Why. Can't. We. Be. Great

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Another game, Another draw. This is the third consecutive draw we played in all competition. We gave a stupid penalty in the beginning of the game but came but with a penalty of our own. Jay Chapman scored his first professional goal with the club after a great pass from Altidore. Valeri tied the game in the beginning of the half but Osorio gave us the lead again. But unfortunately we let Melano get pass us and let him score the game tying goal.

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Jozy Altidore is injured again, this time with a sprained wrist and will be out 12 days. But the good news is the Herculez Gomez is back after being out for 3 months with a broken ankle.

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Toronto FC Player in Team of the Week

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Toronto FC rookie midfield won his first ever MLS Team of the Week award after scoring his 1st goal of his professional career, an assist and a 9.0 rating against Portland Timbers.

He joins Stefan Frei, Chad Marshall, and Brad Evans from Seattle Sounders, DaMarcus Beasley, Raul Rodriguez, and Erick Torres from Houston Dynamos, Leandro Barrera from San Jose Earthquakes, Will Johnson and Diego Valeri from Portland Timbers, and Octavio Rivero from Vancouver Whitecaps.​
 
You reckon you could show the league tables? Curious to see how it's all panned out!
 

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Better performance today by the club as the Atomic Ant scored all 4 goals for Toronto FC. The first 15 minutes of the game was all TFC as put in 3 goals in 5 attempts. Giovinco 1st goal of the game was a well placed shot from inside the box after Jonathan Osorio found an opening to plac a through ball. 7 minutes later, Jackson amazing individual play helped Giovinco tip in his 2nd. In the 13th minute, Giovinco got his hat trick by another through ball by Osorio and he placed it in the bottom corner.

Emeghara scored the only Earthquakes goal after a defense blunder by Glauber and took advantage to score. Giovinco got his 4th goal via penalty.

This victory had a cost as Toronto FC lost 2 key players in Jackson and Damien Perquis.

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Jackson will be a big miss as he been playing very well for us. Perquis is a key defender but I'm confident with Pearce and Kantari carrying the back.​
 

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Toronto FC May Review

May was a great month as Toronto FC did not lose any games but had 5 draws in 7 games. In MLS play, TFC went 2-3-0 scoring 14 goals and conceding 10. In the Canadian Championship, Toronto made it to the finals for the 2nd straight year and 4 final since the new format was introduce.

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Toronto FC still in a playoff position by being in 5th place in the Eastern Conference, going up 1 position since last month.

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In the Supporter Shield (Overall Standing), Toronto is in 11th place, going up 1 position last month.

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In the Canadian Championship, Toronto FC defeated Vancouver Whitecaps in a trilling two leg series and will meet surprising NASL side FC Edmonton in the finals.

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In the Trillium Cup series between the Toronto FC and Columbus Crew, the standing are still the same as both teams did not meet in the month of May. There next meeting will be on July 25th in Columbus, Ohio.

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So far in the season, here the stats leaders for Toronto FC.

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Toronto FC June fixture will 4 games and will have a 14 day break between DC United game and new expansion side New York City FC.

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Toronto FC Trio in Team of the Week

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Three players from Toronto FC was featured in MLS Team of the Week on June 2nd. Sebastian Giovinco big game against San Jose Earthquakes where he scored 4 goals and had a 9.70 rating. Jonathan Osorio's 2 assist and 9.0 rating helped him be recognized by the MLS. Lastly, Mark Bloom defensive play earned him a spot.

The trio joins David Yelldell and Ethan White from Philadelphia Unions, Sheanon Williams from Houston Dynamos, Roman Torres from Seattle Sounders, Carlos Rivas from Orlando City SC, Frederico Higuain from Columbus Crew, Justin Mapp from Montreal Impacts, and David Accam from Chicago Fire.​
 

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Toronto FC's Players goes International

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Seven Toronto FC players will represent their countries during the International Friendlies.

Marky Delgado got the call from Tab Ramos to play for the U20 USA team. He will be away on June 9th and June 15th against Mexico U20 for both games.

Jonathan Osorio, Tesho Akindele, Jay Chapman, and Ashtone Morgan were called up by Jason de Vos for Canada as they will face Peru and USA on June 10th and 16th respectively.

Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley was called up by Jurgen Klinsmann for USA when they Cyprus and Canada on June 10th and 16th respectively.

