Fans serenade Toronto FC at practice before heading to Montreal for East final
TORONTO — While the weather outside truly was frightful, Toronto FC players were warmed by singing, chanting fans at practice Sunday.
As snow swirled outside the team’s north Toronto training centre, some two dozen members of the Inebriatti supporters group were allowed inside to show the players some love on the eve of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final in Montreal on Tuesday.
“We’re all in this together,” said Toronto coach Greg Vanney. “It’s good to have them stop by. We appreciate it, because it’s a weekend, a Sunday, and I’m sure they have plenty of other things they need to do. But it just shows their commitment to the franchise and this team.”
The fan visit started with a text to midfielder Jonathan Osorio asking if the group could come up and wish the team well. Vanney OK’d the idea and the flag-waving Inebriatti supporters, most looking like they were headed to a Metallica concert, found themselves taking in the end of an indoor TFC practice.