Toronto FC aka TFC were playing their ninth* season when NYCFC joined the league x FC is just a common way to name football clubs around the world, adopted by

Toronto FC aka TFC were playing their ninth* season when NYCFC joined the league x FC is just a common way to name football clubs around the world, adopted by MLS clubs Edit: Announced during their seventh season; joined in their ninth Edit; Chicago, Dallas, Houston Vancouver and Toronto had FC In their name before NYC FC existed