Jonny Steele will represent Northern Ireland as Michael O'Neill wants him to play against Hungary in the Euro 2016 qualifier and Ecuador in a friendly on June 12 and June 16.​
 

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We were the better team overall but for some reason Bill Hamid, the keeper for UC United, decided to play good today as he stole the show. Michael Farfan goal was a counter attack that for some reason everyone on my team did not mark him and was 1 on 1 with my keeper. Fabien Esindola doubled the lead for DC when he shot it to the bottom left corner. Tesho Akindele cut the lead to one when he got the ball from Bradley and scored inside the box.​
 

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Great game against our fierce rivals in the 401 Derby. We dominated the game and finally took advantage of our chances in the end. This game was also physical with 6 yellows and Didier Drogba was forced out of the game.

Sebastian Giovinco scored the first goal with an accurate finish in the 31st minute. Eric Alexander tied the game in the beginning of the 2nd half with close range finish. Osorio gave TFC the lead just 2 minute later after taking advantage from Piatti and scored from close range. Osorio again gave Toronto the 3-1 lead with an accurate finish. Marco Donadel cut the lead with the well timed shot but was not enough.

Toronto FC next game is against DC United at home.​
 

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We finally got our revenge against DC United after we weren't lucky enough to win last time. But today, we made our shot count. Jonathan Osorio was the man of the match today with 2 goals and now has 10 goals this season.

Osorio gave TFC the lead in the 49th minute after scoring a well timed shot from inside the area. Osorio gave Toronto the 2-0 lead by tucking in the shot with ease. Jairo Arrieta cut the lead to one with a strike.

Toronto will start the month of July in Los Angeles to face LA Galaxy.​
 

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Jordan Hamilton on Loan

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Toronto FC's prospect Jordan Hamilton has joined NASL side San Antonio Scorpions on loan until the end of the season.

Jordan Hamilton was Toronto FC 4th option for the striker position and Dwayne De Rosario believe that his time here will be very limited this season and believe that San Antonio will help him grow.

The 19 year old striker joined Toronto FC in 2014 after spending 3 years with Toronto FC's youth academy TFC Academy. He only appeared in 3 games for Toronto and been loaned to Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL and Trofense of Portugal.​
 

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Toronto FC on TOTW, Mark Bloom Out

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Both Jonathan Osorio and Sebastian Giovinco represented Toronto FC in Team of the Week for June 30th. Osorio had 4 goals (2 goals against Montreal Impacts and 2 goals against DC United) and an 8.8 rating for both games. Giovinco had one goal against the Impacts and an assist against DC with a 7.7 average for both games.

Both players joins David Ousted from Vancouver Whitecaps, Jordan Stewart, Clarence Goodson, and Shea Salinas from San Jose Earthquakes, Jose Goncalves from New England Revolution, Matt Polster and David Accam from Chicago Fire, and Brad Davis and Giles Barnes from Houston Dynamos.

Mark Bloom Out

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Mark Bloom suffered an injury during weight training and will be out for 4 weeks. Dwayne De Rosario will now have to use Josh Williams of the rightback position. Mark Bloom has been a key player for Toronto FC with a 7.54 average and 1 assist.​
 

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Toronto FC June Review

Toronto FC had a 50-50 month in June where they won 2 games and lost 2 games. They began the first 2 games with a lost where they played better against DC United and New York City FC. The final 2 games, they had their luck back with 2 wins against Montreal Impacts and DC United.

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Toronto FC is out of a playoff position but are tied with Chicago Fire with 23 points in the Eastern Conference.

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In the Supporter Shield (Overall Standing), Toronto FC dropped to 12th place also tied with Chicago.

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In the Canadian Championship, the finals was not played this month and will be played in August 12th.

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Trillium Cup, Toronto FC and Columbus did not face each other in the month of June but will play in July 25th.

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So far in the season, here are the Player Stats for Toronto FC:

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In July, Toronto will have four games including the defending MLS Champion Los Angeles Galaxy and Trillium Cup rival Columbus Crew.

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The reason why the Los Angeles Galaxy are the defending champions is that they know how to take their chances. Even though we had more opportunities, only one shot went in.

Baggio Husidic scored in the 6th minute when he scored from a well timed shot. Juninho doubled the Galaxy lead when excellent shot from inside the area that also hit the post going in. Giovinco cut the lead to one after a well timed shot from close range. The former TFC player, Alan Gordon sealed the deal for LA after taking advantage from Kantari to score a close range shot.

Toronto FC will face New York City FC in the Bronx next.​
 
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