TfC flew down to Orlando today, for the next step of their pre-season, with another training camp and games in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, referred to from here on in for reasons of laziness and disney related disdain on my behalf, if not originality, the Mickey Mouse tournament. They'll be playing against Houston Dynamo this Thursday, before playing the winner/loser of the other semi final, either FC Dallas or Orlando City on Sunday.
The good thing is that all games are due to be streamed online so we'll finally have a chance to see how the much ballyhooed new system and style are looking after the first few weeks under Aron Winter and Bob de Klerk. We'll also get to see how the new players look outside of a few brief highlights, does Javier Martina have more to him that just a few fancy tricks? Will Nick Soolsma and Elbekay Bouchiba show that they were playing at too low of a level in their recent spells in the Dutch amateur leagues and Qatar respectively.
There should also be new triallists as well, with Winter previously suggesting that this would be the time to evaluate talent from South and Central America. Much like what happened in Europe though, it seems fans shouldn't get their hopes too high for some new exotic foreign signings just yet. The two names rumoured to be joining TFC so far are Joevin Jones and Shadhon Winchester, and while both are Trinidad and Tobago internationals, they also both recently trialled with Colorado Rapids and were released, so it's not exactly thrilling news yet.
The next few days should see other names announced, and then we'll finally get to see everyone play, so hopefully there'll be something a bit more encouraging at that stage. So far all we've got to go on is faith that Winter, De Klerk, Mariner and co are going to be an improvement on previous years, but I've never been one for religion-esque blind faith, hopefully we'll soon get some solid evidence that they're on the right track.
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