June 26, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Toronto FC News Release
SCORING SUMMARY
TOR – Jonathan Osorio 8′ (Jayden Nelson, Luca Petrasso)
ATL – Luiz Araújo 57′ (Franco Ibarra)
TOR – Ralph Priso 78′
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TOR – Jayden Nelson 28′ (caution)
TOR – Carlos Salcedo 52′ (caution)
ATL – Marcelino Moreno 54′ (caution)
ATL – Luiz Araújo 70′ (caution)
RECORDS (W-L-D)
Toronto FC 5-8-3 18 points
Atlanta United FC 5-6-4 19 points
LINEUPS
TORONTO FC – Quentin Westberg; Kosi Thompson, Carlos Salcedo, Chris Mavinga, Luca Petrasso (Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 67′); Michael Bradley (C), Jonathan Osorio (Ralph Priso 62′), Jayden Nelson (Deandre Kerr 46′), Alejandro Pozuelo; Ayo Akinola (Shane O’Neill 86′), Jesús Jiménez (Jacob Shaffelburg 67′)
Substitutes Not Used: Alex Bono, Lukas MacNaughton, Kadin Chung, Jordan Perruzza
ATLANTA UNITED FC – Rocco Ríos Novo; Aiden McFadden (Machop Chol 82′), Alan Franco, George Campbell, Caleb Wiley; Franco Ibarra (Matheus Rossetto 64′), Emerson Hyndman (Amar Sejdić 82′), Luiz Araújo (Dom Dwyer 82′), Marcelino Moreno, Ronaldo Cisneros; Josef Martínez (C)
Substitutes Not Used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Alex De John, Brooks Lennon, Mikey Ambrose
MEDIA NOTES
Ralph Priso became the fourth different Toronto FC teenager to score in 2022. No other MLS team has had multiple teenagers record a goal this season.
BOB BRADLEY – HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC
Q. One more win in the books, are you telling anything to the boys? The game was very special.
It’s not about telling them. It’s just about the work being repeated over and over. You can see there’s a growing level of confidence. I thought we had stretches in the first half where the ball moved quicker from one play to the next. We found some success when Jesús is coming off their defenders, Ale being inside, so between Michael and Oso and Jesus and Ale, we had ability to connect passes quickly in there, and I thought that part was quite good.
And then I like the fact that in the second half when we just needed to find a way to come back after giving up the goal and then get a goal, it was a smart play. We weren’t having success on corners going direct so Ale’s decision was a smart one and Ralph scores a great goal, really happy for him. And in the end, it’s just defending. Yeah, good one.
Q. Can you talk about the decision taking Osorio out? What were you looking for?
Oso can only play a certain number of minutes. Coming back from injury and we had an idea and spoke to him at halftime. He was already tired….
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