March 3, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Toronto FC News Release
SCORING SUMMARY
TOR – Lorenzo Insigne 27′
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TOR – Federico Bernardeschi 73′ (caution)
TOR – Nicksoen Gomis 82′ (caution)
TOR – Sean Johnson 87′ (caution)
TOR – Ayo Akinola 90+3′ (caution)
RECORDS (W-L-T)
New England Revolution 0-2-0 0 points
Toronto FC 1-0-1 4 points
LINEUPS
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION – Henrich Ravas; Andrew Farrell (Nick Lima 73′), Henry Kessler, Dave Romney, DeJuan Jones (Jack Panayotou 88′); Noel Buck (Mark-Anthony Kaye 61′), Matt Polster, Esmir Bajraktarević, Carles Gil (C), Emmanuel Boateng (Nacho Gil 61′); Tomás Chancalay
Substitutes Not Used: Earl Edwards Jr., Jonathan Mensah, Ian Harkes, Tommy McNamara, Ryan Spaulding
TORONTO FC -Sean Johnson; Shane O’Neill, Kevin Long, Nicksoen Gomis; Federico Bernardeschi, Alonso Coello, Deybi Flores, Raoul Petretta (Kosi Thompson 78′); Jonathan Osorio (C), Lorenzo Insigne (Kobe Franklin 46′), Prince Owusu (Ayo Akinola 66′)
Substitutes Not Used: Luka Gavran, Aimé Mabika, Sigurd Rosted, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Latif Blessing, Cassius Mailula
MEDIA NOTES
John Herdman earned his first victory as Head Coach of Toronto FC.
Defender Nicksoen Gomis made his Toronto FC and Major League Soccer debut.
Lorenzo Insigne scored his first goal of the 2024 MLS campaign and the club’s first under Head Coach John Herdman.
Toronto FC recorded consecutive clean sheets to begin an MLS campaign for the first time in club history.
TFC and goalkeeper Sean Johnson recorded back-to-back clean sheets for the first time since consecutive shutouts against Inter Miami CF on March 18 and San Jose Earthquakes on March 25, 2023.
Sean Johnson recorded six saves for the second consecutive MLS match, tying his previous club-high of six recorded saves against FC Cincinnati last Sunday.
With the result, Toronto FC earned their first victory on the road since a 2-0 win against Charlotte FC at the Bank of America Stadium on August 27, 2022.
JOHN HERDMAN – HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC
Q. Congratulations on the win. Beautiful goals and some great goalkeeping, and a pretty gritty performance in all. What was your take on the afternoon?
You summarized it well, Neil. You can write your own article on that one in comments. It was exactly that. We managed the first half really well from a technical perspective. We had some really good moments and nullified a lot of their threats.
Took a while to adapt to the pitch. I don’t know if anyone got a chance to see the pitch, how it was…
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