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Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio added to Canada roster for Canadian Shield
TORONTO – Canada has called Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio into camp for the Canadian Shield Tournament. The 32-year-old midfielder was sidelined with a shoulder injury April 30 in a Canadian Championship loss to CF Montreal, returning May 24 off the bench in an MLS game against Nashville SC. Osorio has made two starts since. Canada coach Jesse Marsch had initially opted to leave Osorio off the Canadian Shield roster, calling him up instead for the CONCACAF Gold Cup later this month. But now the veteran, who has won 84 caps for Canada, is back in the fold. The 30th-ranked Canadian men host No. 25 Ukraine on Saturday before facing No. 41 Ivory Coast on Tuesday. No. 86 New Zealand is also taking part in the tournament. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 6, 2025
Edmonton Journal
5 days ago
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Canada coach Jesse Marsch adds experience to his 26-man CONCACAF Gold Cup roster
Article content Osorio (84 caps), Laryea (60), Johnston (53) and Millar (47) bring a combined 244 caps to the squad. Laryea, originally included in the Shield side but was replaced by Zorhan Bassong due to injury, also returns. The Toronto FC fullback/wingback returned to action May 31 for Toronto FC from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him since March 1. Osorio was allowed to skip the Shield tournament after suffering a shoulder injury with TFC on April 30. Celtic's Johnston had been dealing with a back issue. Midfielder Stephen Eustaquio is included despite the fact that his club, Portugal's FC Porto, is involved in the FIFA Club World Cup, which runs at the same time in the U.S. The hope is he will be able to rejoin Canada at some point during the Gold Cup. McGill is added as the third goalkeeper on the roster, joining Maxime Crepeau and Dayne St. Clair.
Winnipeg Free Press
5 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Canada coach Jesse Marsch adds experience to his 26-man CONCACAF Gold Cup roster
Veterans Alistair Johnston, Richie Laryea and Jonathan Osorio will rejoin Canada later this month for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. All three are included in Jesse Marsch's 26-man roster, which also adds goalkeeper Tom McGill and defender Kamal Miller to those held over from the 23-player Canadian Shield Tournament, which kicks off Saturday with No. 30 Canada hosting No. 25 Ukraine at Toronto's BMO Field. The Canadians face No. 41 Ivory Coast next Tuesday. Osorio (84 caps), Laryea (60), Johnston (53) and Millar (47) bring a combined 244 caps to the squad. Laryea, originally included in the Shield side but was replaced by Zorhan Bassong due to injury, also returns. The Toronto FC fullback/wingback returned to action May 31 for Toronto FC from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him since March 1. Osorio was allowed to skip the Shield tournament after suffering a shoulder injury with TFC on April 30. Celtic's Johnston had been dealing with a back issue. Midfielder Stephen Eustaquio is included despite the fact that his club, Portugal's FC Porto, is involved in the FIFA Club World Cup, which runs at the same time in the U.S. The hope is he will be able to rejoin Canada at some point during the Gold Cup. McGill is added as the third goalkeeper on the roster, joining Maxime Crepeau and Dayne St. Clair. There are 12 MLS players, including two from Toronto (Laryea and Osorio), two from CF Montreal (Nathan Saliba and Joel Waterman) and three from Vancouver (Sam Adekugbe, Ali Ahmed and Jayden Nelson) The roster ranges in age from 19 for Fulham defender de Fougerolles to 32 for Osorio, the most experienced player in the group. Canada opens Gold Cup play June 17 against No. 75 Honduras in Vancouver before heading to Houston to complete Group B play against No. 90 Curaçao on June 21 and No. 81 El Salvador on June 24. The 16-team Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, runs June 14 through July 6 in 13 cities (all but Vancouver in the U.S.). The field includes No. 58 Saudi Arabia as a guest team. The winner and runner-up from each of the four groups advance to the knockout stage. Canada won the Gold Cup in 2000 and was third in 2002. The Canadian men lost to the U.S. in a penalty shootout in the round of 16 last time out in 2023. Mexico has won the title seven times and finished runner-up twice. The U.S. has lifted the trophy seven times and finished second on five occasions. Canada Goalkeepers: Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS); Tom McGill, Brighton & Hove Albion (England); Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United (MLS). Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Defenders: Sam Adekugbe, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS); Derek Cornelius, Olympique de Marseille (France); Luc De Fougerolles, Fulham (England); Jamie Knight-Lebel, Bristol City (England); Richie Laryea, Toronto FC (MLS); Alistair Johnston, Celtic (Scotland); Kamal Miller, Portland Timbers (MLS); Niko Sigur, Hadjuk Split (Croatia); Joel Waterman, CF Montréal (MLS). Midfielders: Ali Ahmed, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS); Tajon Buchanan, Inter Milan (Italy); Mathieu Choiniere, Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland); Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal); Ismaël Kone, Olympique de Marseille (France); Jayden Nelson, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS); Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS); Nathan Saliba, CF Montreal (MLS); Jacob Shaffelburg, Nashville SC (MLS). Forwards: Jonathan David, LOSC Lille (France); Promise David, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium); Daniel Jebbison, AFC Bournemouth (England), Cyle Larin, RCD Mallorca (Spain); Tani Oluwaseyi, Minnesota United (MLS). — This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 5, 2025
Toronto Star
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Nashville SC holds on to edge Toronto FC 2-1 in entertaining MLS contest
TORONTO - It was a night of milestones for Toronto FC on Saturday. The Major League Soccer franchise marked its 600th regular-season game. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson moved into the league's top five in regular-season minutes played. And captain Jonathan Osorio, returning from injury, scored his 50th career regular-season goal. Sadly for TFC fans, it all happened in a 2-1 loss to Nashville SC. English forward Sam Surridge scored twice in the second half and Nashville staved off a late TFC comeback, including Osorio's 91st-minute strike, to extend its unbeaten run to eight games in all competitions (6-0-2). Two goals, one from each side, in the dying minutes made for a frenzied finale before an announced crowd of 19,504 at BMO Field. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 'What I said to the players is the sort of intensity we saw at the end, we need to see that throughout the whole game,' said disappointed Toronto coach Robin Fraser. 'I just didn't think we were quite sharp enough to begin.' Fraser liked the effort from his team. But once again lapses cost Toronto, which slipped to 3-8-4 on the season and has collected five out of a possible 24 points at home this season. The first half, entertaining while short on scoring chances, saw both teams probe the opposition defence with Nashville having the only shot on target. The contest came alive in the second half. Toronto's first shot on target, in the 53rd minute, was a doozy. Lorenzo Insigne floated a cross into the Nashville penalty box that Norwegian striker Ola Brynhildsen, contorting his body like a gymnast, turned into spectacular bicycle kick. Nashville goalkeeper Joe Willis made the save, however. Nashville (8-4-3) went one better in the 57th minute with Andy Najar sending a long ball to Hany Mukhtar behind the Toronto defence. The former MLS MVP deftly redirected the ball across the goal for Surridge to knock home his seventh of the season. Mukhtar could have had two goals himself in the second half but was denied by the 35-year-old Johnson, whose 37,326 regular-season minutes played total trails only Stefan Frei, Dax McCarty, Kyle Beckerman and leader Nick Rimando (46,336). ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Toronto did not fold, with Brynhildsen and Insigne both coming close around the 70-minute mark. And the home side kept coming. Substitute Tyrese Spicer came close with a blast in the 83rd minute. It looked like Surridge had ended the drama in the 89th minute with an insurance goal as Toronto's defence was cut open. But Osorio, returning from injury, scored one minute into stoppage time with a rocket of a shot from outside the penalty box to make things interesting. 