Toronto FC II is a Canadian professional

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team based in

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, who play in

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, a third tier league of the

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. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of

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as well as in partnership with

Toronto FC Academy Toronto FC Academy, also known as TFC Academy, is the youth academy and development system of Canadian Major League Soccer club Toronto FC. The academy has divisions from U14 to U19 and includes over 110 young players. The senior academy team is ...

History

Pre-history

Upon their entrance into

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fielded their reserves in the

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from 2007 to 2013. In 2014, Toronto FC entered into a one-year partnership with the

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of the USL to serve as their affiliate, with whom they would loan players to.

Formation

On November 20, 2014, Toronto FC announced the creation of a reserve team that would play in the third-tier

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under the name Toronto FC II. The team began play in March 2015, playing at the then-newly constructed 3,500-seat stadium at the

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, just north-northwest of Toronto. They played their first match on June 27, 2015, against

. From 2017, the USL was sanctioned as a second-tier league. On July 2, 2018, the team announced they would move down from the United Soccer League to

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for the league's first season in 2019. TFC II played in

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for the first SK Summer Soccer Series, which is hosted by the

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. The Selects defeated TFC II 2–0. In July 2020, the team withdrew from the 2020 USL League One season, due to travel restrictions caused by the

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. They returned to the league in

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, beginning the season at the Grande Sports World training facility in

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, due to continued travel restrictions caused by the continuing pandemic. After playing their first three home games there, following three home games were played at Osceola Heritage Park in

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. Toronto FC II ultimately resumed playing their home games in Toronto on July 30, 2021, when they hosted

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at the BMO Training Ground.

MLS Next Pro

The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it was joining the 21-team

for the inaugural 2022 season. In their debut season, they qualified for their first-ever playoff birth, after winning the Northeast Division. After defeating

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in the Conference semi-finals, they were defeated by

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in extra time in the Conference finals.

Players and staff

Roster

Technical staff

Record

Coaches since 2015

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(2015–2017) * Laurent Guyot (2018) *

Michael Rabasca Michael Rabasca is an American soccer coach who currently serves as director of high performance for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. He previously served as head coach of Toronto FC II in USL League One. Career In 1996, Rabasca was working as ...

(2018–2019) * Mike Muñoz (2020–2021) * Gianni Cimini (2022–present)

Stadium

The expansion Toronto FC II hosted their games at a new stadium constructed at the

beginning with the first season in 2015. However, after the planned expansion of the OSC to 5,000 seats, which is a minimum requirement set by the

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for the USL to be sanctioned as a division 2 league, did not materialize, the club announced that it would move its home games to

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and

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beginning with the 2018 season. In 2018, the team used

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for one game in May, relocated one game to Charlotte, and relocated another four games to Rochester's

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, while waiting on availability at

. With their drop to the division 3

for the 2019 season, the team moved their home games to

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. On April 4, 2022, after the team left USL League One to join the newly formed

, Toronto FC II announced that

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would serve as their new home stadium, while also playing 2 home games at

as a second match of a double header with their parent club,

References

External links

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Official website
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