Toronto FC 0 – 1 FC Dallas
By Luis Martinez (Twitter @canadaluis)
Photos by David Chant (on Instagram) and Michael Fayehun (you can follow him on Instagram here)
Toronto, ON – Unpleasant night for the TFC fans, with the visiting FC Dallas winning by 1-0.
The game started with a back and forth for both teams.
Vanney put the confidence on the Captain, Michael Bradley, once again to lead the defensive line, completely behind the two lateral defensers, which did not result in a positive outcome, it actually allowed the Dallas attackers to exhibition their velocity against a slower back line.
On another token, Clint Irwin saw his return on the Reds arc.
But FC Dallas was hungry for a victory and the Argentinian, Maxi Urruti, gets a rebound on the 16.50 area deceiving Clint Irwin of the trajectory for the ball.
After the annotation, TFC tried to respond on the attack until the referee sanctions a penalty shot in favor of the Vanney boys. One more time, “il Capo”, Sebastian Giovinco got the opportunity to shoot, but he didn’t score.
The figure of the match was José Luis “Jesse” González, after stopping the Giovinco PK, the young goalkeeper performs a brilliant night in celebration of his birthday.
Even Irwin had a great night, but the loss obscured his big actions throughout the encounter.
Unfortunately, the yellow card was on special for the American team, only seven cards… and leaving a big frustration for the Ontario Team.
Match stats
Lineups
TFC – Irwin, Van der Wiel, Bradley, Mavinga (Hagglund), Auro, Osorio, Fraser (Hamilton), Vazquez, Telfer, Ricketts (Chapman) , Giovinco
Dallas – Gonzalez, Figueroa, Ziegler, Hedges, Cannon, Acosta (Gruezo), Ulloa, Hayes, Mosquera (Diaz), Urruti, Barrios (Lamah)
Shots: TFC 23 – Dallas 12
Shots on target: TFC 9 – Dallas 3
Possesion: TFC 71% – Dallas 29%
Fouls: TFC 11 – Dallas 13
Yellow cards: TFC 2 – Dallas 7
Corners: TFC 8 – Dallas 1
