TFC's defensive line in usual form
THE BUZZ:Mexico City's cavernous Estadio Olimpico Universitario is the setting as The Reds try to steal three valuable Champions League points from PUMAS UNAM. The mood was hopeful leading up to the match against the underachieving Mexicans but a rash of TFC absences and a suddenly strong Pumas starting eleven have got us sweating through our UNAM's. Chipotle Butty at the ready - let's say "hola futbol"!
FIRST HALF:
17' - GOAL: Pumas UNAM - Martin Bravo
PUMAS UNAM 1 - TORONTO 0
21' - GOAL: Pumas UNAM - Efrain Velarde
PUMAS UNAM 2 - TORONTO 0
33' - GOAL: Pumas UNAM - Martin Bravo
PUMAS UNAM 3 - TORONTO 0
36' - YELLOW CARD: Nick Soolsma
39' - SUB: Andy Iro OUT - Eddie Viator IN
42' - GOAL: Pumas UNAM - Martin Bravo
PUMAS UNAM 4 - TORONTO 0
FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHT: The coin toss.
FIRST HALF LOWLIGHT: Everything after that moment.
HALFTIME: PUMAS UNAM 4 - TORONTO 0
SECOND HALF:
49' - SUB: Ryan Johnson OUT - Peri Marosevic IN
55' - SUB: Danny Koevermans OUT - Terry Dunfield IN
SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHT: The final whistle.
SECOND HALF LOWLIGHT: Everything before that moment.
FULL TIME: PUMAS UNAM 4 - TORONTO 0
THE MOOD:
If there is one thing TFC fans know all too well it's that the light at the end of the tunnel is most often an oncoming train. After a strong willed performance against Columbus on Saturday, The Reds bottled up all that positivity and... left it in an Ohio restroom. A soulless and incompetent performance against a club that had been struggling badly for weeks.
The match left us feeling: like drawing a cat face on our belly and taking a tequila induced siesta until 2012.
PLAYER RATINGS:
Milos Kocic 5.5 / Doneil Henry 5.5 / Andy Iro 3 (Eddie Viator 5.5 ) / Ty Harden 3.5 / Ashtone Morgan 6 / Danleigh Borman 5 / Julian de Guzman 5 / Torsten Frings 6 / Nick Soolsma 4 / Danny Koevermans 6 (Terry Dunfield 5 ) / Ryan Johnson 6 (Peri Marosevic 5.5 )
THE YORKIES' TFC MAN OF THE MATCH: Sigh... Torsten Frings?
TALKING POINT: The cure for a scoring drought? TFC. Discuss.
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Backline exposed for positioning, organization (offside trapping), and/or athleticism, no closing down of midfield service by the two d-mids, and yet TFC had some great opportunities in the early going. Playing in Mexico City is always a challenge but expectations coming into this match were obviously over the top. Frings settled things down in the back somewhat in the second half but really with a 4-0 lead the pedal was off the metal, and yet there were opportunities. It reminded me of the bad old MNT days of the latter 90s when we'd go down there and flatter to deceive with a few opportunities vs Mexico only for the roof to eventually cave in.
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