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Posted by
Mat Rooney,
May 28, 2016 |
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Looking to recover from their less than stellar home stint, Toronto headed to New York to take on the Red Bulls. Unfortunately, Toronto, without any star power for the most part, fared only slightly better score-wise than NYCFC did last week against the Red Bulls, losing 3-0. I say only slightly because Bradley Wright-Phillips scored one of the fastest hat-tricks in MLS history. Here's the breakdown of this sad outing against the Red Bulls, who are looking more like Monsters than Red Bulls lately.
Not the déja vu I was hoping for.
The Opening 45
Toronto played what might be the ugliest 45 minutes the club has played since Greg Vanney took over coaching duties. Things went south early, as Bradley Wright-Phillips headed a free kick past Clint Irwin. Toronto's weak defending would see Bradley Wright-Phillips go on to score 2 more during the half, setting the record for the fastest hat trick from the start of a game in MLS history. The Red Bulls truly dominated Toronto, even after losing Gonzalo Verón to a red card late in the half.
Aside the hat-trick, Toronto suffered greatly in the 21st minute when Sebastian Giovinco had to exit the game with what was later revealed to be an adductor injury and the lack of forward depth resulted in defender Ashtone Morgan entering the game for him.
The Second Half
Thanks to having a man advantage, Toronto were able to control the ball and keep the Red Bulls away from the net but sadly Toronto was unable to put away any of their 19 chances. The closest Toronto came to a goal was on a penalty kick by Will Johnson that, after going in, was declared void (Red Bulls keeper Luis Robles saved the retake). The team, for the most part, looked, well, ugly and had they not had the extra man things might have been much worse.
Man of the Match
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