Toronto FC had a tight turnaround between games, having played just 48 hours before in the Canadian Championship, but the hosts found a way to overcome any fatigue, scoring early and late to put away visiting New England Revolution, 2-0, Friday at BMO Field.
Drew Moor drove to the back post to tap-in the first goal for TFC in the 11th minute and Sebastian Giovinco sealed matters with his goal deep into stoppage time to keep Toronto unbeaten at home (7-0-2) and tops in the Supporters' Shield standings.
Goals
Three Things
BAD BACK:
New England had already subbed off one defender when two players – midfielder
Gershon Koffie
and defender
Antonio Delamea
–bashed their heads together in the 75th minute. Both players went down, and Delamea eventually had to be subbed off. Defender
London Woodberry
had already been subbed off for tactical reasons, so New England had to use their final substitution of the game to bring on attacker
Teal Bunbury
to replace Delamea. It nearly worked, when Bunbury's 88th minute header forced a tremendous save from TFC goalkeeper
Alex Bono
.
Next Up
- TOR: Tuesday, June 27 – vs. Montreal (Canadian Championship, 7:30 pm ET | TSN, RDS in Canada)
- NE: Wednesday, June 28 – vs. D.C. United (Open Cup, 7:30 pm ET | online)