{"id":832169,"date":"2026-07-28T20:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/832169\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:52:08","slug":"toronto-fc-sign-former-bundesliga-midfielder-niklas-dorsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/832169\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto FC sign former Bundesliga midfielder Niklas Dorsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto FC have signed German midfielder Niklas Dorsch to a contract through the 2030-31 Major League Soccer season, the team announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old joins from German club FC Heidenheim, pending his international transfer certificate and Canadian work permit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to welcome Niklas to Toronto,&#8221; TFC general manager Jason Hernandez said in a statement. &#8220;Niklas joins us after several seasons in strong European competition. His skillset, mentality, and work rate will be a welcome addition to our midfield. We look forward to Niklas playing a big role at the club for years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Bundesliga-tested midfielder  <\/p>\n<p>Dorsch has made 118 Bundesliga appearances with Bayern Munich, FC Augsburg and Heidenheim.<\/p>\n<p>He also spent the 2020-21 season with Belgian first-division club Gent, recording four goals and four assists in 43 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsch earned 37 caps for Germany at the youth international level, from under-15 through under-21.<\/p>\n<p>He helped Germany win the UEFA European under-21 championship in 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-832169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}