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| Saturday | | September 11, 2010 |
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| Saturday | | September 25, 2010 |
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| Saturday | | October 16, 2010 |
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| Ticket Information updated as of 09/10/10 |
| Next Date:05/08/10 |
Next Venue: BMO Field |
| Inventory Statistics for all tickets available on this website as of 09/10/10 |
| Date Range: 05/08/10 - 10/16/10 |
Count of Event Dates: 43 |
| Available Listings: 155 |
Available Tickets: 1305 |
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The name of the club was officially announced on May 11, 2006 by the team's owner, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE). The "FC" in the team's name is the conventional initialism for Football Club, but in official media and documents the team has only been referred to as Toronto FC, never Toronto Football Club. Larry Tannenbaum, chairman of MLSE, stated at the team name's unveiling that "I think the way we spell it is 'futbol'."
The announcement followed an online consultation in which the public was invited to vote on the name during a limited period. The voting options were "Toronto Nationals," "Inter Toronto," "Toronto Reds," "Toronto FC," and "Toronto Barons." MLSE's strategy in choosing "Toronto FC" following this process was based on two reasons. First, over 40 percent of the online vote supported this name in the consultation. Second, MLSE hoped that with this fairly generic name the new club would earn a more organic nickname from the Toronto fans rather than have one imposed from above. This has slowly happened over the course of the club's first season, with Toronto FC widely referred to simply by the initials "TFC," or the "Reds" (their home kit colour) including on the MLS website. Based on informal online polls that cannot be verified for accuracy and conducted during the run-up to the 2008 season on Toronto FC discussion forums, a minority of fans also refer to the club by the nickname the "Redcoats". The team colours are red, white and grey.
Ownership and management
Toronto FC are owned and managed by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., who are also the owners and operators of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a National Hockey League team, the Toronto Raptors, a National Basketball Association team, and the Toronto Marlies, an American Hockey League team. Along with owning professional sports teams as well as Leafs TV and Raptors NBA TV, the company is also involved in real estate and property management, owning sports venues such as the Air Canada Centre and the General Motors Centre. Tom Anselmi, the COO and executive vice-president of MLSE, is regarded as the team's president, while the general manager duties are held by Director of football (soccer) Mo Johnston. Paul Beirne is Director of Business Operations.
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