Toronto FC (5) - FC Cincinnati (1) Post Game Summary
Published on September 7, 2019 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release
TORONTO FC (5) - FC CINCINNATI (1) POST GAME SUMMARY
SCORING SUMMARY
TFC - Patrick Mullins 10' (Marky Delgado)
TFC - Nick DeLeon 21'
TFC - Marky Delgado 28' (Alejandro Pozuelo)
TFC - Michael Bradley 63' (Tsubasa Endoh, Alejandro Pozuelo)
TFC - Nicolas Benezet 85'
FCC - Emmanuel Ledesma 90'+2 (PK)
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TFC - Michael Bradley 23' (caution)
TFC - Eriq Zavaleta 72' (caution)
FCC - Fatai Alashe 81' (caution)
TFC - Eriq Zavaleta 88' (second caution/ejection)
RECORDS
TORONTO FC 11-10-8 41 points
FC CINCINNATI 5-21-3 18 points
LINEUPS
TORONTO FC - Quentin Westberg; Nick DeLeon (Eriq Zavaleta 71'), Omar Gonzalez, Laurent Ciman, Auro (Ashtone Morgan 67'); Michael Bradley (C), Marky Delgado, Alejandro Pozuelo; Nicolas Benezet, Patrick Mullins, Erickson Gallardo (Tsubasa Endoh 55')
Substitutes Not Used: Alex Bono, Drew Moor, Jacob Shaffelburg, Jozy Altidore
FC CINCINNATI - Przemyslaw Tyton; Mathieu Deplagne, Nick Hagglund (C), Greg Garza, Andrew Gutman; Thomas McCabe, Caleb Stanko, Joseph-Claude Gyau, Frankie Amaya (Fatai Alashe 71'), Roland Lamah (Emmanuel Ledesma HT'); Rashawn Dally (Darren Mattocks HT')
Substitutes Not Used: Jimmy Hague, Leonardo Bertone, Corben Bone, Justin Hoyte
GREG VANNEY - HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC
On the highlight of tonight's performance...
"Just the execution, you know? Pat (Patrick Mullins), gets probably our first good look at goal and he buries it, which sets the game off on the right foot. Then, subsequently, when we got chances, we put chances away. I thought we held on to the ball well, made it difficult for them to get pressure on us, which they spent quite a bit of energy in the first half just trying to chase around. I thought we stayed fairly disciplined on the night. The ball moved fast. We created chances. When they were high, we were looking to get behind them. Just some good professional decisions on the night. Again, we are continuing to build off a good stretch of games. Tonight, I thought one of the big differences was we executed. When you get on top of games like we were able to today, then spaces open up a little bit more, because the opposition is trying to get themselves back into the game. It is a question of if you can keep hurting them. This is a big three points for us. Again, we keep rolling with the work we've been doing lately."
On being ruthless against the opposition...
"Yeah, that was one of the words we talked about today. We knew we would get chances, and it was about execution. The second part was about being ruthless, especially when we came out in the second half to make sure that our mentality was right. We wanted to put one more up to really kind of seal the deal for them and make it really difficult. Again, the guys took some really good goals. There were some really good goals tonight. Just please again. Good mentality for the group going forward, to get a win like this in a place like this on the road sets us up for a really big match on Wednesday."
On Alejandro Pozuelo's performance...
"Yeah, great. Again, I think Poz (Alejandro Pozuelo), Nico (Nicolas Benezet), Erickson (Gallardo), just the group is settling into their relationships with each other. They are settling into the shape. Just a better, clear understanding that's happened over the last three to four weeks that has allowed us to be a little more consistent through games, both in our defensive shape and also our attacking shape. We allow for some fluidity through it, but they are just doing a great job of paying attention to each other, making sure that we are in good spots for one another. We got guys that are very comfortable on the ball. So if we keep the ball moving fast and trust each other, we are a hard team to play against. I thought that was a good key to tonight."
MICHAEL BRADLEY - MIDFIELDER, TORONTO FC
On what impressed him tonight...
"Yeah, listen... in all, it was a good performance. It was a really important game. Three really, really big points. Obviously, this time of year, you're paying attention to every game around the league. You know the other results, you know the standings, you know how quickly things can change. Obviously, when New England lose late this afternoon, then it makes an already important game that much more important. We knew that we had the chance to go past them. We knew that we could pull even with Red Bull, which is important. This was a really important game. I thought the mentality and the way that we played reflected that, and now we've got to get ready for another really big game on Wednesday night."
On the team's performance tonight...
"Yeah, I thought, again, the way we went after the game, the way we played, the mentality, the concentration - everything I thought was really good. You could feel tonight that every guy understood how important it was. This time of year, you've got to be ready to that every time you step on the field. Again, we feel good about the group that we have, and now we got to keep pushing because there's still more there for us."
On whether he agrees with Coach Greg Vanney about improvement each game...
"I do. Absolutely. You've heard me say it a few times this year, it's been a weird season. It's been choppy, it's been stop and start. But the reality is still that the most important games are in front of us, so if we can keep improving and we can keep a strong mentality, understand what games this time of year are about, then we feel like we can have a lot still to say in terms of what goes on from here on in."
On his goal and it's setup...
"Obviously, Ale (Alejandro Pozuelo) played a great ball wide to Tsubasa (Endoh), and as he stayed wide, then there was a little bit of space for me to move into. He did so well to just kind of look everybody off and then set one down for me and give me a real chance."
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