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Results and details of the Saturday May 19th, 2007 MLS game between Toronto FC and DC United played at BMO Field in Toronto at 3:30pm.
Toronto FC (red socks and shirts, white shorts, names and numbers)
.............................1 Greg Sutton
16 Marvell Wynne...2 Andrew Boyens...11 Jim Brennan (cpt)...8 Kevin Goldthwaite
5 Ronnie O'Brien...33 Carl Robinson...6 Maurice Edu...7 Andy Welsh
....................9 Danny Dichio...10 Alecko Eskandarian
Subs:...18 Srdjan Djekanovic (gk)...3 Adam Braz (def)...12 Edson Buddle (fwd)...15 David Guzman (mid)...20 Andrea Lombardo (fwd)...26 Cristian Nunez (mid)...27 Gabe Gala (def)
team officials:...head coach Mo Johnston
DC United (all black, white names and numbers)
..........................1 Troy Perkins
..............5 Facundo Erpen...26 Bryan Namoff...17 Joshua Gros
7 Fred...32 Bobby Boswell...16 Brian Carroll...10 Christian Gomez...14 Ben Olsen
..................99 Jaime Moreno...11 Luciano Emilio
Subs:...22 Jay Nolly (gk)...4 Marc Burch (fwd)...6 Kasali Yinka Casal (mid)...8 Justin Moose (mid)...19 Clyde Simms (mid)...20 Guy-Roland Kpene (fwd)...21 Stephen deRoux (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tom Soehn
Game officials:...referee Baldomero Toledo...referee's assistants Thomas Supple and Nate Clement...fourth official Jonathon Lavergne...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 3:49pm...TFC defend south end.
39 sec...TFC O'Brien cross from right 30 yards is wide left through box.
1 min...TFC Goldthwaite long throw-in from left is caught by goalie.
2 min...DCU Moreno rolls 12 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
3 min...TFC O'Brien cross from right end line is headed away.
5 min...TFC Brennan slides to take away ball from DCU player who's into box on right.
5 min...TFC goalkick has TFC Dichio head tip 20 yarder that bounces to DCU goalie.
7 min...DCU Erpen injured near sideline at own 40 yard line.
9 min...DCU Gomez 35 yard freekick up middle short right and shot blocked 25 yards out.
10 min...TFC Welsh 30 yard cross from left is caught by goalie.
10 min...DCU Gros 30 yard cross into box from left is caught by goalie.
12 min...DCU Brian Carroll cross from 22 yards on left is wide right for cornerkick.
14 min...TFC O'Brien 30 yard freekick from left is directly to goalie with forwards held back.
16 min...TFC YELLOW card...Eskandarian bashes through defender but goalie picks up bouncer. He earns a card for either that or argueing about the call.
19 min...TFC Brennan 55 yard freekick from left has defender clear on edge of box.
20 min...DCU Emilio injured at TFC 40 yard line.
21 min...DCU Brian Carroll 40 yard freekick popped up header for goalie to catch.
21 min...TFC Goldthwaite 40 yard cross from left is well behind net wide right.
25 min...DCU Gros 40 yard cross from right has goalie catch ahead of DCU striker.
26 min...TFC Robinson chips ball from 20 yards over players right to goalie.
27 min...TFC O'Brien 45 yard freekick is wide left and defender heads away.
29 min...TFC YELLOW card...Edu for sliding tackle on DCU Namoff at DCU 45 yards.
30 min...DCU Gomez gets to cross wide left and TFC defender blocks.
31 min...DCU Gomez cornerkick from left is through box high but play is whistled down.
31 min...TFC Eskandarian leaps to header from left and knocks ball to ground............
33 min...TFC O'Brien curves 25 yard shot from right is well wide right.
34 min...DCU YELLOW card...Erpen for pulling down TFC Dichio from behind at DCU 22 yard on left.
35 min...TFC Robinson freekick from 22 yards on left is into head in wall.
35 min...TFC YELLOW card...Goldthwaite for pulling down DCU Emilio breaking out near center line.
36 min...DCU Olsen slips pass to DCU Gros who crosses from left that's blocked by defender.
39 min...DCU YELLOW card...Narnoff for tripping TFC Welsh at centre line.
40 min...TFC Welsh 55 yard freekick from left has TFC Dichio pop up header on edge of box which charging DCU goalie catches.
43 min...TFC Alecko Eskandarian GOAL...TFC Wynne takes a long throw-in from right has TFC player head ball down and back out of box. TFC Robinson blasts low shot from 22 yards that's stopped by TFC Eskandarian who was trying to jump out of way at 10 yards. Defender misses and TFC Edu pokes over to Eskandarian who now blasts 8 yard shot into top left corner of net.
45 min...TFC Eskandarian checked off ball on edge of box.
47 min...TFC Dichio 30 yard turn and kick deflected for cornerkick.
47 min...TFC O'Brien cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
48 min...half ends 4:37pm.
2nd Half:...starts 4:53pm.
45 min...DCU Olsen cross from right is through box.
46 min...DCU goalie charges out to head away through ball before TFC Eskandarian can make play.
48 min...TFC Welsh cross from left 20 yards has TFC Dichio flick pop up header well over net from 12 yards.
49 min...DCU goalie clears through ball to DCU Emilio up middle on break and 20 yard shot is wide right.
