Among the unavailable was Lorenzo Insigne, who missed a second straight match with a lower-body injury, while fellow Italian star Federico Bernardeschi sat out after being sent off against Orlando.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-sports/its-tough-st-louis-city-sc-hands-struggling-toronto-fc-fifth-straight-loss-7252362

Bernardeschi has been an offensive force since making his TFC debut alongside Insigne last July.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-sports/insigne-returns-but-bernardeschi-now-listed-as-questionable-for-toronto-fc-6884740

Insigne is out injured but Bernardeschi remains in fine form as Toronto (1-1-3) welcomes Charlotte (1-3-1) back to BMO Field on Saturday.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-sports/italian-star-federico-bernardeschi-continues-to-trigger-toronto-fc-this-season-6791491

Sapong started up front between Insigne and fellow Italian Federico Bernardeschi.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-sports/cj-sapong-scores-in-debut-as-toronto-fc-defeats-new-york-city-1-0-6929297

Wednesday's game featured the two highest-paid players in the league, according to the MLS Players Association, in Chicago's Xherdan Shaqiri (US$8.15 million this season) and Toronto's Lorenzo Insigne (US$7.5 million).

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-sports/bernardeschi-returns-to-toronto-fc-lineup-in-0-0-draw-with-chicago-fire-7081292

With a salary of US$7.5 million this year, Insigne ranks second on the MLS salary list, behind only Chicago’s Xherdan Shaqiri’s $8.153 million, although the MLS Players Association list came out before Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami.

Source: https://www.cornwallseawaynews.com/ontario-news/insigne-apologizes-after-verbal-altercation-with-disgruntled-fans-at-toronto-fc-game/