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TORONTO -- Having just added a Spanish winger and Swiss fullback, Toronto FC still has its eyes set on landing a marquee designated player in addition to young Argentine forward Maximiliano Urutti. "Were working pretty much 24 hours a day on some fairly sizable signings," team president Kevin Payne told reporters after practice Friday at the MLS clubs north Toronto training centre. "Were coming up to the end of the transfer period, these things are all complicated but I do hope well have some news before the transfer period ends." The transfer window closes Aug. 8 but after that MLS teams have until Sept. 15 to sign players out of contract. Toronto (3-10-8) has signed 22 new players since the end of last season, with 25 going out the door. Only seven players on the current roster were with the team last year. The latest newcomers are 24-year-old Spanish winger Alvaro Rey, who saw 16 minutes action off the bench in last Saturdays 2-1 win over Columbus, and 25-year-old Swiss fullback Jonas Elmer, who arrived Thursday. Toronto has been after Urutti for months, with chief scout Pat Onstad playing Captain Ahab in search of the Argentine Moby Dick. "Weve chased him a long time," said Payne. "Weve watched him many, many, many times. Pat Onstad has seen him live on a number of occasions. "Our opinion of him has never wavered. We think hell be an outstanding player in our league. So we pursue that diligently." Urutti has severed his ties to Argentine club Newells Old Boys, which may ease his passage north. "We really think that Uruttis a player that will be one of the absolute top forwards in (MLS)," Payne said. "We think he will bang in goals." Goals have been an issue for Toronto whose top two strikers -- designated player Danny Koevermans and Robert Earnshaw - have been battling injuries. Only D.C. United with 10, has scored fewer goals than Toronto (19). Payne declined to identify the designated player in question or respond to reports of the clubs interest in Uruguayan World Cup star forward Diego Forlan. Toronto already has two designated players in Koevermans and Argentine midfielder Matias Laba. That leaves them with one slot open. Payne said the idea is to sign a DP and then use a new league designation to acquire and employ Urutti. Toronto currently has two international spots available. Elmer trained separately Friday, looking to find his legs after a long flight from Europe. Coach Ryan Nelsen said it will be up to the Swiss to force his way in the lineup. Ashtone Morgan has been the incumbent of late, at least since captain Darren ODea left for a club in Ukraine. ODeas departure left the club short of options at fullback. Richard Eckersley is the starter at right fullback with Ryan Richter and Darel Russell also available. Payne also said there have been some preliminary discussions with the Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand member of Australias A-League, about keeping Jeremy Brockie. The Kiwi striker is on loan to Toronto through the end of August. "Anything longer-term with Brockie would likely happen next year," Payne said. "They want him back for their season. But I think theres a possibility that something could happen after that. Weve got a good relationship with the club. I think Brockies really enjoyed himself here." The Toronto GM says the club will start next season with salary cap space and a lot of roster flexibility with only a few guaranteed contracts carrying over. Koevermans US$1.66-million contract expires at the end of the season. When healthy, the Dutch big man has been productive and Payne said the team plans to sit down and talk to him about his future. "I think wed like to get him back on the field first before weve have that conversation," Payne said. The 34-year-old Koevermans return from knee surgery has been slowed by a series of minor injuries, most recently a calf problem. Toronto plays at New England (8-7-6) on Sunday. NOTES -- Earnshaw (hamstring) did some light training Friday. Coach Ryan Nelsen said his role Sunday would depend on how he reacts Saturday to training. Koevermans (calf) is still not ready. 49ers Jerseys 2021 .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Kevin Porter and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel from the minors as part of a five-player roster shuffle made by the NHLs worst team. San Francisco 49ers Pro Shop .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. https://www.49ersjerseysale.com/ .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. Wholesale 49ers Jerseys .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. Fake 49ers Jerseys .