TFC REPUBLIC

Toronto FC squanders lead in road loss to Columbus Crew

John Molinaro -
  • Toronto FC 1 (Jiménez 14’), Columbus Crew 2 (Zelarayán 56’; Etienne 65’)
  • Jiménez scores his 2nd goal in 3 MLS appearances for TFC
  • Chung, MacNaughton make their 1st league starts for Reds

It was a valiant effort from a short-handed Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon.

But in the end, the Reds came out on the wrong end of a 2-1 road decision to the Columbus Crew, unable to sustain the momentum they gathered from a first half that was easily their best 45 minutes of this young MLS campaign.

Jesús Jiménez scored for Toronto (0-2-1), who is now winless in its last nine league matches dating back to last year.