TORONTO – Though the Toronto FC squad will be familiar with new head coach Paul Mariner – who has been with the club as director of player development for a year-and-a-half – one player in particular will be particularly familiar with Mariner's coaching style.

Defender Richard Eckersley previously played for Mariner in 2010 at Plymouth Argyle in the English Championship, on a three-month loan from then-Premier League outfit Burnley.

It is safe to say, then, that Eckersley knows him better than any of the players on the roster.