Toronto FC (1) – New York Red Bulls (4) Postgame Summary

October 2, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release

SCORING SUMMARY

RBNY – Emil Forsberg 27′ (penalty kick)

RBNY – John Tolkin 48′ (Lewis Morgan, Emil Forsberg)

TOR – Prince Owusu 66′ (penalty kick)

RBNY – Lewis Morgan 69′ (penalty kick)

RBNY – Elias Manoel 88′ (Lewis Morgan)

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

RBNY – Ryan Meara 23′ (caution)

TOR – Jonathan Osorio30′ (caution)

RBNY – Andrés Reyes 38′ (caution)

TOR – Federico Bernardeschi 43′ (caution)

TOR – Federico Bernardeschi 74′ (ejection)

TOR – Kosi Thompson 80′ (caution)

RECORDS (W-L-T)

Toronto FC 11-18-4 37 points

New York Red Bulls 11-7-14 47 points

LINEUPS

TORONTO FC – Sean Johnson; Richie Laryea, Shane O’Neill, Kevin Long, Raoul Petretta (Kosi Thompson 66′); Federico Bernardeschi, Deybi Flores (Alonso Coello 46′), Jonathan Osorio(C), Tyrese Spicer (Matty Longstaff 46′); Deandre Kerr (Prince Owusu 58′), Derrick Etienne Jr.

Substitutes Not Used: Luka Gavran, Aimé Mabika, Sigurd Rosted, Kobe Franklin, Brandon Servania

NEW YORK RED BULLS – Carlos Coronel; Dylan Nealis, Andrés Reyes (Sean Nealis 57′), Noah Eile, John Tolkin; Peter Stroud (Dennis Gjengaar 81′), Ronald Donkor (Felipe Carballo 62′), Daniel Edelman, Emil Forsberg (C) (Cameron Harper 62′); Dante Vanzeir (Elias Manoel 81′), Lewis Morgan

Substitutes Not Used: Ryan Meara, Aidan O’Connor, Julian Zakrzewski, Serge Ngoma

JOHN HERDMAN – HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC

Q: What was your take on the performance?

Not good enough. No excuses. Just not good enough. Not good enough tactically, not good enough with the setup and not good enough on the pitch. Wasn’t until the second half I think the team really start to show up.

We needed to go a goal down before we woke up. Almost like we were sleepwalking. I think even as a tactical staff, just not being able to find the solutions as well.

We got to own this, the whole group. This isn’t a player thing. This is a coaching staff too passive, and it was a team that were too passive in a game we had to be strong in. We had to have personality, character, we had to fight.

We needed all of that and it just wasn’t there. It wasn’t there.

Q: How do you explain that as it was such an important game?

Life, John. Life. Humans. Big moments. Under pressure. Personalities. Coaching decisions. Selection. Structure. Comes down to having people with a personality that want that moment, that really want that moment. We’ll look inwards first as we always do as a staff, from the medical to the sports science to the technical, the decisions that have been…