51 min...DCU (TFC own goal) GOAL...DCU Gomez 30 yard freekick blast has TFC Goldthwaite flick header into own net under bar from 8 yards.
54 min...TFC O'Brien 22 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
56 min...DCU sub...Kpene replaces Erpin.
56 min...TFC Robinson 35 yard freekick from left has goalie punch ball and defenders clear.
59 min...TFC goalie to right edge of box to grab ball although he slips.
59 min...TFC sub...Buddle replaces Eskandarian.
61 min...TFC Goldthwaite cross from left end line roller behind net.
61 min...TFC Brennan clars DCU Emilio on rush into box.
61 min...DCU Gomez low 15 yard shot on quick pass has goalie dive for save.
64 min...TFC Brennan gets back to head away ball into box.
65 min...TFC Goldthwaite cross from left 20 yards is caught by goalie.
65 min...DCU Gomez rolls pass and DCU Olsen 15 yard shot is well wide left.
67 min...TFC goalie charges left through crowd of players to catch deflected ball.
68 min...TFC O'Brien 40 yard freekick blast is well over net.
69 min...DCU Moreno 30 yard freekick touch worked over to DCU Olsen who passes low through box and knocked around.
69 min...DCU Narnoff ends pressure with 25 yard shot of partial clearance wide left and way too high.
71 min...TFC sub...Lombardo replaces Dichio.
72 min...DCU Olsen rolls ball from right across box and TFC Robinson runs back to boot ball for cornerkick.
73 min...DCU Olsen cornerkick from right is short and DCU player on edge of box blasts shot that deflects off TFC Robinson and is cleared.
75 min...DCU Olsen cross from right has defender clear ball on edge of box.
78 min...DCU Kpene pass into box has DCU Emilio pulled down in box changing direction by TFC Wynne. Referee Baldomero Toledo calls Penalty kick.
78 min...DCU Jaime Moreno Penalty Kick GOAL...Moreno penalty kick is low into left side of net beyond flying goalie.
80 min...DCU sub...Simms replaces Gomez.
80 min...TFC YELLOW card...Brennan for elbow on DCU Kpene at TFC 30 yards on right.
83 min...TFC Goldthwaite throw-in has TFC Robinson dive on edge of box.
84 min...TFC Goldthwaite throw-in from left starts flurry of shots and action ending in cornerkick.
85 min...DCU goalie dives forward to grab cornerkick from right.
86 min...TFC player pops header from 15 yards wide left of net after cornerkick.
86 min...DCU subs...DeRoux replaces Moreno.
87 min...TFC Goldthwaite cross from 30 yards into box has goalie catch in crowd of players.
90 min...DCU Fred rush down middle and tips pass to DCU Emilio who knocks over defender who lunged for him. TFC goalie makes hand save on 6 yard shot but play whistled down.
92 min...TFC Lombardo leaps for cross and heads 12 yarder well over net.
93 min...TFC Buddle hard blast from 20 yards has goalie catch ball.
93 min...DCU Emilio in box on right from 8 yards hits left post but ball stays out.
94 min...game ends 5:42pm.
Final Score:..........Toronto FC.............1.........DC United............2............
Attendance was announced as being the fourth sellout in a row with 20085. Man Of The Match was announced as TFC's Ronnie O'Brien. (I suspect they'll never give this award to a visiting player).
Toronto FC players looked tired in the second half. This was their third game this week and after a good first half effort they couldn't hold on for their third victory in a row. DC United started the day behind FC in the standings by one point.
stats from MLSnet.com D.C. United (2-3-1) vs. Toronto FC (2-5-0) May 19, 2007 -- BMO Field Scoring Summary: TOR -- Alecko Eskandarian 1 (Maurice Edu 1) 44 DC -- Own Goal (Kevin Goldthwaite) 53 DC -- Jaime Moreno 3 (penalty kick) 79 Toronto FC D.C. United total shots: 9 (Ronnie O'Brien 3) 8 (Luciano Emilio 2, Jaime Moreno 2) shots on goal: 6 (Alecko Eskandarian 2) 3 (Jaime Moreno 2) fouls: 20 (4 tied with 3) 18 (Facundo Erpen 5) offsides: 1 (Andrea Lombardo 1) 2 (Fred 1, Guy-Roland Kpene 1) corner kicks: 2 (Ronnie O'Brien 2) 3 (Ben Olsen 2) saves: 2 (Greg Sutton 2) 4 (Troy Perkins 4) Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Alecko Eskandarian (caution; Reckless Foul) 17 TOR -- Maurice Edu (caution; Reckless Foul) 30 DC -- Facundo Erpen (caution; Tackle from Behind) 35 TOR -- Kevin Goldthwaite (caution; Pushing, Holding) 36 DC -- Bryan Namoff (caution; Tackle from Behind) 40 TOR -- Jim Brennan (caution; Reckless Foul) 81 referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee's Assistants: Thomas Supple; Nate Clement 4th official: Jonathon Lavergne time of game: 1:54 attendance: 20,183 weather: Sunny -and- 70 degrees All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
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TFC players warming up. New favourite spot to do this is near the Red Patch Boys/U-Sector fans.
A different banner than last weeks works it way around the field before the game.
Toronto FC starters.
DC United starters.
Eskandarian and Dichio ready to kick off.
Halftime contest involves fans trying to knock cartons of beer off benches for prizes.
Toronto FC players deciding who will take this freekick.
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