Altidore is finding his happy place in Toronto

After his playoff heroics, Jozy Altidore may never have to buy a drink again in Toronto.

It’s a theory that may already have been tested, judging from his woozy performance at Toronto FC’S victory parade Monday.

“I just want to let you guys know that I’ve been partying since Saturday,” Altidore, clearly feeling no pain, said when it was his time to address the crowd

“And baby I’m TFC ‘til I die,” he added before dropping the microphone and starting an impromptu dance with his teammates.

After mixed success playing abroad, the 28-year-old U.S. international has found his happy place in Toronto.

“It’s got my back and then some,” he said happily of the city. “It’s great.”

While it was likely a good thing the MLS Cup MVP was not operating heavy machinery, it was hard not to feel his joy at celebrating the championship win with his adopted city.

It was a far cry from last Thursday when a taciturn Altidore made like he had only brought a dozen words or so with him to a pre-mls Cup news conference.

Toronto teammates says the real Altidore is good company.

Away from the spotlight, Altidore will turn on his mega-watt smile. But he clearly is no fan of being in the limelight.

If he can skip the media side of the job, so much the better. And reporters covering Toronto FC have learned that while Altidore is happy to talk up teammates, he has no interest in discussing his own exploits. But in recent weeks, Altidore has opened up about how he has grown to love Toronto and its fans.

“It’s no secret personally before I came to Toronto, my life was in a lot of ways not great,” he told reporters in his end-of-season availability this week. “A lot of that comes down to me, growing up as a young kid, just learning how to be a man.

“But this place took me in and made me a man. Toronto made me a man. It helped me in so many ways that you guys will probably never know. So I’m eternally grateful to this city and I hope it’s a relationship that doesn’t end any time soon.”