Toronto FC 2 – 2 Sporting Kansas City
By Luis Martinez (Twitter @canadaluis)
Toronto, ON – Coming from behind, TFC gets the tie.
“Fighting until the end!”
Those were the words of Greg Vanney at the press conference after their match against Sporting KC.
In fact, apparently the team seems to resume its strength that once made them champion of the MLS.
This time, Jordan Hamilton was the firefighter who dressed as a hero in the extra time.
The Kansas team came out looking for the result that would take them back home with the 3 points, with two well executed penalties by Felipe Gutiérrez, on 25 and 73.
The Reds’ machinery reacted well to Vanney’s expectations, however Kansas deserved more, because it had superiority in terms of ball possession and some shots with some luck of goalkeeper Ontarian did not end in additional goals.
One thing the Red’s really need to work on is the multiple fouls in their last games. This time around, they accumulated four yellow cards and this cannot continue. They played without Pozuelo a few matches back, and this cannot happen with so much ahead to be able to head on up the table to ensure a place in the playoffs.
Sidenote. TFC were sporting at the beginning of the match pride tops to commemorate this season’s pride night.
Match stats
Lineups
TFC – Quentin Westberg; Eriq Zavaleta (Jay Chapman 74’), Drew Moor (C), Laurent Ciman; Richie Laryea (Ryan Telfer 87’), Marky Delgado, Liam Fraser, Justin Morrow, Alejandro Pozuelo; Terrence Boyd (Jordan Hamilton 58’), Nick DeLeon
SKC – Tim Melia; Graham Zusi, Andrew Fontas, Graham Smith, Seth Sinovic; Ilie Sanchez (C), Felipe Gutiérrez, Benny Feilhaber, Gerso (Gianluca Berso 87’), Dániel Sallói (Kelyn Rowe HT’); Yohan Croizet
Shots: TFC 14 – SKC 9
Shots on target: TFC 5 – SKC 4
Possession: TFC 51% – SKC 49%
Fouls: TFC 13 – SKC 14
Yellow cards: TFC 4 – SKC 1
Offsides: TFC 4 – SKC 1
Corners: TFC 6 – SKC 4
