Toronto FC’s Tosaint Ricketts grateful for MLS stability after European turmoil
TORONTO — Tosaint Ricketts will always be grateful for Toronto FC. There, he can just focus on playing soccer.
It has not always been that way. In previous club stints in Romania and Turkey, Ricketts had a lot more than football on his mind.
“My first month here I was almost in shock,” he recalled. “I didn’t know what a completely stable environment felt like. The biggest difference for me was I didn’t have to worry about anything. I just had to come in, do my job on the field and go home. And everything else was taken care of.
“And that is big for a player. Because it hinders your growth when you’re having to worry about paycheques, you’re having to worry about whether your rent is paid on time or whether your water’s going to get cut off because the team’s not paying your bill any more. It was a big relief to come here and only have to worry about soccer.”