps, 1 July 2008)
* Lowest Canadian Championship attendance - 18 938 ("v." Montreal Impact, 22 July 2008)
* Highest attendance not involving Toronto FC – 20 844 (MLS All-Stars "v." West Ham United, 24 July 2008)

Average attendance

"regular season/playoffs"
* 2007 - 20,134/missed playoffs
* All-Time - 20,134

=MLS records=

* Most season tickets sold – 16,641 (2008)
* Toronto are believed to have brought the largest contingent of travelling fans in an MLS regular-season match - approx. 2300 ("v." Columbus Crew, 29 March 2008) [ [http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2008/04/26/crew26.ART_ART_04-26-08_C1_D6A1MD4.html?sid=101 Attendance a downer for Crew] ]

* Longest scoreless sequence – 824 minutes (7 July 2007 – 22 September 2007)
* Longest winless sequence – 12 (4 July 2007 – 4 October 2007)

Milestones

* First club outside the USA in MLS
* First Canadian club in MLS
* First Puerto Rican player in MLS - Marco Vélez ("v." Columbus Crew, 29 March 2008)

Canadian Championship records

Toronto FC hold the following Canadian Championship records:
* First goal - flagicon|PRI Marco Vélez (away "v." Montreal Impact, 27 May 2008)
* First win - away "v." Montreal Impact, 27 May 2008 (1-0)
* First clean sheet - flagicon|CAN Greg Sutton (away "v." Montreal Impact, 27 May 2008) (1-0)

Football firsts

* First competitive goal at Saputo Stadium - flagicon|PRI Marco Vélez (away "v." Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, 27 May 2008)
* First competitive win at Saputo Stadium - away "v." Montreal Impact, Canadian Championship, 27 May 2008

Awards

* "SportsBusiness Journal" and "SportsBusiness Daily" Professional Sports Team of the Year
**Finalist: 2008

=MLS awards=

* MLS Rookie of the Year – flagicon|USA Maurice Edu (2007)
* Goal of the Week – flagicon|ENG Danny Dichio (Week 6, Week 9, and Week 29, 2007), flagicon|CAN Jim Brennan (Week 8, 2007)

Front office

* Ticket Sales Team of the Year - 2007
* Marketing Executive of the Year - César Velasco (2007)
* Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year - Paul Beirne (2007) [http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071117&content_id=129741&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp MLS Announces 2007 Team and Executive Award Winners] ]

Toronto FC awards

* Humanitarian of the Year - flagicon|CAN Chris Pozniak (2007)

Fan awards

* Supporters' Player of the Year* - flagicon|CAN Jim Brennan (2007)

Notes

*Both U-Sector and the Red Patch Boys came to the same decision.

References

*cite web
title=Schedule: 2007 results
url= http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/schedule/results.jsp?team=t280
work=http://www.mlsnet.com
accessmonthday=2 February
accessyear=2007
*cite web
title=TFC lose Pozniak to expansion draft
url= http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2007/11/21/pozniak_expansion/
work=http://www.sportsnet.ca
accessmonthday=3 February
accessyear=2007
*cite web
title=2007 U-Sector Player of the Year
url= http://www.embargo.ca/ultras/news/announcements/20071023-1.html
work=http://www.usector.ca
accessmonthday=3 February
accessyear=2007