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Canadian Press
Abdul Hamid Ibrahim
Toronto — Jonathan Osorio scored early, Toronto Ralph Priso added the final winner as FC beat Atlanta United 2-1 on Saturday.
Jayden Nelson's pass led him to the box, where he defeated the defender and passed Atlanta goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo, after which Osorio scored in the 8th minute. Did.
Luis de Araujo put an end to Atlanta's aggressive pain in the 57th minute, ran down the right side of the field, passed the defenders and drew a one-on-one draw against Toronto's Quentin Westberg. rice field.
Priso was able to find the other side of the net in the 78th minute to break the stalemate in Major League Soccer.
Toronto (5-8-3) has improved to 5-3-0 in BMO Field, which enjoys most of the success of the season. Toronto FC will host Columbus Crew on Wednesday as the team will continue their five-game homestand.
Toronto has won one of the last eight games. On May 28th, I won the Chicago Fire at home. Defeated Canadian CF Montréal 4-0. Wednesday's championship semi-final, Toronto was built on the slightest momentum gained this season.
Despite having three goals between the two teams, the match did not miss a scoring chance.
Atlanta struggled to get the ball to the goal and passed many of the matches, struggling to try to pass from the corner and connect to each other with a free kick.
On the other hand, Toronto had a significant portion of the chances it was near the goal and missed at the goal.
In the 12th minute, Nelson took advantage of the man to push the ball upfield and eventually found Osorio down to the left, but tried to beat the defender at the border of the goal line. The ball is out of bounds. He missed on the net again two minutes later.
Forward Hess Jimenez, one of MLS's top scorers, also missed some of his own opportunities.
Italy's international Lorenzo Insigne was attending the game as the crowd gave him big applause and cheers when displayed on the big screen. The 31-year-old, who signed with Toronto FC earlier this year, was officially introduced to fans on Friday. He will make his debut on July 9th.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on June 25, 2022, by
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