Lorenzo Insigne left midway through a Toronto FC training session on Thursday after a heated argument with interim head coach Terry Dunfield, with Insigne telling Dunfield he would decide if he would play TFC’s game this weekend against the Columbus Crew, multiple sources told The Athletic. The argument stemmed from Dunfield’s decision to have the star designated player split reps on a drill with 20-year-old forward Deandre Kerr. Multiple sources with knowledge of the events said that as Insigne left the training field, he was heard making derogatory comments about TFC and how differently...
Lorenzo Insigne left midway through a Toronto FC training session on Thursday after a heated argument with interim head coach Terry Dunfield, with Insigne telling Dunfield he would decide if he would play TFC’s game this weekend against the Columbus Crew, multiple sources toldThe argument stemmed from Dunfield’s decision to have the star designated player split reps on a drill with 20-year-old forward Deandre Kerr.
Toronto has yet to pick up a point since making the coaching change, losing seven matches in a row, including six in which it failed to score. Overall, the team is winless in its last 12 matches, last picking up three points on May 27 against D.C. United. TFC sits 14th in the East, now 13 points below the playoff line with nine games remaining.
But to date, his tenure in Toronto has been a disappointment on and off the pitch. Multiple sources toldDunfield was given the interim role to bring positivity to a locker room that needed it, according to multiple sources, and to not treat the team’s star DPs of Federico Bernardeschi and Insigne with as heavy a hand as Bradley did.Insigne has appeared in just 15 of 25 matches for TFC this season and in that time has added just three goals and four assists. His 0.
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