Toronto FC to hold its training camp in Marbella, Spain, for second straight year

Toronto FC midfielder Djordje Mihailovic (10) makes a pass as he trains with Toronto FC in Toronto, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

TORONTO — Toronto FC will hold the bulk of its training camp in Marbella, Spain, for the second year in a row.

Players are due to report to camp Saturday in Toronto for medicals. The team will hold two training sessions before leaving Jan. 13 for Spain to begin a three-week camp at the Marbella Football Centre.

Pre-season games will be announced at a later date, the club said.

The team is scheduled to return to Toronto on Feb. 15.

CF Montreal is also spending part of its training camp at the Marbella Football Centre, which has satellite sites elsewhere in Spain and Portugal. It boasts 39 pitches across its eight high-performance centres.

Toronto, looking to end a five-season playoff drought, kicks off the 2026 MLS regular season on Feb. 21 at FC Dallas. TFC will follow that with games in Vancouver and Cincinnati before its March 14 home opener against the New York Red Bulls and new coach Michael Bradley, who captained TFC during his 10-season stay with the club.

Toronto acquired US$300,000 in 2026 general allocation money from Minnesota United earlier in the day in exchange for an international roster spot.

Toronto still has spare international slots, after parting ways with the likes of Kevin Long, Raoul Petretta and Sigurd Rosted after the 202 season, although GM Jason Hernandez, still looking for a marquee attacker, is holding on to some.

Allocation money can be used in MLS to “buy-down” a player’s salary budget charge (each club had a salary budget of US$5.95 million in 2025)

Each club receives an annual allotment of general allocation money (was US$2.93 million per club in 2025).

That amount can be increased depending on circumstances, from missing out on the playoffs to the type of “roster construction model” used.

In 2025, a total of 241 international roster slots were divided among the 30 clubs.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 5, 2026.

Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press