2007 Major League Soccer: DC United vs. Toronto FC
Saturday, September 29, 2007
September 29, 2007 7:30 PM (ET) | |||
DC United | 4–1 | Toronto FC | RFK Stadium, Washington DC Attendance: 25,174 Referee: Ramon Hernandez |
Boswell 25' McTavish 40' Gros 46' Kpene 46' Olsen 46' Moreno 46' Burch 52' (1) Fred 57' (7) Moreno 66' (7) Emilio 70' (20) Gomez 71' Carroll 71' |
Marshall 11' Robinson 14' (2) Braz 45' Braz 62' Cunningham 62' Samuel 75' Lombardo 75' Pozniak 82' Canizalez 82' |
DC United took magic number to clinch MLS Supporters' Shield was reduced to 12 after a 4-1 come-from-behind victory against Toronto FC. After the loss, Toronto FC will be eliminated from post-season contention if Chicago Fire win against Chivas USA tonight.
Toronto for the second straight week took an early lead in the first half from a Carl Robinson free kick while DC United looked "passive" in the first half.
In the second half, DC United showed why they're the top team in the league by scoring four goals. Late in the half DC United went down to ten men when Fred went down with an injury after DC United's third and final substitution. The loss for Toronto FC makes it a 11 game winless streak. Toronto have now only scored two goals in their last 1,002 minutes played.
Starting lineup, substitute's bench & statistics
Starting lineup | |||
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DC United | Toronto FC | ||
# | Player | # | Player |
1 | Troy Perkins (GK) | 2 | Andrew Boyens |
4 | Marc Burch | 3 | Adam Braz |
6 | Greg Vanney | 6 | Maurice Edu |
7 | Fred | 11 | Jim Brennan |
10 | Christian Gomez | 12 | Todd Dunivant |
11 | Luciano Emilio | 13 | Chris Pozniak |
17 | Joshua Gros | 14 | Tyrone Marshall |
18 | Devon McTavish | 16 | Marvell Wynne |
19 | Clyde Simms | 21 | Collin Samuel |
20 | Guy-Roland Kpene | 33 | Carl Robinson |
32 | Bobby Boswell | 39 | Kenny Stamatopoulos (GK) |
Substitutes' Bench | |||
12 | Domenic Mediate | 17 | Joey Melo |
14 | Ben Olsen | 18 | Srdjan Djekanovic (GK) |
15 | Rod Dyachenko | 20 | Andrea Lombardo |
16 | Brian Carroll | 23 | Miguel Canizalez |
21 | Stephen deRoux | 24 | Tyler Hemming |
22 | Jay Nolly (GK) | 27 | Gabe Gala |
99 | Jaime Moreno | 93 | Jeff Cuningham |
Statistics | |||
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Statistic | DC United | Toronto FC | |
Total Shots: | 13 | 8 | |
Shots on Goal: | 8 | 3 | |
Fouls: | 18 | 17 | |
Offsides: | 2 | 1 | |
Corner Kicks: | 3 | 0 |
Sources
- Charles Boehm. "Explosive United run past Toronto" — Major League Soccer, September 29, 2007
- "TFC scores, but lose to DC United" — Rogers Sportsnet, September 29, 2007