By Luis Martinez (Twitter @canadaluis) and photos by David Chant
With two beautiful goals, Jozy and Toronto FC beat the Houston Dynamo’s. It is the 2nd victory for the Greg Vanney team and at the same time it was great great gift for the 10th anniversary of BMO Field.
From the beginning of the match , the Canadian team openned the field, passing the ball from the back until midfield showing the great communication between the players, demonstrated results from the past week’s practice, Jozy Altidore marks at minute 16 providing and the team with their first goal of the night
Houston tries to react in many ocassions, but the Toronto boys were there at the right time, in the right place to contain the offensive of the mexican “Cubo” Torres and company.
The ex Cruz Azul player didn’t show tonight the standard we expect from him, especially after all the good commentaries in the media in regards to him.
But the more important factor of this ecounter is mostly linked to the good ball operation by the Best player of MLS, Sebastian Giovinco and the star of the game, Jozy Altidore, who scores a beautiful 2nd annotation.
Is very important talk about the great participation of Giovinco in this match, a guy who didn’t score, but did appear like the maximum figure of soccer in MLS, named this week by the North American Soccer Reporters.
The excellent moment he lives in his career, Sebastian Givinco makes important clubs interested in his caliber, which is the case for the big Mexican team Cruz Azul triying to save “La Maquina” from disappearing from the Liga MX.
In the 2nd half of the match, the substitutions of Vanney’s playbook were very important, they contained the result to 2-0 until the end of this contest. The great vigilence from Bono guarding his arc was also a contributing factor to the success of this match, putting him as one of the heroes of this victory.
Attendance: 26 356
Match stats-
Shots: 10 TFC vs 19 Dynamo
Shots on target: 5 TFC vs 5 Dynamo
Fouls: 11 TFC vs 11 Dynamo
Yellow cards: 0 TFC vs 2 Dynamo
Offsides: 1 TFC vs 1 Dynamo
Corners: 2 TFC vs 9 Dynamo
Lineups
TFC: Bono, Zavaleta, Hagglund, Morrow, Beitashour, Vázquez (Cooper), Bradley, Delgado (Osorio), Edwards, Altidore, Ricketts, Giovinco
Dynamo: Willis, DeLaGarza, Machado, Leonardo, Beasley, Garcia (Quioto), Cabezas, Alex, Alexander (Sánchez), Elis (Manotas), Torres
Houston Dynamo
Toronto FC
