TFC prospect Dumitru aims to follow in Osorio's footsteps

TFC 2 midfielder Andrei Dumitru still has the image saved on his phone. 

Dumitru made his first team debut in Toronto FC’s 5-0 win over Simcoe County Rovers on April 24 in the Canadian Championship when he came on at the start of the second half. After the final whistle blew, the 17-year-old spotted his parents in the stands at BMO Field and ended up taking a special photo to commemorate the milestone moment in his young career. 

“My whole family and a lot of friends were there. They were all asking for tickets, so I did my best to get them all in. A close family friend gave me a [hand-made] poster after the game. It had my name on it, and my number, and the Canadian and Romanian flag, and he threw it down from the stands. So, I took it to the locker room, and I got it signed by the whole team,” Dumitru told TFC Republic.  

Dumitru beamed with pride as he pulled out his phone to show this reporter a photo of the signed poster. He has since gone on to earn his first start for the Reds when he played 76 minutes and collected an assist in the team’s 8-1 destruction of CS Saint-Laurent at home in the second leg of the quarter-finals on May 21.