Toronto Fc was in a very good spirits after winning the 2020 Canadian Championship, but falling 2-0 to the New York Red Bulls brought them back to earth
New York Red Bulls had a (59%) of possession of the ball,and most important thanks to the great effort from their players such as :
Lewis Morgan and Luquinhas ensured the Red Bulls to get 3 very important points.
We were able to see the Toronto Fc play a little more a high tempo style thanks to , Jayden Nelson and Jesús Jiménez but it was not enough .
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Finishing the first half Toronto FC ended it up with 286 passes, but only record two shots on target.
Toronto shows most of the time great effort to overcome adversity of late , but it was not the case this time .
Jacob Shaffelburg coming at the 66 th minute injected some much needed effort and life to the Toronto Fc but it was not enough to overcome the score and the strong defense from the New York Red Bulls.
Toronto Fc is been having to much trouble playing as a visitor lately , with nothing to show in the score .
New York Red Bulls got a great victory and is getting closer to the leader of the Eastern Conference leaders .
Toronto Fc is still at the 12th position but are now just one point above D.C. United and the Chicago Fire in 13th and 14th, respectively. In the context of the playoffs, the Reds are five points behind seventh place FC Cincinnati with 19 league games still to play.
Bob Bradley explained after the match “I still think that we don’t have enough guys that when the games are fast and have a little more of a physical element are at the level they need to be,”
Bob Bradley also says that it is the price to growth young guys and adapt them to the highest level.
We have to compete and be willing to do whatever it takes to get results in these next games .
Up next for Toronto FC is a mouth-watering Canadian Championship semi-final clash against none other than CF Montreal on Wednesday, June 22nd.
