Toronto FC acquired Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade from San Diego FC on Wednesday in a trade executed around the Major League Soccer expansion draft.
Expansion San Diego picked Andrade from New York City FC with its fourth pick in the draft and then sent the 24-year-old to Toronto for a first-round pick in the MLS SuperDraft and US$250,000 in conditional general allocation money. San Diego will also get a portion of a future Andrade transfer fee if sold out of MLS by TFC.
Andrade scored 12 goals and added six assists in 71 appearances for NYCFC across all competitions, spending the last two seasons out on loan. Andrade began his career in the Fluminense academy before spending six months in Portugal with Portimonense. He joined Bahia and was the leading scorer in Brazil’s U-20 competition before breaking into the Bahia senior squad in 2021.
One of those goals was of the highlight-reel variety when, against D.C. United in June, he took a throw from goalkeeper Sean Johnson — now Toronto's 'keeper — and ran the length of the field with just five touches, outmanoeuvring several defenders before knocking the ball home for a stoppage-time winner.
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