Who is this new coach of the TFC, Preki?

Toronto FC has gone out this off season and signed themselves Predrag Radosavljevic also know as Preki, we take a look at who Preki is and what we might expect from him along the sidelines. Preki was born on June 24, 1963 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and played for a brief period in 1985 for Red Star Belgrade, there he was spotted by the coach of the Tacoma Stars an indoor soccer club and spent five seasons in Tacoma. Then in 1990 Preki was signed by the St. Louis Storm and continued his indoor soccer career for another two seasons. Preki was then spotted by an Everton scout and was bought in 1992 by the English side, he made 46 appearances for the Blues and scored 4 times. Portsmouth was the next stop for Preki and he made 40 appearance for the club scoring 5 times before his contract was bought by the San Jose Grizzlies and Preki returned once again to America's Indoor Soccer game. Then 1996 arrived and the MLS began play and Preki resumed his outdoor career with his first of two stints with Kansas City Wizards from 1996 to 2000. Preki then spent 2001 with the Miami Fushion before returning to the Kansas City Wizards a year later were he would wrap up his playing career in 2005. Preki finished his MLS career with 79 goals in 242 appearances, Preki currently sits 10th all time in MLS goal scoring and won the MLS MVP award on two occasions. Preki obtained his American citizenship in 1996 and played 28 games for the National side including the 1998 World Cup.

Preki then joined Chivas USA in 2006 after his playing days to become an assistance coach taking over the coaching reigns in the 2007 season, winning the league's coach of the year award and remained at Chivas until the end of last season. Preki is now the new head coach of your Toronto FC. The one thing I'm sure many of us have noticed is that Preki is a no nonsense coach and was quick to give Amado Guevara the heave ho for the second time in his short coaching career, he is also quick to send players packing if they are not buying into his system which is a defense first attitude. Preki is not too concerned with who scores the goals as long as his team does not concede them. The fact is Preki has led Chivas USA to the playoffs in all of his three seasons there but does Preki have the skill at TFC to accomplish the same feat in Toronto? The TFC Supporters are pining for a playoff berth and with the MLS Cup being held in Toronto this season the club supporters would expect a playoff spot or has Mo Johnson butchered this team to the point that we need a few years to get to the dance?