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. TORONTO -- Bob Nicholson is looking to a familiar face to restore Canadas world junior hockey supremacy. The president of Hockey Canada announced Wednesday the return of Brent Sutter as the head coach of the Canadian national junior team. The Red Deer Rebels coach, GM and owner will be joined by assistants Benoit Groulx and Ryan McGill at the 2014 world championship in Malmo, Sweden. Canada has dominated the world junior event winning 28 medals overall, including 15 gold. But Canada last won it all in 2009 in Ottawa -- the final of five straight gold medals -- and last year in Russia finished fourth and out of the medals for the first time since 98. "Weve done a lot of work analyzing what the other countries are doing," Nicholson said during a news conference at the MasterCard Centre. "Its a step-by-step process and Brent Sutter is going to come back and coach this junior team and it will be about first day of camp, second day of camp, third day of camp . . . "It wont be about getting to world junior championship, it will be about a process to make sure everyone buys into that. If we do that in the proper way with all the new people there to help that it will put us in a good position." Sutter, 51, from Viking, Alta., has coached Canada in international competition on four previous occasions, most recently at last years world hockey championship. He guided Canada to world junior gold in 2005 and 2006 and said Canadians must understand other world junior countries have improved. "Its not like Canadian hockey has totally dropped off the map," Sutter said. "Canadian hockey is still very elite but its just other countries have closed the gap on us. "Every game you play now is a highly competitive game at this level. Theres no certain thing that you can sit there and say, We have to drastically change this or that. Thats not the case at all. Its how do you get above the line, how do you stay above the line, how do you stay at where you want to get to and get to your ultimate goal and how to you accomplish that?" Sutter also knows what it takes to succeed on the international stage as a player. The former Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils head coach played for Canada on four occasions, including the 1986 world championship and 1984, 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups. "Its exciting, its a new challenge and one Im looking forward to," Sutter said. "We all know what our ultimate goal is but its a process to be able to get to that point and that process will start in August. "Well get after it then." Canadas national junior team will gather in Brossard, Que., for practices on Aug. 4 and 5, before playing exhibition games in Lake Placid, N.Y., against Finland (Aug. 7), Sweden (Aug. 8) and the U.S. (Aug. 10). The 2014 world junior tournament begins Dec. 26. Groulx is the head coach and general manager of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Leagues Gatineau Olympiques and McGill is the head coach of the Western Hockey Leagues Kootenay Ice. Also on Wednesday, Dale Hunter was named head coach of Canadas national summer under-18 squad. Thee 52-year-old from Petrolia, Ont.dddddddddddd, will be joined by assistants Dominique Ducharme and D.J. Smith at the 2013 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia. Hunter is the head coach, owner and president of the Ontario Hockey Leagues London Knights. Ducharme is head coach of the QMJHLs Halifax Mooseheads and Smith is head coach of the OHLs Oshawa Generals. The U18 team will gather in Toronto for a selection camp late next month before travelling to Europe for the Aug. 5-10 tournament. Canada has won the annual summer event five straight years and 15 of the last 17 years. "You see how much work goes into winning and thats why Canada wins," said Hunter, who also coached the NHLs Washington Capitals before returning to London. "If it was easy, it wouldnt be as much fun. "In the playoffs you have seven games. You might lose the first two and you can redeem yourself. In a tournament like this youve got to be ready right off the hop and have them firing on all cylinders." Hockey Canada also announced several changes to its Program of Excellence. A new management group will oversee hockey operations for the program. Group members include Blainville-Boisbriand Armada GM Joel Bouchard, Phoenix Coyotes goaltender coach Sean Burke, Kelowna Rockets GM Bruce Hamilton and London Knights GM Mark Hunter. The group will work directly with Brad Pascall and Scott Salmond to oversee operations of the under-17, under-18 and under-20 programs. Pascall is Hockey Canadas vice-president of hockey operations and national teams while Salmond is the senior director of hockey operations and national teams. In addition, Ryan Jankowski has replaced Kevin Prendergast as the head scout of the mens Program of Excellence. Jankowski, 38, has spent the last three seasons as an amateur scout with the Montreal Canadiens after working five seasons as the assistant GM with the New York Islanders. The Calgary native previously worked for Hockey Canada from 1996 to 2003 in a variety of roles. He will be responsible for all player evaluation and recruitment for Canadas national junior team and national mens U18 team development and selection camps, as well as evaluations with the U17 program. The Program of Excellence policy committee remains in place to oversee direction of the program. The committee includes Nicholson, chief operating officer Scott Smith, OHL commissioner and CHL president David Branch, QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau, WHL commissioner Ron Robison and Hockey Canada officers Joe Drago and Michael Brindamour. "We reached out to our best resources and thats people," Nicholson said. "I guess the buzzword today is retooling and were really doing that. "With the management group we have a component there where we have general managers from the CHL now involved and having Sean Burke, a player who had worn the (Canadian) jersey so many times and knows the international game, its really a group that can work with Ryan to make sure we get the right players and build the right atmosphere as we go forward." ' ' '