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<\/p>\nIt was the home finale for TFC, which will visit Atlanta on Sunday before closing out its regular-season schedule on Nov. 7 against the Philadelphia Union. <\/p>\n
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The home side was surprisingly tentative at the start despite facing a potential elimination situation. <\/p>\n
Toronto FC\u2019s defenders looked stagnant before the United goal as the visitors controlled the ball in the area. Silvan Hefti made a soft pass to Dozzell, who slotted the ball past Toronto FC goalkeeper Luka Gavran. <\/p>\n
Toronto showed signs of life late in the first half but couldn\u2019t capitalize. <\/p>\n
Osorio had the best chance when a ball bounced up for him after a corner kick. The Toronto captain swivelled by the six-yard box but his left foot sent the ball wide. <\/p>\n
The team came out with more pep after the break. Daniel Salloi had a good chance early in the second half but his shot was deflected wide. <\/p>\n
Salloi got into a shoving match with some United players after a corner kick and was shown a yellow card.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s goal came on its first shot on target in the match. Sargent elevated for a powerful header that deflected off Osorio\u2019s back and past goalkeeper Sean Johnson. <\/p>\n
The goal, originally given to Sargent, was initially disallowed due to an offside flag. A video review confirmed it was a good goal.<\/p>\n
It was Osorio\u2019s first goal of the season. He has scored in all 14 seasons he has played with the team.<\/p>\n
Toronto finished its home schedule with a 6-2-9 record while United\u2019s road mark slipped to 2-7-7 with its fourth straight defeat overall. <\/p>\n
Toronto (9-11-12) has earned at least a point in four of its last five games. <\/p>\n
D.C. forward Tai Baribo, who leads the team with 16 goals, sat out with a hip injury. United (7-13-12) beat Toronto 2-1 when the teams met on July 25 at Audi Field.<\/p>\n
Toronto hasn\u2019t reached the post-season since 2020. The Reds dropped a 1-0 decision to Nashville SC in the first round that year.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2026. <\/p>\n
Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was the home finale for TFC, which will visit Atlanta on Sunday before closing out its regular-season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,3302],"class_list":["post-950086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}