TORONTO -- Toronto FC will be without the heart of its defence as well as star striker Jermain Defoe and possibly midfielder Jonathan Osorio for Saturdays game in Columbus against the unbeaten Crew. Oscar Robertson Jersey . Captain Steven Caldwell is suspended while fellow centre back Doneil Henry has been sidelined by a twisted knee suffered in last weekends 3-0 loss at Real Salt Lake City. Defoe, who has all three of Torontos goals this season, strained his left hamstring last week and was substituted in the 61st minute. "Not a major thing but definitely unavailable this weekend," Toronto manager Ryan Nelsen said earlier in the week. Osorio, who missed last weeks game with a hamstring injury, "probably wont make it as well," Nelsen said after practice Friday. It looks like rookie Nick Hagglund, a 21-year-old Cincinnati native, will start at centre back Saturday. He impressed during the pre-season when he was pressed into emergency action at right fullback due to injuries elsewhere on the roster. Gale Agbossoumonde, Bradley Orr and Ryan Richter can also play in the centre of defence. Left fulback Justin Morrow has also played at centre back but a hip injury to backup fullback Ashtone Morgan has taken away some of Nelsens flexibility at the back. Canadian Kyle Bekker may step in for Osorio in central midfield alongside American international Michael Bradley. Nelsen did not say who would wear the captains armband in Caldwells absence but it will likely be Bradley, coming off an impressive showing in Wednesdays 2-2 tie in Glendale, Ariz., between the U.S. and Mexico. Bradley scored one goal and set up another. Toronto and the Columbus Crew are both off to their best starts in MLS history. But Columbus (3-0-0) is unbeaten while Toronto (2-1-0) is coming off a loss and is hurting. Caldwell was suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount by the leagues disciplinary committee for a studs-up tackle on Real Salt Lake midfielder Ned Grabavoy last week. The Toronto skipper was yellow-carded on the play. "Very disappointed with my 1 match ban," Caldwell said via Twitter. "Never tackled to hurt someone in my life. Sorry I wont be out there Saturday to help the lads." Toronto will get Brazilian midfielder Jackson back from a one-game suspension for an elbow thrown off the ball in the win over D.C. United. And Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar has recovered from a knock to the knee from a goalmouth collision in Salt Lake. Toronto will have to watch Argentine attacker Federico Higuain, who has three goals (two from the penalty spot) and has been involved in five of the Crews seven goals this season. Columbus showed its resilience last week in Seattle when it won 2-1 on a 94th-minute goal by Justin Meram -- with an assist from Higuain -- that snapped the Sounders 51-match unbeaten run when they score the first goal. Toronto, meanwhile, got a reality check in a 3-0 loss at Real Salt Lake City after opening the season with victories over Seattle and D.C. United. Nelsen says he is not surprised by Columbus fast start out of the gate. "Not at all. A lot of their players are good MLS players that have been around. Gregg (Berhalter) is a really good coach and hes got them going really good ... There hasnt been a hell of a lot of turnover there, especially in the main positions. Hes done really well." Berhalter took over as the Crews seventh head coach -- and first sporting director -- last November after two seasons at the helm of Swedish club Hammarby IF. 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Edwards, the Supercup Championship leader, was in the passenger seat as an instructor for a private training session at Queensland Raceway at Willowbank, outside Brisbane, Porsche Motorsport said.MANCHESTER, England - The owner of an English soccer club is being investigated by the Football Association after making controversial comments about Jewish and Chinese people, sparking a backlash from community leaders and sponsors on Friday.Wigan owner Dave Whelan made the remarks to The Guardian newspaper while defending his decision to hire Malky Mackay as the clubs manager, even though Mackay is under investigation for sending racist and anti-Semitic text messages.Commenting on a text by Mackay about Jewish people and money, Whelan said: I think Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else. I dont think thats offensive at all.The 77-year-old Whelan also said there was nothing bad about a message sent by Mackay in which he used a term widely perceived as being insulting toward Chinese people.Whelan has apologized, saying he would never insult Jewish or Chinese people, but there has been an outcry over his comments and the English FA said it is very concerned about the matter.Wigan chair(man) Dave Whelans bigoted and racist comments about Jews are outrageous and offensive, and bring the club and the game in to disrepute, Jonathan Arkush, the vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said Friday.His half-hearted apology does not go far enough. You cannot insult a whole group of people, and then say, I would never insult them, and hope thats OK. We need to see a proper apology and full recognition of the offence caused.Two of Wigans sponsors have ended their contracts with the second-tier club in the wake of Mackays appointment and Whelans subsequent comments.After a shirt sponsor terminated its relationship with Wigan on Thursday, sports drinks company iPro did the same Friday.iPro Sport actively encourages positive working relationships irrespective of colour, race, nationality, religious belief, sexual orientation or age and cannot condone racism, sexism or homophobia, tthe company said in a statement. Robin Lopez Jersey. It said the hiring of Mackay is at odds with the companys business ethics and commitment to best practice.The English FA said its governance division has written to Whelan, who has three days to respond, and that the case is being dealt with as a priority.The FA is very concerned to read about the comments that have been attributed to Dave Whelan, the governing body said. We take all forms of discrimination seriously.The FA recently banned a vice-president of a regional football association for four months for making a sexist remark to a female official. The president of Italys football federation was banned for six months by UEFA in October for a racist comment during his election campaign.Whelan is a former footballer who was forced to retire early because of injury and then started amassing wealth through a chain of supermarkets and sports stores, enabling him to finance the purchase of Wigan. Whelan was raised in the northern city.Whelan is a popular, if outspoken, member of the English football community. In a radio interview in 2011, he said black players should get on with it if they were racially abused on the field.Mackay took the Wigan job on Wednesday even though the FA is still looking into a dossier from his time as Cardiff manager, when he sent text messages to a colleague that Mackay acknowledged were completely unacceptable, inappropriate. Details of the exchanges, which the League Managers Association said were disrespectful of other cultures, were leaked to the media.I know that this appointment will draw criticism in some quarters, Whelan said after hiring Mackay, but we go into it with our eyes open and we have nothing to hide on this subject. Malky made a mistake, he knows that, we know that.Wigan is in its second season back in the second-tier League Championship after being relegated from the Premier League in 2013. ' ' '