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Posted by
Mat Rooney,
July 17, 2016 |
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San Jose Earthquake beat Toronto FC despite being 2 men down. In what may be the worst performance by Toronto this year, the club dominated the game but struggled to get shots on net and seemed unfocused for much of the game. Following San Jose's second and some odd subs by Toronto the game ended with Toronto embarrassed.
The Opening 45
While the game was mostly even, Toronto seemed to be chasing San Jose slightly early on. What seemed like an early goal by Simon Dawkins was deemed void due to the ball touching an offside Chris Wondolowski. In the 26th minute, San Jose had another great chance but Alex Bono and Steven Beitashour put a stop to it. However, minutes later Quincy Amarikwa drew first blood off a cross from Fatai Alashe.
Toronto seemed mostly neutralized until Aníbal Godoy clipped Tsubasa Endoh and was shown a questionable red card. Toronto used the man advantage wisely resulting in a late goal by Justin Morrow tying the game up 1 all at the half.
The Second Half
The man advantage become a 2 man when Endoh was fouled by Alberto Quinter resulting in San Jose's second red card. From that point on Toronto dominated possession but, despite some chances, were unable to find the back of the net.
Things fell apart in the 70th minute when Dawkins beat both Beitashour and Josh Williams and drove the ball into the net giving San Jose a 2-1 lead.
Oddly, despite being down and having a two-man advantage, Toronto subbed off offensive players Jordan Hamilton and Jonathan Osorio in the 76th minute for the defense-oriented Marco Delgado and Nick Hagglund. While Hagglund came close, the use of the defensive players in attacking roles didn't help much as Toronto somehow lost to the 9 man San Jose side 2 to 1.
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