Toronto recovers a 0-1 deficit to best DC United 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TORONTO. Toronto was able to reverse the scoreline against DC United to win 2-1.

By
soccertonic
-
Toronto recovers a 0-1 deficit to best DC United 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TORONTO. Toronto found a way to reverse the score against DC United to win 2-1. It was DC United to strike first with a goal of R. Canouse at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 24′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Osorio gave the win to Toronto in the 53′ minute.

The match was played at the BMO Field stadium in Toronto on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ramy Touchan who was helped by Brian Dunn and Matthew Nelson. The 4th official was Drew Fischer. The weather was drizly. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Toronto

2 - 1

Team 1

DC United

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 9 Total 12
  • 6 On Target 6
  • 3 Off Target 6
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 113 Attack 108
  • 35 Dangerous attack 48
  • 90 Ball safe 81
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 11 Total 20
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Toronto was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. DC United that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

DC United was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Toronto found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Toronto shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, DC United shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Toronto received 4 yellow cards (A. Pozuelo, J. Osorio, S. O’Neill and L. Macnaughton). On the opposite side, DC United received 3 yellow cards (E. Flores, A. Najar and G. Yow).

Match Timeline

10'
Russell Canouse(goal)N. Robertha
24'
47'
49'
Jonathan Osorio (goal)L. Petrasso
53'
Jonathan Osorio - Yellow
55'
62'
65'
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty- sub ->K. Chung
65'
72'
76'
Theodore Ku-DiPietro- sub ->E. Flores
Shane O'Neill- Yellow
77'
82'
83'
Kosi Thompson- sub ->J. Jimenez
84'
90'

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Philadelphia Union
67
34
CF Montréal
65
34
New York City
55
34
New York RB
53
34
Cincinnati
49
34
Inter Miami
48
34
Orlando City
48
34
Columbus Crew
46
34
New England
42
34
Charlotte
42
34
Atlanta United
40
34
Chicago Fire
39
34
Toronto
34
34
DC United
27
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Los Angeles FC
67
34
Austin
56
34
Dallas
53
34
Nashville SC
50
34
LA Galaxy
50
34
Minnesota United
48
34
Real Salt Lake
47
34
Portland Timbers
46
34
Colorado Rapids
43
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
43
34
Seattle Sounders
41
34
Sporting KC
40
34
Houston Dynamo
36
34
SJ Earthquakes
35
34

After playing this match, Toronto will have 4 points like Dallas, New England, Houston Dynamo, New York City and Nashville SC to remain in the 21st place. Talking about the opposition, DC United will stay with 6 points like Austin, Colorado Rapids, New York RB, LA Galaxy and Cincinnati to move up in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Toronto will play away with Philadelphia Union on the 8th of October with a 12-10 head to head in favor of Toronto (7 draws).

DC United will host Cincinnati on the 8th of October with a 4-0 head to head in favor of DC United (4 draws).

Toronto – Formation

Toronto
G
Alex Bono 25.United States
7.4
D
Shane O'Neill 27.United States
6.1
77'
D
Carlos Salcedo 3.Mexico
7.7
D
Lukas MacNaughton 5.Canada
6.5
82'
M
Kadin Chung 12.Canada
6.6
65'
M
Michael Bradley 4.United States
7.1
M
Jonathan Osorio  21.Canada
7.4
55' Goals53'
M
L. Petrasso 38.Canada
8.3
F
Pozuelo 10.Spain
8.0
47' Goals24'
F
Jesús Jiménez  9.Spain
6.5
84'
F
Jayden Nelson 11.Canada
7.0
65'
Substitutes
G
Quentin Westberg 16.United States
D
Chris Mavinga 23.DR Congo
M
N. Okello 14.Canada
M
Kosi Thompson 47.Canada
6.3
84'
M
Ralph Priso 8.Canada
F
Deandre Kerr 29.Canada
F
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 7.Canada
7.0
65'
F
Ifunanyachi Achara 99.Nigeria
7.1
65'
F
J. Perruzza 77.Canada

Toronto adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Bob Bradley decided to play with the following team: .

Toronto could not rely on the presence of J. Marshall-Rutty (injured).

Substitutions

Toronto made 3 changes: J. Nelson for I. Achara (65′), K. Chung for J. Marshall-Rutty (65′) and J. Jimenez for K. Thompson (84′).

DC United – Formation

DC United
G
B. Hamid 28.USA
6.8
D
A. Najar 14.Honduras
6.4
72'
D
Steve Birnbaum 15.United States
6.5
D
Brendan Hines-Ike 4.United States
6.4
M
Brad Smith 5.Australia
6.6
M
Julian Gressel 31.Germany
7.4
90'
M
Russell Canouse 6.United States
7.1
Goals10'
M
Sofiane Djeffal 13.France
6.7
F
É. Flores 10.Peru
6.8
76' 49'
F
Ola Kamara 9.Norway
6.6
F
Nigel Robertha 19.Curaçao
6.8
62'
Substitutes
G
J. Kempin 21.USA
D
Donovan Pines 23.United States
D
Gaoussou Samaké 2.Ivory Coast
D
Tony Alfaro 93.Mexico
6.7
90'
M
Theodore Ku-DiPietro 35.United States
6.4
76'
M
D. Skundrich 12.USA
M
Moses Nyeman 27.United States
F
G. Yow 22.United States
6.8
62' 83'
F
Azaad Liadi 24.USA

Also DC United adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Hernán Pablo Losada played with: .

Substitutions

DC United made 3 changes: N. Robertha for G. Yow (62′), E. Flores for T. Ku-DiPietro (76′) and J. Gressel for T. Alfaro (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​