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This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 6, 2023.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Four of the Revs’ next six league outings are on the road. Saturday marked the first of seven games in 25 days for Toronto, which faces Montreal twice next week - in Canadian Championship play on Tuesday and league play Saturday. New England’s injured list included Colombian star winger Dylan Borrero, out for the season with a knee injury suffered last weekend.īoth Toronto and New England face challenging schedules ahead. Proof of TFC’s roster turnover was shown by the fact that Laryea was the only Toronto starter Saturday who was part of the first team when Altidore was. The 33-year-old Altidore had seen just 77 minutes of league action over four games this season, all off the bench prior to Saturday. The Revs ‘keeper had to deal with another hot shot from Insigne in the 73rd minute.įormer Toronto striker Jozy Altidore came off the New England bench to cheers in the 61st minute.Īltidore, whose contract with Toronto was bought out in February 2022, ranks second in the TFC record book in goals (79) and fifth in appearances in all competitions (173). A minute later, a deflected Bernardeschi shot went just high. Petrovic parried a sharp-angled shot from Laryea in the 51st minute.

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Toronto had three first-half free kicks from dangerous positions just outside the penalty box but Federico Bernardeschi’s effort hit the New England wall and Insigne was off target in the 35th and in first-half stoppage time. Johnson had to be sharp in the 42nd minute to parry a Noel Buck rocket, And Toronto midfielder Brandon Servania’s powerful shot from distance was just high in the 25th. Toronto had a chance soon after going behind but Richie Laryea’s shot went wide. Insigne then tried to chip Serbian international goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic from distance but his shot was off the mark. The Revs controlled possession to start the game with Ema Boateng testing Johnson with a shot in the 15th minute. At the other end, TFC star winger Lorenzo Insigne began leave his post on the left flank for a more central position in search of the ball. New England managed to find space in the Toronto end in the first half. It was a welcome 17 Celsius at kickoff for the announced crowd of 27,438 at BMO Field after a wet week in Toronto. Kobe Franklin started at fullback for the injured Raoul Petretta with CJ Sapong making his second start up front since joining TFC in an April 25 trade with Nashville.Īime Mabika made his Toronto debut when O’Neill had to leave in the 69th minute. Bradley and Osorio have combined for 624 appearances for TFC in all competitions.ĭefender Matt Hedges was a late scratch for Toronto, with Shane O’Neill coming in at centre back. Toronto was once again missing the injured Michael Bradley and Jonathan Osorio, two-thirds of the Toronto midfield. They also have seven MLS coach of the year awards between them (four for Arena and three for Bradley). The 65-year-old Bradley and 71-year-old Arena have a combined 500 career MLS wins when you add in playoff victories, the most by a pair of coaches facing off in a match. The late Sigi Schmid, after whom the MLS coaching award is now named, is No. Their head-to-head record was knotted at 2-2-2 coming into the match.Īrena, with 257 regular-season coaching wins, and Bradley, with 193, stand No. It was a seventh career meeting between veteran coaches Bob Bradley of Toronto and Bruce Arena of New England, whose relationship stretches back some 40 years.

Toronto was not short on shots on the night but few found their target. The normally reliable Norwegian centre back misplayed the ball under pressure from Wood, allowing the New England forward to race in alone before slipping the ball through goalkeeper Sean Johnson’s legs for his third goal of the season. New England came out hot and took advantage of a Sigurd Rosted turnover to go ahead in the 19th minute.

New England has gone 5-0-3 since suffering its lone loss of the season, a 4-0 defeat at Los Angeles FC on March 12. New England (7-1-3) came into the game atop both the Eastern Conference and Supporters’ Shield standings on goal difference over FC Cincinnati. Instead it was beaten for the first time in six outings (2-1-3) at home this season. Toronto (2-3-6) had lost just once in its previous nine games (2-1-6) and was looking to build on a 1-0 victory last Saturday over New York City FC. TORONTO - Bobby Wood and DeJuan Jones scored as the high-flying New England Revolution extended their unbeaten MLS run to eight games with a 2-0 win over Toronto FC on Saturday.

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