Jacob Shaffelburg takes new fullback role at Toronto FC in stride

Nothing seems to faze Jacob Shaffelburg, not even being asked to play a completely new position.

That was the task that Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley handed Shaffelburg on the third day of pre-season training camp in January when the winger was told he was going to be converted into a left fullback.

Shaffelburg, a 22-year-old native of Nova Scotia, looked set for another year on the left wing after enjoying a breakout campaign for the Reds in 2021. But a slew of off-season departures left the club short of depth at fullback ahead of the 2022 season, and both Shaffelburg and teenager Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty were tasked to fill in by Bradley.