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Nick Garcia was sent off at the 27th minute by referee Baldomero Toledo. But with ten men, Toronto still pressed the issue. At the 38th minute, Reds had cause for a penalty call but the referee played the advantage, which saw Julian de Guzman stopped by Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen from close range.
Chad Barrett put a cross inside the 18-yard box for De Rosario and he was hauled down in the area. Toledo could have called the penalty right there, instead he allowed Toronto a chance to score from open play, giving Nielsen the advantage on the angled shot from de Guzman.
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Toronto was winning everything in the early going and it seemed that the attack led by Barrett, De Rosario and Jacob Peterson was on course for a breakthrough against an under pressure Kansas City backline.
That was until Toronto lost the momentum at the other end of the pitch. Teal Bunbury and Kei Kamara were always going to give the Reds a worry with their quickness. But they were able to get something more from Toronto, a sending off near the half hour mark to Garcia when the defender missed on a 50/50 ball. He inadvertently struck the leg of Kamara. Toledo then issued an incredible 40th red card in 96 matches.
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Although Toledo registered a brace (of red cards) by sending off Craig Rocastle for a second bookable offense at the 57th minute (41 in 96), it was a hat-trick of saves from KC keeper Jimmy Nielsen that ranks him just ahead of energetic Toronto defender Dan Gargan for MOTM.
At the eighth minute the Danish keeper blocked a Peterson shot from point blank with his head. He later kicked clear a Barrett pass at the goal mouth, before making that stop on de Guzman which might not have been, had the referee awarded the penalty instead of a play advantage.
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Toronto (4-4-2): Stefan Frei, Nick Garcia, Adrian Cann, Nana Attakora, Dan Gargan, Nick LaBrocca, Julian de Guzman, Amadou Sanyang (Gabe Gala 46'), Jacob Peterson (Ty Harden 46'), Dwayne De Rosario, Chad Barrett (O'Brian White 64').
Unused Subs: Jon Conway, Fuad Ibrahim, Sam Cronin, Maxim Usanov.
Discipline: Garcia (ejection 27'), De Rosario (caution) 45'+
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Saturday, June 26 v. Los Angeles
MLS - Week 13
7:30 PM (Rogers Sportsnet)
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There are a lot of uncertainties around this match.
Taking place the first weekend after the league mandated World Cup break, Los Angeles could be without key attacking players Landon Donovan and Edson buddle, while David Beckham continues to nurse a torn ACL.
But LA has already proven to be tough without their star players. They beat Columbus in Week 10 without the services of any of the big three.
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Kansas City outshot Toronto (teams even with three shots on goal). |
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Toronto with an edge on offsides as both teams failed to find the timing for passes and runs. |
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Total number of fouls in the match (Toronto with 9). |
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According to CBC, referee Toledo has now handed out this many red cards in 96 matches. |
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Toronto goes into the break undefeated in eight from all competitions. |
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"I take this as a loss ... people tell me, I haven't seen it, there's no way that should be a red card." - Preki on the two dropped points against Kansas City and Garcia's ejection. He also touched on fatigue following the dismissal before the clubs were ten aside.
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"I wish I was able to keep playing and it is unfortunate that I had to come off because then Julian was forced to stay on with a tight hamstring." - Chad Barrett on his substitution after picking up a knock. It was revealed after the match that de Guzman played through a hamstring injury.
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"The red card was a little unfortunate. We definitely could have gotten three points out of it ... we've done something remarkable in the last few weeks, we just have to keep building on it." - Nick LaBrocca on the Garcia dismissal and Toronto's overall progress. |
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