Toronto FC supporters have many reasons to be excited as they eagerly await the kickoff to the 2016 Major League Soccer season. Here’s five of them:

Drew Moor

Moor is the defender Toronto has spent years looking for. If defence wins championships, the former Colorado Rapids player will be the Reds key this year. And the league veteran is just fine with that. “That’s why I came here. I want to be the quarterback of the defence, whether they want me to or not,” he said this week. Centre backs are typically unsung heroes in soccer. If Moor manages to organize a characteristically messy backline, which allowed a league-worst 58 goals last year, he could very well become Toronto’s signing — and story — of the season.

Young players

Much has been said about Toronto FC bringing in a core of veterans this off-season with 634 caps between Moor, Steven Beitashour and Will Johnson alone. But it’s some of TFC’s youngsters who shone in the lead-up to the season. The Reds’ top draft pick Tsubasa Endoh, 22, capped a successful pre-season, earning a spot in the starting 11. TFC also hopes 23-year-old Mo Babouli will make the big club. Don’t be surprised if the team’s youngsters, including the likes of Jonathan Osorio, 23, and Marky Delgado, 20, provides fans with some highlight reel moments.

Giovinco (again)

With all the moves Toronto made in the off-season, it feels like a long time since the Italian maestro was named Major League Soccer’s MVP, the well-deserved cherry on top of a record-breaking season. Giovinco is clear his focus is on winning team awards this season, but he has also been upfront about his desire to earn the league’s most prestigious accolade in back-to-back years. As the league’s reigning best player, expect the striker to come up against even tougher marking this year. But with a little help from a much improved support system, he should be dancing around defenders again.

Improved BMO Field

The Argos are coming, yes. But Toronto FC’s home field should feel more than ever like a true soccer ground thanks to phase two of BMO Field’s renovation. Canopies over all the fixed seats and the addition of new lighting and sound systems, among other upgrades, should make the Reds’ house — long touted as one of the best atmospheres in the league — even louder than the last nine seasons. Fans still have a couple of months to go before they get to experience the changes, but it should be worth the wait.

This is the year (again)

If fans are going to be excited about one thing this season it has to be Toronto’s potential for success. Sure, they were going to be good in 2014 before the bloody big deal that was Jermaine Defoe blew up in the club’s face. And yes, last year was their year, too, until Giovinco, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore led the pack only as far as a first-round playoff exit. But with the most complete side Toronto has ever fielded, if you’re going to put money on the Reds, this season is the season to do it.