'It kind of sucks. I wish it could have been a game-winning goal or at least a game-tying goal to get a result,' said Osorio, who has 67 goals in all competitions for TFC. Osorio, who also has 53 career regular-season assists, joins the likes of FC Dallas' Luciano, Acosta, the Los Angeles Galaxy's Diego Fagundez and Seattle's Albert Rusnak in the league's select 50-goal, 50-assist club. The 32-year-old Osorio came off the bench in the 63rd minute to cheers, his first appearance since suffering a partially dislocated shoulder early on in the Telus Canadian Championship penalty shootout loss to Montreal on April 30. Saturday marked his franchise-leading 381st game in all competitions for Toronto. Nashville outshot Toronto 15-10 (6-4 in shots on target). Nashville entered weekend play in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, nine places and 11 points ahead of Toronto. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Coming off a record 6-1 victory at CF Montreal, Toronto had won two of its previous three games (2-0-1). And after an 0-4-4 start to the season, Toronto had gone 3-3-0 in league play before Saturday. Toronto has compiled a 180-265-155 regular-season record since entering MLS in 2007. Eighty-five of those wins came between 2015 and 2020, when Toronto made the playoffs five out of the six seasons — its only post-season appearances to date. Toronto reached the MLS Cup final in 2016, '17 and '19, hoisting the trophy in 2017 when it also won the Canadian Championship and Supporters' Shield (for the best regular-season record). TFC's regular-season record is 33-83-35 since last making the playoffs in 2020. Fraser made just one change to his starting lineup with Theo Corbeanu coming in for Tyrese Spicer. Toronto was without injured defenders Richie Laryea, Nicksoen Gomis, Raoul Petretta and Kobe Franklin, midfielder Markus Cimermancic and forward Deandre Kerr. The injuries prompted a second career MLS start for 18-year-old Lazar Stefanović, a centre back pressed into action at left fullback where he acquitted himself well against Canadian international Jacob Shaffelburg. It was Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night at BMO Field with close to 300 Canadian Armed Forces members in attendance. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 24, 2025.
Business Times
05-05-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Grab appoints Alejandro Osorio as new managing director for Singapore
[SINGAPORE] Ride-hail and delivery giant Grab announced on Monday (May 5) that Alejandro Osorio has been appointed as managing director (MD) of Grab Singapore. Osorio currently leads the Grab Vietnam team. In his place, Ma Tuan Trong, presently the company's country commercial head in Vietnam, will assume Osorio's role of MD for Grab's Vietnam office. The appointments will take effect on July 1. Osorio will be involved in the company's 'next phase of growth in Singapore', by scaling the new GrabCab taxi business to improve transport accessibility and convenience, integrating dining platform Chope's capabilities for a unified food experience, and leveraging GrabFin and GXS Bank to develop innovative financial products for Grab's users and partners. 'Singapore's openness to new ideas and commitment to public-private collaboration have given Grab invaluable opportunities to co-create industry-first solutions that truly make a difference in people's lives. That spirit of innovation is what draws me back to Singapore,' said Osorio in a media statement. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up As for Trong, he has nearly seven years at Grab holding leadership positions in marketing, deliveries and commericals divisions within the Vietnam team. He has contributed to establishing and scaling Grab's food delivery businesses from its inception to its current market position, while driving growth in the adoption of Grab's grocery and parcel delivery, omnicommerce, advertising and corporate solutions among users and partners. Both Alejandro and Trong will report directly to Yee Wee Tang, who is himself transitioning to an expanded regional role as group managing director of operations. 'Osorio's expertise in leading diverse markets will introduce fresh strategies in Singapore, while Trong's capabilities in scaling businesses will deepen our reach within Vietnamese communities. Under their leadership, we are confident that we will continue to deliver exceptional value to our users and partners,' said Yee. In his expanded capacity, Yee will oversee multiple countries ensuring strategic alignment across operations, as well as manage platform safety and driver and merchant operations regionally.
