2007 Major League Soccer: DC United vs. Toronto FC
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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 do
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 lineupDC UnitedToronto FC#Player#Player1Troy Perkins (GK)2Andrew Boyens4Marc Burch3Adam Braz6Greg Vanney6Maurice Edu7Fred11Jim Brennan10Christian Gomez12Todd Dunivant11Luciano Emilio13Chris Pozniak17Joshua Gros14Tyrone Marshall18Devon McTavish16Marvell Wynne19Clyde Simms21Collin Samuel20Guy-Roland Kpene33Carl Robinson32Bobby Boswell39Kenny Stamatopoulos (GK)Substitutes' Bench12Domenic Mediate17Joey Melo14Ben Olsen18Srdjan Djekanovic (GK)15Rod Dyachenko20Andrea Lombardo16Brian Carroll23Miguel Canizalez21Stephen deRoux24Tyler Hemming22Jay Nolly (GK)27Gabe Gala99Jaime Moreno93Jeff Cuningham
StatisticsStatisticDC UnitedToronto FCTotal Shots:138Shots on Goal:83Fouls:1817Offsides:21Corner Kicks:30
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