MLS Toronto FC

FC Dallas Beats Toronto FC 1-0

Published on May 12, 2011 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release


Toronto FC -- Stefan Frei, Richard Eckersley, Dicoy Williams, Adrian Cann, Danleigh Borman, Tony Tchani, Julian de Guzman, Jacob Peterson, Nick Soolsma (Maicon Santos 58), Alen Stevanovic (Mikael Yourassowsky 71), Joao Plata (Javier Martina 50).

Substitutes Not Used: Dan Gargan, Matt Gold, Ty Harden, Milos Kocic.

FC Dallas -- Kevin Hartman, Jackson Goncalves, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Zach Loyd, Marvin Chavez (Bobby Warshaw 89), Eric Alexander (Bruno Guarda 78), Daniel Hernandez, Andrew Jacobson, Brek Shea, Fabian Castillo (Ruben Luna 65).

Substitutes Not Used: Eric Avila, Moises Hernandez, Ricardo Villar, Chris Seitz.

Scoring Summary:

DAL -- Daniel Hernandez 1 (penalty kick) 48+

Misconduct Summary:

TOR -- Richard Eckersley (caution; Reckless Tackle) 36

TOR -- Javier Martina (caution; Simulation) 75

TOR -- Danleigh Borman (caution; Reckless Tackle) 79

DAL -- Ruben Luna (caution; Simulation) 90

Referee: Yader Reyes

Referee's Assistants: -Chris Strickland; Adam Garner

4th Official: Allen Chapman

Aron Winter, Toronto FC head coach:

Thoughts on the game...

We started well, we didn't play bad, but if you have a decision by the ref like that - that is horrible.

On the calls made...

It's always difficult because every game it looks like it's not the players on the pitch that are playing. It is more of a referee show now. I'm upset because every week it's something different with a referee. It makes me upset because we are improving every game. We're playing well, but with those things you can never win the game. Every week it gets worse.

Tony Tchani, Toronto FC midfielder

Thoughts on the game...

I think we were just unlucky - they [FC Dallas] played quite well, but we got unlucky.

Thoughts on the PK call...

I did not even see it because I was marking my guy. When I turned, I just saw the ref point for a penalty kick. I thought it wasn't a foul but he made the decision. We just have to stick with it.

We just have to focus. Things happen -- today we were just unlucky. Hopefully next week we are going to have a good game and win.

On the playing conditions...

Sometimes it was slippery, but I thought the pitch was nice.

Schellas Hyndman, FC Dallas Head Coach:

I thought it was a very good result for us. Watching them play a couple of games, they're a very good team. They're a team that is continually getting better. The coach has got them playing great soccer. I think there's a lot of movement off the ball, a lot of players who caused a lot of concern for us. I thought we followed our game plan very well and we found a way to get that PK. We put a lot of pressure on them in the first half. I think six corner kicks - that's a lot of corner kicks to be under pressure with and I thought we had some players really step up well tonight.

Kevin Hartman, FC Dallas goalkeeper:

I put myself in position to get up and cover some rebounds. The reality is it was a slippery surface today and I thought as a group, a back block of six, I thought we were really, really good today. Everybody competed defensively. It was a blue collar type effort. To pick up three points at home against a team that, when I watched them on tape last week, I thought they were very good playing against Houston.

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