What/When Toronto FC (0-1-0) will pay a visit to Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania to take on the Philadelphia Union (0-1-0) on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm EST. TV/Video This match will be shown live on TSN4 and TSN5 (http://www.tsn.ca/, English) in Canada, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (http://www.csnphilly.com/, English) in Philadelphia, MLS Direct Kick and MLS Live (http://live.mlssoccer.com/, U.S. only). Radio/Audio CHUM AM 1050 (http://www.tsn.ca/toronto/) in Toronto.
Hello all.... I do a weekly matchday thread over in the Union forum. You all are welcome to join in our discussion of our upcoming home opener. All I ask is that anyone wishing to join in keep things civil and on topic, no rivalries crap please! You can join us HERE if you'd like.
Both teams coming off 0-0 opening week draws. I say 2-1 TFC as we get back on track slightly faster than the Union.
with 7 minutes to go in first half....1-nil to the home side and they have missed a penalty too....TFC looking absolutely crap...no rhythm, no cohesion, no ability to string more than 2 passes together and wingers that (in the words of a former coach of mine) "couldnae cross a street".
Fnal couple of minutes of half are event filled....Giovinco goes down injured from a tackle...leaves the match and on comes Ricketts......the free kick is taken, Altidore looks to be pulled down in box...penalty given....Altidore takes it and scores. HT 1-1
I am gonna go with consistent....the one other attempt Toronto had on net was Giovinco free kick blasted into the wall....free kick was awarded for a similar wrestle manouver...as was their penalty when Haglund pulled their man down in a similar fashion. We get all over refs for lacking consistency....Mr. Geiger is being very consistent.
71st minute.....skipper takes a free kick quickly...floats a ball into left side of the box....Morrow runs onto it...brings it down nicely, then almost falls over...but slips it past keeper. EDIT 2 minutes later Sapong finds one of the massive crevices in TFC's back 3 and receives a pass nicely and calmy slips it past Irwin....2-2
If Onyewu isn't already on a yellow, he would've been booked for that high boot. He should be off by now.
This is terrific On the game, probably a fair result. 2 road points ain't bad. Seba's only got a contusion, which is a relief. I'm really looking forward to the VanCity game next week
Seba day to day. Could be questionable for Saturday. #TFC— John Molinaro (@JohnMolinaro) March 14, 2017