Pre-Match / Match / Post-Match Thread - Toronto FC vs. Houston Dynamo - July 1, 2010 (R)

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What/When

• Celebrate Canada Day with Toronto FC (5-3-4) as they continue their homestand at BMO Field when they take on the Houston Dynamo (5-2-7) on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 7:00 pm EDT.

TV/Video

• This match will be shown live on Rogers Sportsnet (http://www.sportsnet.ca/, Ontario and Pacific regions only) in Canada, ESPN2 (http://espn.go.com/) and ESPN Deportes (http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/) in the U.S..

Radio/Audio

• CJCL AM 590 (http://www.fan590.com/) in Toronto; KBME AM 790 (http://www.sports790.com/, English) and KEYH AM 850 (http://www.laranchera850.com/, Spanish) in Houston.

And The Game...

• http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/2028201/701torhou-pdf-june-30-2010-4-11-pm-2-9-meg?da=y

Five Match Trend

• TFC: DWWDD
• HOU: WLLLD

Last Match vs. Houston

• TFC vs. HOU, July 18, 2009: TFC 1 HOU 1

Supporters Group Match Thread Links

• U-Sector: http://z15.invisionfree.com/U_Sector/index.php?showtopic=13552
• Red Patch Boys: http://64.13.252.151/forums/showthread.php?t=23373
• North End Elite: http://www.kickabola.com/showthread.php?t=20949

As always, No Trolling. No Flaming.

 

REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Daniel Belleau; JAR (opposite): Eric Boria; 4th: Geoff Gamble
MLS Career: 95 games; FC/gm: 25.9; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 21; pens: 33

ALL-TIME TORONTO FC MATCHES WITH MARRUFO AS REFEREE:
(from ManiacalClown)

7/4/2007
Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 Toronto FC
YELLOW: R. O'Brien, S. Djekanovic, A. Harris, R. Kotschau, C. Pozniak, J. Cunningham
RED: NONE

7/29/2007
Toronto FC 0 - 3 Chicago Fire
YELLOW: C. Carr, A. Welsh, C. Barrett, C. Samuel
RED: NONE

6/14/2008
Toronto FC 3 - 1 Colorado Rapids
YELLOW: J. Cunningham, K. Harmse, P. Burpo
RED: NONE

10/18/2008
Toronto FC 3 - 2 Chicago Fire
YELLOW: D. Dichio, A. Guevara, G. Segares, B. Soumare, H. Freeman
RED: NONE

6/13/2009
Toronto FC 2 - 1 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: K. Harmse, M. Petke, A. Serioux, C. Robinson
RED: M. Petke (2CT)

5/15/2010
Los Angeles Galaxy 0 - 0 Toronto FC
YELLOW: O. Gonzalez, M. Usanov
RED: M. Usanov (2CT)

OVERALL RECORD: 4-1-1
2.167 PPG

INJURY REPORT:
TORONTO FC
OUT: DF Emmanuel Gomez (R knee osteochondral injury)
QUESTIONABLE: MF Joseph Nane (R shoulder separation)

HOUSTON DYNAMO
OUT: MF Geoff Cameron (R knee)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: TOR: Julian de Guzman, Maksim Usanov
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Bobby Boswell, Mike Chabala, Lovel Palmer

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (6 meetings): Toronto FC 1 win, 4 goals … Dynamo 2 wins, 8 goals … Ties 3
AT BMO FIELD (3 meetings): Toronto FC 1 win, 3 goals … Dynamo 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 2
RETURN MATCH: 9/18: Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo, 7:30 p.m. CT

 

Try torontofc.ca .

 

OK, here, TFC's starting XI:

[LINEUP-4-4-2] De Rosario, Barrett, LaBrocca, de Guzman, Sanyang, Peterson, Gargan, Cann, Attakora, Garcia, Frei[/LINEUP-4-4-2]

subs - Conway, Gala, Harden, White, Usanov, Ibrahim, Saric

 

If you're in as deep as Barrett was, you gotta take that shot. Barrett held on to the ball too long.

 

I really have no idea why TFC is being tentative with their shots. They shouldn't try to be fancy with it. Just get the shot.

Sooner or later, TFC is gonna get burned by this.

 

The theme of this match is missed opportunities. TFC had a good number of chances to open the scoring, but were either tentative or missed altogether.

Something happened to this team during the World Cup break. Not sure why they're being this tentative.

Outside of that, it appears TFC is the more dominant of the two. However, as mentioned, if they get an open shot, they can't be fancy with the ball.

0-0 at halftime.

 

OK, one change for TFC at halftime. White now in for Peterson. DeRo likely dropped back to the midfield.

 

Sanyang didn't really deserve that yellow card he just got. Looked like a clean tackle.

 

Wow. TFC just dodged a bullet there. Mullan looked to have scored to put Houston up 1-0, but the offside flag went up.

 

Nice hip check by Garcia on Cruz, but in this sport, that gets you a yellow card.

 

A scuffle breaks out right in front of the supporters groups. Looks like Attakora and Ngwenya are getting red cards.


No! De Guzman got the red for TFC! WTF? He didn't do anything. It was Attakora who grabbed Ngwenya's throat.

Attakora only gets a yellow out of that.

Either way, both sides down to 10 men.

 

Gala now in for LaBrocca.

 

Yup. Just like I said, missed chances would come back to burn TFC, and it did. Ching puts home a header off a corner kick to make it 1-0 Houston.

 

Ibrahim now in for Garcia.

 

DAN GARGAN!!!!!!!!!!!

1-1!!!!!!!!!!

Great header off the corner kick!

 

Another scuffle, this time in the Houston 18. Sanyang gets his second yellow, which becomes a red card.

Cochrane gets a yellow for Houston.

 

And that's it.

What could have been a disastrous endiing for TFC in this match was salvaged by Gargan's late equalizer.

But you have to wonder... if TFC had been aggressive with their shot decisions, especially in the first 45, they could have walked out with max points. Instead, they only get one.

The match got chippy in the second half, as there were scuffles at both ends of the field. de Guzman and Sanyang are lost to TFC for their next league match against Colorado. de Guzman really didn't deserve the red, as Attakora was clearly the guilty party, but he only got a yellow. Attakora owes de Guzman one now.

It's a nine-day break for TFC as they finish up the homestand next week against Colorado.

1-1 is your final.