2007 Major League Soccer Season: Toronto FC vs. Red Bull New York
{{date|October 4, 2007}}

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date=October 4, 2007<br>7:30<br>(UTC-5)|
team1=[[w:Toronto FC|Toronto FC]]|
score=2–1|
team2=[[w:Red Bull New York|Red Bull New York]]|
report=|
goals1=[[w:Maurice Edu|Edu]] {{Goal|18|4}}<BR>[[w:Jim Brennan|Brennan]] {{Booked|20}}<BR>Edu {{Booked|40}}<BR>[[w:Carl Robinson|Robinson]] {{Booked|46}}<BR>Leitch {{goal|66|o.g.}}<BR>Boyens {{sent off|0|67}}<BR>Gala {{suboff|70}}<BR>[[w:Chris Posniak|Pozniak]] {{subon|70}}<BR>[[w:Adam Braz|Braz]] {{Suboff|76}}<BR>Hemming {{subon|76}}<BR>Samuel {{suboff|90'+2}}<BR>[[w:Andrea Lombardo|Lombardo]] {{subon|90'+2}}|
goals2={{Booked|17}} [[w:Dema Kovalenko|Kovalenko]]<BR>{{sent off|2|23|64}} [[w:Joe Vide|Vide]]<BR>{{Booked|57}} Altidore<BR>{{suboff|60}} Kovalenko<BR>{{subon|60}} Doe<BR>{{Goal|75|2}} Richards|
stadium=[[w:BMO Field|BMO Field]], [[w:Toronto|Toronto]]|
attendance=20,274|
referee=Mauricio Navarro}}

Toronto FC ended their 12 game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Red Bull New York in a tense affair that saw both sides go down to 10 men in the 2<sup>nd</sup> half.

After Maurice Edu's goal in the 18<sup>th</sup> minute put Toronto ahead for the 3<sup>rd</sup> straight game, the Reds scored on an own goal by New York defender Chris Leitch that proved to be the winner in the game for Toronto. Dane Richards pulled a goal back with 15 minutes to play. Both New York's Joe Vide and Toronto's Andrew Boyens were sent off 3 minute.

[[w:Chicago Fire|Chicago Fire]] has clinched a tie with Toronto FC after their draw with [[w:Chivas USA|Chivas USA]] last weekend.

Toronto go on the road to face [[w:Colorado Rapids|Colorado Rapids]] on Sunday and [[w:Los Angeles Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]] on October 13 and will finish off the regular season against [[w:New England Revolution|New England Revolution]] on October 20.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20071004&content_id=121384&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280|title=Aggressive Reds stop Red Bulls|author=Mark Polishuk|pub=Major League Soccer|date=October 4, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/news_story/?ID=219909&hubname=|title=MLS: Toronto's winless streak ends|author=|pub=The Sports Network|date=October 4, 2007}}
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Toronto FC ended their 12 game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Red Bull New York in a tense affair that saw both sides go down to 10 men in the 2nd half.

After Maurice Edu's goal in the 18th minute put Toronto ahead for the 3rd straight game, the Reds scored on an own goal by New York defender Chris Leitch that proved to be the winner in the game for Toronto. Dane Richards pulled a goal back with 15 minutes to play. Both New York's Joe Vide and Toronto's Andrew Boyens were sent off 3 minute.

Chicago Fire has clinched a tie with Toronto FC after their draw with Chivas USA last weekend.

Toronto go on the road to face Colorado Rapids on Sunday and Los Angeles Galaxy on October 13 and will finish off the regular season against New England Revolution on October 20.
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