Reader mailbag: Time for Toronto FC to hire a club president?
TFC should return to the GM-president model that brought them so much success in the past, but it's likely not happening any time soon.
TFC Republic's reader mailbag column is where I answer questions from subscribers about Toronto FC and Canadian soccer in general.
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Here we go....
The Eastern Conference is pretty bad this year and TFC are just six points below the playoff line. They are in no way out of the race, and they have a lot of winnable games; they just need to get playing. Hopefully they can get enough out of the season to actually make the rest of it interesting to watch. Thoughts?
– Leo E.
Leo's comments and question were in reference to my piece on the state of the union at Toronto FC that was published earlier this week in which, among other things, I discussed the team's chances of climbing back into the playoff race.
It's true that Toronto is only three spots and six points below D.C. United who hold down the ninth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. It's also true that there are 16 games remaining in the regular season, giving TFC plenty of time to close that gap and climb up the ladder. So, they're not out of the playoff race at this point.
