Toronto FC, looking to find its way back into the win column, will likely be without rookie wingback Tyrese Spicer for the next six weeks.

Coach John Herdman said the back injury which has forced the 23-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago to sit out the last two games is more serious than originally thought.

“Some imaging revealed that there’s a deeper issue,” Herdman said Thursday. “That’s part of why he didn’t go to his international call-up and it’s why he’s been managed with his minutes. But we’ve started to get to the root of the problem. He took a knock in the back a couple of weeks back and it hasn’t really been able to recover.”