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STAY-AT-HOME MIDFIELDER

Some players take the few weeks they have off in the off-season to travel around the world, or at least park themselves somewhere warm and do a lot of nothing.

Bradley likes nothing better than sticking around his Toronto home with his wife, Amanda, and young family. Certainly not glamorous, but just what the doctor ordered for the 31-year-old U.S. international.

“Because we travel so much through the season, for me there’s nothing better than the time at home when I can drop my kids off at school, pick them up, take my son to soccer practice, watch my daughter to ballet,” Bradley said. “We went on a few trips in the off-season. We went to New Jersey and New York City to see my wife’s family, we came out to L.A. to see my family.

“I don’t need anything crazy. Just some good time with my family, my kids. We enjoy waking up on the weekends and going out for breakfast. I’ll bring my son over to the training ground up in Downsview and we’ll play in the bubble a little bit. For me there’s nothing better than that.”

TOWERING STATEMENT

New TFC defender Laurent Ciman dressed up his Twitter page to reflect, one can assume, how happy he is to be playing in Toronto. A graphic of the CN Tower is used as the letter I in the spelling Ciman’s name at the top of the page. There’s also a big, red Maple Leaf preceding his name. The Belgian international played in Canada before, three seasons (2015-17) for the Montreal Impact.

IN ANOTHER GALAXY

The L.A. Galaxy hosted TFC in a pre-season tune up match at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night. TFC is aiming to find fitness quickly, with CONCACAF Champions League play starting Feb.19. Nineteen-year-old forward Jacob Shaffelburg, a native of Port Williams, N.S., was expected to play.