Come on You Reds: The Story of Toronto FC [Paperback]

How Toronto FC rescued itself from misery, carved out a niche, and became a true alternative franchise in North Americas most crowded sports market.

From Toronto FCs inception, the club and their fans did things their own way. When Danny Dichio scored the first goal in franchise history, fans at BMO Field threw their seat cushions onto the field in ecstasy. It looked as though TFC had a bright future ahead of it, but what followed instead was eight seasons of poor results, mismanagement, and misery.

Still, TFC fans never wavered, building the most unique atmosphere in Toronto sports. When it seemed TFC was destined to become an afterthought in a city crowded with teams, the club carved out a niche by creating a winning culture unlike anything Toronto had ever seen, bringing a championship to the city in 2017.

Come on You Redstakes fans behind the scenes, from the inception of TFC, through the teams lowest years, and finally, to the story of how management arguably built the best team in Major League Soccer history.Come on You Redstakes Toronto FC fans through the teams lowest years to how they became one of the best teams in Major League Soccer history.Joshua Kloke captures the feeling of those years, of being a Toronto FC supporter and living through a trajectory that kept getting worse, until it didnt anymore. His tumbling style and excellent behind-the-scenes access combine to create a brilliant book thats & essential reading for Toronto FC supporters.Over its first decade of existence, Toronto FC managed to bring the full spectrum of sporting experience to its fervent fan base. Come On You Reds manages to take the reader inside both the club, as well as its fandom. From the birth of an idea, through the years of mismanagement to finally getting it all right in glorious fashion, Joshua Kloke describes just how Toronto FC became the pin-up club of Major League Soccer.Joshua Kloke is a sports and music journalislӟ