TORONTO — Major League Soccer's roster freeze came and went Friday without Toronto FC adding former league MVP Sebastian Giovinco back in the fold.
Toronto opened its training centre to the 36-year-old Italian in August, allowing him to practice on his own. Earlier this month, he was incorporated into the team warmups before training.
"And at this stage he's probably realistically two or three weeks away from roster selection and unfortunately this year we've ran out of time. So the plan is for Seba to continue training with the group. He'll be flying when John Herdman comes in at the beginning of October and then we go from there."
Toronto has been looking for a forward to complement Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi in its attack. TFC ranks 28th in the 29-team league on offence, averaging just 0.85 goals a game and has been blanked in 13 of its 27 league outings this season.TFC has tried Bernardeschi, Insigne, Kerr, Adama Diomande, C.J. Sapong, Ayo Akinola, and Prince Owusu at forward in league play this season.
"He's our own," said Toronto GM Jason Hernandez."Having him in the building, having him being a positive presence in the training ground with the staff and the players has all been great."
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