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Toronto FC 1 – Philadelphia Union 2
Toronto, ON – In an ecounter where everything looks under control for the Canadian team, the hazard was a potential enemy yesterday afternoon.
Looking for a third consecutive victory, Philadelphia Union was following all the propositions of TFC from the beginning, having a few dangerous opportunities from the The Man of New Jersey, Jozy Altidore, defending well against the arsenal of the local group.
The scoreboard got it’s first mark from a very unfortunate autogoal from one of TFC’s best defensemen, Chris Mavinga at minute 25′. The local team went to break with this black cloud overctheir head.
On the 51′, El Matador Pozuelo, executes a free kick on the short area scoring a Golazo of first caliber.
Once the situation got equalized, Jamiro Monteiro makes the goal of triumph at minute 68′.
With this result, the guys of Jim Curtin were able to fight until the end and neutralize tactically any possible reaction from the Reds.
Match stats
Lineups
TORONTO FC – Quentin Westberg; Eriq Zavaleta, Laurent Ciman (Jay Chapman 78’), Chris Mavinga; Auro Jr (Nick DeLeon 69’), Marky Delgado, Michael Bradley(C), Jonathan Osorio, Justin Morrow; Alejandro Pozuelo, Jordan Hamilton (Jozy Altidore 72’)
PHILADELPHIA UNION – Carlos, Raymon Gaddis, Jack Elliot, Auston Trusty, Kai Wagner; Haris Medunjanin, Alejandro Bedoya (C), Jamiro Monteiro, Marco Fabián (Brenden Aaronson 58’); Kacper Przybylko (Warren Creavalle 90+1’), Fabrice-Jean Picault (Sergio Santos 69′).
Shots: TFC 11 – PHI 9
Shots on target: TFC 4 – PHI 5
Possession: TFC 57% – PHI 43%
Fouls: TFC 12 – PHI 16
Yellow cards: TFC 3 – PHI 3
Offsides: TFC 1 – PHI 1
Corners: TFC 7 – PHI 3
