Toronto FC 1 – 3 Houston Dynamo
By Luis Martinez (Twitter @canadaluis)
Toronto, ON – Houston Dynamo wins 3 – 1 against Toronto FC.
The Canadian franchise of Mayor League Soccer, Toronto FC weren’t efficient last night at BMO Field.
McNamara opens the score very early at minute 4′ of the game, Tomas Martinez at 23′ and Mauro Manotas were the punishers of the Vanney Boys.
The Man of New Jersey, Jozy Altidore was the guy who showed that he is in a very excellent physical condition throughout the encounter penetrating the net of Tyler Deric at 75′.
Wasn’t easy for the Canadians to wake up after the first goal. The defensive starting line were very well organized, but the group of Wilmer Cabrera performed better on the field and found creativity to open the spaces and score.
In the 2nd half, the TFC defenders got into trouble until the entrance of Michael Bradley to put order again on his line.
It os not clear the panoramic for the Reds, they depend on the future results of Montreal Impact also of the Columbus Crew situation.
Another uncertain future is that of Greg Vanney, the coach of Virginia risks to be on the chopping block in the next games, if he doesn’t qualify for the playoffs, Ali Curtis is surely already thinking to change the bench of Toronto FC.
Match stats
Lineups
TFC – Quentin Westberg (C); Auro Jr., Eriq Zavaleta, Laurent Ciman, Justin Morrow; Nick DeLeon (Michael Bradley 58’), Liam Fraser, Jonathan Osorio, Jay Chapman (Jacob Shaffelburg HT); Patrick Mullins (Jozy Altidore HT), Tsubasa Endoh.
HOUSTON – Tyler Deric; AJ Delagarza Jr.(Kevin García 59’), Maynor Figueroa, Aljaz Struna, Adam Lundkvist; Memo Rodríguez (Romell Quioto 67’), Matías Vera; Boniek García (C), Tomás Martínez, Tommy McNamara; Mauro Manotas (Juan Cabezas 79’)
Shots: TFC 18 – HOU 7
Shots on target: TFC 5 – HOU 6
Possession: TFC 69% – HOU 31%
Fouls: TFC 5 – HOU 7
Yellow cards: TFC 0 – HOU 0
Offsides: TFC 1 – HOU 0
Corners: TFC 7 – HOU 1
