- Address: 170 Princes’ Boulevard, Toronto
- Country: Canada
- Capacity: 30,000
- Opened: 28 April 2007
- Main use: Canadian football, football
- Tenants: Toronto Argonaut (Canadian football), Toronto FC (football)
Extra stadium info – BMO Field
The venue in south-eastern Canada opened in 2007 with a capacity of 20,000. The same year, the BMO Field hosted its first-ever FIFA U-20 World Cup game. The football match between Canada and Chile attracted a crowd of 20,000. In 2009, the BMO Field had its first alcohol suspension due to an incident regarding alcohol consumption by a minor. The stadium hosted its first-ever MLS Cup on 21 November 2010. The Colorado Rapids won the game after defeating FC Dallas in front of 21,000 spectators.
Rugby union and ice hockey
In 2013, the BMO Field hosted a rugby union match between the national rugby union teams of Canada and New Zealand. 22,000 people showed up for the game, which became the best-attended rugby union game in Canada. In 2017, the record was broken when 29,000 attended a rugby union match between Canada and New Zealand in the city of Vancouver. In 2017, 40,000 people attended the first ice hockey game between two NHL clubs at the BMO Field. The Toronto Maple Leafs won the match against the Detroit Red Wings from Michigan 5-4.
Toronto Football Club
The BMO Field opened with a football match between Toronto FC and the club which is currently known as Sporting Kansas City. The home side lost the game in front of a capacity crowd. CF Montréal, Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps became the first Canadian Major League Soccer clubs with 100,000 followers on their main social media page. Toronto FC became the first football club from Canada with a value of at least $100 million. They drew an average home attendance of 20,000 in their first-ever Major League Soccer season.
The North American championship for football clubs
In 2018, Toronto FC reached the final of the North American championship for football clubs for the first time in their history. They reached the final after beating Club América, the first Mexican sports club with 10 million followers on its main social media page, in the semi-finals of the continental championship. Toronto FC faced the Mexican side CD Guadalajara in the final. CD Guadalajara reached the two-legged final after defeating Red Bull New York from the United States. The first leg took place at the BMO Field in front of 29,000 fans. The second leg took place in the United Mexican States in front of 36,000 spectators. CD Guadalajara won the penalty shoot-out in the second leg.
Torsten Frings
Toronto Football Club signed several famous players in their first years of existence, like Torsten Frings. The former German midfielder played numerous games for FC Bayern München, one of the first FIFA Club World Cup winners. He also played numerous matches for the national football team of Germany, one of the first FIFA World Cup winners.
Football players representing Canada
On 23 November 2022, Richmond Mamah Laryea became the first player who played for Toronto FC before he played a FIFA World Cup game for the national football team of Canada. He signed with Nottingham Forest, the second English football club with two European championship titles, in 2022. Richmond Mamah Laryea started against Belgium in his first-ever FIFA World Cup match. Alistair William Johnston, Alphonso Boyle Davies, Atiba Hutchinson, David Wayne Hoilett, Jonathan Christian David, Kamal Anthony Miller, Milan Borjan, Stephen Antunes Eustáquio, Steven de Sousa Vitória and Tajon Trevor Buchanan also started for Canada in that game.
The Argonauts
Toronto Argonaut Football Club, nicknamed Argos or Argonauts, moved to the BMO Field in 2016. The Canadian football club was founded in 1873. The Argonauts play in the Canadian Football League and they won the Grey Cup several times. The Argos won the title in 1914 for the first time in their history. In 1952, they became the first club with 10 Grey Cup titles after beating the club which is currently named Edmonton Elks. The Argonauts won the game, which took place in Toronto in front of 27,000 fans, 21-11. In 2022, Chad Patrick Kelly signed with the Argonauts. He became the highest-paid player in the CFL.
