Toronto FC battles San Jose Earthquakes to draw
An injury-ravaged TFC put in a valiant effort to earn a point against the Supporters’ Shield leaders on Saturday at BMO Field.
- Toronto FC 1 (Sallói 2’), San Jose Earthquakes 1 (Judd 13’)
- 10 players out injured for TFC, including Mihailovic and Sargent
- Sallói scored his team-leading 4th goal of the campaign
- TFC 2’s Micah Chisholm made his 1st team debut off the bench
TORONTO – It was a moral victory of sorts for Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon.
An injury-depleted TFC side that was missing DPs Djordje Mihailovic and Josh Sargent, and was playing the first of three games in an eight-day period did well to earn a 1-1 draw vs. the MLS table-topping San Jose Earthquakes before an announced crowd of 19,021 at BMO Field.
Dániel Sallói scored for Toronto (3-3-5) who is now winless in five games (four draws) and has kept just one clean sheet through its first 11 matches of the campaign. The Reds’ last victory was on April 4 – since then they’ve collected just four out of a possible 15 points.
Toronto has three more games (one at home) before MLS takes an extended break for this summer's FIFA World Cup. The Reds have to collect as many points as they can from this upcoming stretch or they run the risk of having to dig themselves out a big hole when the league resumes action in mid-July.
