Team president Bill Manning offered up one major target in a question-and-answer with season ticket-holders Oct. 19 on the eve of Toronto's opening playoff win over D.C. United."We still do miss that second goal-scorer. And that's something we're going to address in this winter window," he said. "That's why I say we're not complete yet. I do think we still need one more window to further strengthen the team.
Altidore started the second leg of the Canadian Championship at BMO Field, a 1-0 win that led to a penalty shootout that did not go Toronto's way. It worked for three games but not in the final. Pozuelo cut a frustrated figure in Seattle, often dropping back deeper in a bid to get the ball. And he started taking on one, two three defenders with success -- until another stopped him.
TFC did not have the guns needed in waiting. Patrick Mullins proved to be a hard-nosed reserve forward but not the alternative sniper needed. "It's soccer. You work with what you have and unfortunately Jozy got injured just before the playoffs," Vanney said. "But I thought the rest of the group really stepped up. We looked at different ways to game-plan to try to be dangerous over the course of this playoffs ... It just meant we evolved. We became something different."
One option is use targeted allocation money to re-sign Bradley, opening up a DP spot for a forward -- preferably young but not so young to be a project.