October 6, 2018 MLS Toronto FC--Toronto FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Saturday October 6, 2018 MLS game between Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps played at BMO Field in Toronto at 5:09pm. 3 min...VW Russell Teibert GOAL...Teibert receives short backpass at 22 yard line on far right from VW Brek Shea and runs over to middle and sends low pass over to VW Alphonso Davies at 25 yard line on left. Davies starts run forward towards goal but taps ball back to VW Yordy Reyna at 25 yards who one-touches roller forward to charging Teibert who collects it just inside box and low 10 yard shot from left before sliding TFC Chris Mavinga can block him is past diving goalie Alex Bono at 4 yards on near post and into right corner of net. 65 min...TFC RED card...Gregory van der Wiel earns his second Yellow card for hip check block near edge of TFC box on VW Yordy Reyna. 71 min...VW Doneil Henry is called on hand ball on slide inside right side of box in attempt to block TFC Jay Chapman's low cross from 15 yards which hit his upraised arm. Referee Jose Carlos Rivero awards TFC a Penalty kick. 72 min...TFC Jozy Altidore GOAL...Altidore chips Penalty kick high and down middle as goalie Stefan Marinovic dives to left side of goal. 77 min...VW Kei Kamara GOAL...TFC Michael Bradley touches ball back from 40 yard line on right to TFC Chris Mavinga at 37 yards but VW Yordy Reyna picks up deflection off Mavinga and sends low pass up right to charging VW Jordan Mutch who chases it to at 15 yard line and he dribbles into right side of box and rolls pass along 6 yard line in front of retreating TFC Justin Morrow and TFC Nick Hagglund who had stopped and charging Kamara steps in front of TFC Auro and shoots 6 yarder forward under sliding goalie into right side of net. Final Score:....Toronto FC......1.....Vancouver Whitecaps......2....... Attendance was announced as 23886 on this overcast and damp day. The people beside me were strangers as the season seat holders had ditched their tickets. The weather turned out pretty good for this time of year after the morning was cold. A few drops of rain more than two hours before the game had stopped but may have killed off much of the walk up crowd. So the result of this game combined with the Montreal Impact winning (unknown to me before the TFC game ended) officially eliminates TFC. There had been a 1 or 2 % chance of making the playoffs for quite a few weeks now but each time TFC won Montreal or DC United would win to keep them at those poor odds. I had got here very early to hear team president Bill Manning and GM Tim Bezbatchenko discuss the current season. Too many injuries and not enough depth for their busy schedule were their main reasons for their poor standing. After that it was a struggle getting to the other side of the stadium as my ticket had been scanned so I couldn't get back in. Once again Jonathan Osorio was the only Canadian on TFC to start. Jay Chapman subbed in at 64 minutes but was almost invisible compared to Lucas Janson who he replaced. Bill Manning had said the Canadians weren't good enough. Ashtone Morgan was the only other Canadian to make the bench. Russell Teibert scored the opening goal at 3 minutes and except for last week's come from behind win over New England, TFC hadn't won this season when the other team scored first. Teibert is from Niagara Falls Ontario and was in the TFC Academy in their early years. His performance of taking the cornerkicks and a few freekicks partly overshadowed Canadian Alphonso Davies their phenom who was signed to Bayern Munich for next season but has been allowed to play out the MLS season. He showed some speed but also some poor passing and being checked off the ball. TFC played down a man when Gregory van der Wiel took a second Yellow card for a hip check on the edge of the TFC box at 65 minutes. He upended Jordy Reyna on that play and also on his first Yellow at 27 minutes. Jozy Altidore scored TFC's lone goal on a Penalty kick. He started on the bench today entering at 57 minutes as his last two games he was injured in each game and TFC had to burn off an early substitute. Other than the goal he wasn't very effective as passes to him were sent too far forward and he was effectively covered. Lucas Janson got the start in place of Altidore and played well. He had a 7 yard shot at 15 minutes that was stopped point blank by the sliding goalie or the game could have been quite different. Sebastian Giovinco always looked dangerous but he had some less than stellar shots that fans have come to expect. Among Whitecaps players Kei Kamara played well with speed and good crossing. Jordan Mutch was an important sub coming in at 74 minutes and rolling a centering pass along the 6 yard box for Kamara's 77 minute goal. Doneil Henry was burned for a Penalty kick call when he slid to block a kick and the ball hit his arm. This reminded me of similar plays years ago when he played for TFC. Alphonso Davies was named as one of the pregame 'TFC's Key To The Match' Maria P advised us this is the last time we'll see him at BMO Field just five minutes after she did an onfield interview with Canadian National Team head coach John Herdman for the CONCACAF Nations Cup game against Dominica here in just over a week and he dropped names of some of the Canadians that are expected to play. This just proves she reads from a script. TFC now goes on the road for two meaningless games. There should be no worry of Michael Bradley being too tired after playing one or both US International friendlies or Sebastian Giovinco regaining an invite to the Italian national team after three years nor any of the four Canadian TFC players staying home to play. (Jonathan Osorio, Jay Chapman, Tosaint Ricketts, and Ashtone Morgan). Vancouver hangs on to their playoff dream a little longer. There were some scenarios I heard where a tie in today's game would eliminate both Canadian teams. Our cardboard ticket today was titled 'The Cup Winner' and had a picture of a happy Jozy Altidore after he scored in the MLS Cup. This is not the first time they've had an ironic scene on this year's tickets. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01

