January 26, 2018--Laurent Guyot named Toronto FC II Head Coach (from Toronto FC Communications)

  
Laurent Guyot named Toronto FC II Head Coach
January 26, 2018
4:30PM EST
Toronto FC Communications

Guyot remains Academy Director as complete Academy coaching staff announced

Toronto FC announced Friday that Laurent Guyot has been named as the new head coach for Toronto FC II. 
Guyot who has served as the club’s academy director since 2015 will also continue in that role. In addition, 
Anthony Capotosto, who has been a coaching within the Toronto FC Academy since 2009, has been promoted 
to Assistant Academy Director.

“We are very excited to announce these promotions today as we continue to build on our success and evolve as a club 
from the Academy through to the First Team,” said Toronto FC Sr. Vice-President, Soccer Operations & General Manager 
Tim Bezbatchenko. “I would like to thank Jason for his work as TFC II head coach the last three seasons. Jason will 
transition into a position on Greg’s staff and be a great fit with the First Team. Laurent’s extensive experience 
as a player, coach and academy director both in France and the past three years at Toronto FC as Academy Director 
makes him a great fit for what we are trying to accomplish with our club, to be consistent contenders and continue 
to develop homegrown Canadian talent. I’d like to congratulate Laurent and Anthony Capotosto who both earn these 
well-deserved promotions and increase in their responsibilities.”

Guyot joined Toronto FC on June 29, 2015 after serving as the head coach for the U-16 and U-17 French National Teams. 
In addition to his duties as head coach, Guyot served as an instructor with the French Football Federation (FFF), 
teaching both the youth pro licence and pro licence coaching programs. He is one of few coaches to hold both his 
Youth Coaching Licence which he earned in 2005 and his Professional Coaching Licence which he earned in 2008. 
Guyot began his coaching career in July 2002 as a youth coach with French club, FC Nantes. It was there he coached 
the U-15, U-18 and reserve side over the course of seven years. In January 2005, Guyot was named academy director 
of FC Nantes in addition to his coaching duties. He held both the position of academy director and coach until his 
departure in June 2009. From there, Guyot was named head coach of French Ligue 1 club, US Boulogne in July 2009 where 
he remained until December 2010. He took over as head coach of French club, CS Sedan Ardennes in July 2011 and remained 
with the club for two seasons. He joined the FFF as the head coach of the U-17 team in July 2013.

Capotosto is entering his eighth season with the academy. His previously coached both the U-15 and U-16 teams as well 
as assisting with other age groups. Capotosto holds a Canadian National ‘B’ coaching licence and United States 
Soccer Federation National ‘B’ and ‘Y’ licences. He also holds the Elite French Coaching Licence (EFCL) through 
the French Football Federation and Major League Soccer. 

With the change, Jason Bent has re-joined the First Team as an assistant coach. Prior to taking over as TFC II head coach, 
Bent spent four seasons as an assistant with Toronto FC. Chris Pozniak (assistant) and Phil Boerger (goalkeeping) will 
remain on Guyot’s coaching staff. Michael Rabasca (director of high performance) will work closely with TFC II and Guyot 
this upcoming season.

“These promotions will help establish a fluidity and culture of excellence between the movement of players as a talented 
generation of players is starting to push up the ranks,” said Toronto FC Head Coach & Technical Director Greg Vanney. 
“We have a very talented and capable group of coaches throughout our club and we’re all looking forward to watching our 
complete player pathway produce more Canadian talent at Toronto FC.”

With the promotion of Capotosto, the club also announced the 2018-19 Academy coaching staff. Danny Dichio will remain 
as head coach of Toronto FC III. The other head coaches are: Benoit Cheyrou (U-17), Gianni Cimini (U-16), 
Michael Stefano (U-15), Terry Dunfield (U-14), Marco Casalinuovo (U-13), and Luciano Lombardi (U-12). In addition 
to their head coaching duties, Cheyrou will also serve as an assistant coach for TFC III and Cimini will work 
as an assistant coach for the U-17 team. Jonathan Mondino has been named U8-U12 Technical Manager reporting 
to Anthony Capotosto, Assistant Academy Director. In this role, he will be focusing on the academy’s future programming 
within multiple landscapes in that age group  

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