Toronto FC vs Philadelphia Union, 2022 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLS
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2 - 1
2 - 1
Pozuelo breaks te in 51st, Toronto FC beats Philadelphia 2-1
— Alejandro Pozuelo broke a tie early in the 51st minute and Toronto FC beat Philadelphia 2-1 in cold conditions Saturday night, handing the MLS-leading Union their first loss of the season.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Kadin Chung.
- 4': Attempt missed. Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 5': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chris Mavinga.
- 6': Hand ball by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union).
- 6': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 6': Shane O'Neill (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chris Mavinga.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
- 8': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Jonathan Osorio.
- 8': Attempt saved. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 9': Foul by Jayden Nelson (Toronto FC).
- 9': Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC).
- 12': Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 13': Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13': Foul by Luca Petrasso (Toronto FC).
- 13': Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt saved. Jayden Nelson (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Pozuelo.
- 18': Foul by Jesús Jiménez (Toronto FC).
- 18': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Jayden Nelson (Toronto FC).
- 19': Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 19': Jayden Nelson (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Attempt missed. José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right.
- 23': Chris Mavinga (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 25': Attempt blocked. Jacob Shaffelburg (Toronto FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Bradley.
- 25': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Alejandro Bedoya.
- 26': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
- 26': Kadin Chung (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27': Attempt missed. Jayden Nelson (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luca Petrasso.
- 29': Foul by Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC).
- 29': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Jesús Jiménez.
- 31': Attempt missed. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 34': Goal! Toronto FC 0, Philadelphia Union 1. Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikael Uhre.
- 35': Attempt saved. Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jayden Nelson.
- 35': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Andre Blake.
- 38': Hand ball by Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union).
- 39': Goal! Toronto FC 1, Philadelphia Union 1. Jesús Jiménez (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jonathan Osorio.
- 41': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Shane O'Neill.
- 41': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Kai Wagner tries a through ball, but Julián Carranza is caught offside.
- 42': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 44': VAR Decision: No Goal Toronto FC 1-1 Philadelphia Union.
- 45'+1': Foul by Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC).
- 45'+1': Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+1': Foul by Luca Petrasso (Toronto FC).
- 45'+1': Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+2': Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Toronto FC 1, Philadelphia Union 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Toronto FC 1, Philadelphia Union 1.
- 45': Substitution, Toronto FC. Deandre Kerr replaces Jayden Nelson.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Jacob Shaffelburg (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 51': Goal! Toronto FC 2, Philadelphia Union 1. Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kadin Chung.
- 52': Attempt saved. Leon Flach (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 53': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 53': Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card.
- 56': Substitution, Toronto FC. Kosi Thompson replaces Jonathan Osorio because of an injury.
- 60': Attempt saved. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya.
- 61': Attempt saved. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julián Carranza.
- 62': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 62': Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC).
- 63': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 63': Shane O'Neill (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Sergio Santos replaces Julián Carranza.
- 69': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn replaces Leon Flach.
- 70': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Michael Bradley.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Sergio Santos (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jack Elliott.
- 71': Foul by Sergio Santos (Philadelphia Union).
- 71': Jacob Shaffelburg (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Substitution, Toronto FC. Jordan Perruzza replaces Luca Petrasso.
- 73': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Dániel Gazdag tries a through ball, but Sergio Santos is caught offside.
- 73': Foul by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union).
- 73': Jordan Perruzza (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
- 75': Kosi Thompson (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Kadin Chung (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 77': Attempt missed. Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Harriel.
- 77': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Cory Burke replaces Mikael Uhre.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Cory Burke (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Santos.
- 77': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Shane O'Neill.
- 78': Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
- 79': Substitution, Toronto FC. Lukas MacNaughton replaces Kadin Chung.
- 80': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Lukas MacNaughton.
- 81': Attempt missed. Cory Burke (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jack Elliott with a headed pass.
- 87': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Paxten Aaronson replaces Alejandro Bedoya.
- 89': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Jack Elliott.
- 89': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by José Martínez.
- 90': Foul by Sergio Santos (Philadelphia Union).
- 90': Shane O'Neill (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Cory Burke (Philadelphia Union).
- 90'+3': Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Jacob Shaffelburg.
- 90'+6': Attempt missed. Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Toronto FC 2, Philadelphia Union 1.
- 0': Match ends, Toronto FC 2, Philadelphia Union 1.
Statistics
 PHI |
TOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 46.1 | Possession | 53.9 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 245 | Accurate Passes | 331 |
| 368 | Passes | 448 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 27 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 77 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 18 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 28 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 16 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 29 |
| 15 | Clearances | 29 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: BMO Field
Location: New York, New York, Canada
Attendance: 20,809
Venue: BMO Field
Location: New York, New York, Canada
Attendance: 20,809
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta United FC | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | FC Cincinnati | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Line-Ups
Toronto FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Alex Bono (GK) |
| 23 | Chris Mavinga |
| 27 | Shane O'Neill |
| 22 | Jacob Shaffelburg |
| 12 | Kadin Chung |
| 10 | Alejandro Pozuelo  |
| 4 | Michael Bradley |
| 21 | Jonathan Osorio |
| 9 | Jesús Jiménez |
| 38 | Luca Petrasso |
| 11 | Jayden Nelson |
Philadelphia Union (4-1-2-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Andre Blake (GK) |
| 3 | Jack Elliott |
| 5 | Jakob Glesnes |
| 8 | José Andrés Martínez |
| 27 | Kai Wagner |
| 26 | Nathan Harriel |
| 6 | Dániel Gazdag |
| 31 | Leon Flach |
| 11 | Alejandro Bedoya |
| 7 | Mikkel Uhre |
| 9 | Julián Carranza |
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