stats from MLSsoccer.com
Match Information

Goals and Assists
 4'    VAN  Russell Teibert         Assisted By: Yordy Reyna
73'    TOR  Jozy Altidore (PK)
78'    VAN  Kei Kamara              Assisted By: Jordon Mutch, Yordy Reyna

Disciplinary
28'    TOR  Gregory van der Wiel    Reason: Unsporting Behavior     
34'    VAN  Aly Ghazal              Reason: Unsporting Behavior     
45'+1' TOR  Chris Mavinga           Reason: Unsporting Behavior     
66'    TOR  Gregory van der Wiel    Reason: Unsporting Behavior (2nd Yellow)        
76'    VAN  Yordy Reyna             Reason: Unsporting Behavior     
90'    VAN  Stefan Marinovic        Reason: Time wasting      

Lineup
Toronto FC
16 F Lucas Janson            (65')
10 F Sebastian Giovinco
25 G Alexander Bono
 9 D Gregory van der Wiel
23 D Chris Mavinga
 2 D Justin Morrow
96 M Auro
18 M Marco Delgado           (58')
 4 M Michael Bradley
 7 M Víctor Vázquez          (70')    
21 M Jonathan Osorio

Bench
 1 G Clint Irwin
 5 D Ashtone Morgan
15 D Eriq Zavaleta
17 M Jozy Altidore           (58')      
 6 M Nick Hagglund           (70')     
14 F Jay Chapman             (65')      
11 F Jon Bakero

Manager  Greg Vanney

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
23 F Kei Kamara
 1 G Stefan Marinovic
28 D Jakob Nerwinski
 4 D Kendall Waston
 2 D Doneil Henry
46 D Brett Levis             (88')
66 M Aly Ghazal              (69')
20 M Brek Shea
31 M Russell Teibert
29 M Yordy Reyna
67 M Alphonso Davies         (69')

Bench
12 G Brian Rowe
 8 D Felipe                  (88')
18 D José Aja
77 M Jordon Mutch            (75')
19 M Erik Hurtado            (69')
17   Marcel de Jong
11   Nicolás Mezquida

Manager  Craig Dalrymple

Officials
Referee                   José Carlos Rivero
Assistant Referee         Adam Wienckowski
Assistant Referee         Nick Uranga
Fourth Official           Hilario Grajeda
Video Assistant Referee   Younes Marrakchi

Match Information
MLS at BMO Field
Toronto, ON
Attendance 23886
Weather Clear

Team Statistics

TFC                              VAN   
 18    Shots                       7
  7    Shots on Target             4      
  4    Shots off Target            2     
  7    Blocked Shots               1    
  7    Corners                     3    
 24    Crosses                    14      
  0    Offsides                    2      
 12    Fouls                       9      
  1    Yellow Cards                3     
  1    Red Cards                   0       
536    Total Passes              349        
 82 %  Passing Accuracy           78 %      
 61.1 % Possession                38.9 %      
 32    Duels Won                  44         
  9    Tackles Won                 5      
  2    Saves                       5      
  6    Clearances                 36

Toronto FC starters