2007 Major League Soccer: DC United vs. Toronto FC
{{date|September 29, 2007}}

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date=September 29, 2007<br>7:30 PM (ET)|
team1=[[w:DC United|DC United]]|
score=4–1|
team2=[[w:Toronto FC|Toronto FC]] |
report=|
goals1=Boswell {{Booked|25}}<BR>McTavish {{Booked|40}}<BR>Gros {{suboff|46}}<BR>Kpene {{suboff|46}}<BR>Olsen {{subon|46}}<BR>Moreno {{subon|46}}<BR>Burch {{Goal|52|1}}<BR>Fred {{Goal|57|7}}<BR>Moreno {{Goal|66|7}}<BR>Emilio {{Goal|70|20}}<BR>Gomez {{suboff|71}}<BR>Carroll {{subon|71}}|
goals2=Marshall {{Booked|11}}<BR>Robinson {{Goal|14|2}}<BR>Braz {{Booked|45}}<BR>Braz {{suboff|62}}<BR>Cunningham {{subon|62}}<BR>Samuel {{suboff|75}}<BR>Lombardo {{subon|75}}<BR>Pozniak {{suboff|82}}<BR>Canizalez {{subon|82}}|
stadium=RFK Stadium, Washington DC|
attendance=25,174|
referee=Ramon Hernandez}}
DC United took [[w:Magic number (sports)|magic number]] to clinch [[w:MLS Supporters' Shield|MLS Supporters' Shield]] was reduced to 12 after a 4-1 come-from-behind victory against Toronto FC. After the loss, Toronto FC will be eliminated from post-season contention if [[w:Chicago Fire|Chicago Fire]] win against [[w:Chivas USA|Chivas USA]] tonight.

Toronto for the second straight week took an early lead in the first half from a Carl Robinson free kick while DC United looked "passive" in the first half.

In the second half, DC United showed why they're the top team in the league by scoring four goals. Late in the half DC United went down to ten men when Fred went down with an injury after DC United's third and final substitution. The loss for Toronto FC makes it a 11 game winless streak. Toronto have now only scored two goals in their last 1,002 minutes played.
==Starting lineup, substitute's bench & statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"|Starting lineup
|-
!colspan="2"|DC United
!colspan="2"|Toronto FC
|-
!#!!Player!!#!!Player
|- 
|1||[[w:Troy Perkins|Troy Perkins]] (GK)||2||[[w:Andrew Boyens|Andrew Boyens]]
|- 
|4||[[w:Marc Burch|Marc Burch]]||3||[[w:Adam Braz|Adam Braz]]
|- 
|6||[[w:Greg Vanney|Greg Vanney]]||6||[[w:Maurice Edu|Maurice Edu]]
|- 
|7||[[w:Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva|Fred]]||11||[[w:Jim Brennan|Jim Brennan]]
|- 
|10||[[w:Christian Gomez|Christian Gomez]]||12||[[w:Todd Dunivant|Todd Dunivant]]
|- 
|11||[[w:Luciano Emilio|Luciano Emilio]]||13||[[w:Chris Pozniak|Chris Pozniak]]
|- 
|17||[[w:Joshua Gros|Joshua Gros]]||14||[[w:Tyrone Marshall|Tyrone Marshall]]
|- 
|18||[[w:Devon McTavish|Devon McTavish]]||16||[[w:Marvell Wynne|Marvell Wynne]]
|- 
|19||[[w:Clyde Simms|Clyde Simms]]||21||[[w:Collin Samuel|Collin Samuel]]
|- 
|20||[[w:Guy-Roland Kpene|Guy-Roland Kpene]]||33||[[w:Carl Robinson|Carl Robinson]]
|- 
|32||[[w:Bobby Boswell|Bobby Boswell]]||39||[[w:Kenny Stamatopoulos|Kenny Stamatopoulos]] (GK)
|-
!colspan="4"|Substitutes' Bench
|- 
|12||[[w:Domenic Mediate|Domenic Mediate]]||17||[[w:Joey Melo|Joey Melo]]
|- 
|14||[[w:Ben Olsen|Ben Olsen]]||18||[[w:Srdjan Djekanovic|Srdjan Djekanovic]] (GK)
|- 
|15||[[w:Rod Dyachenko|Rod Dyachenko]]||20||[[w:Andrea Lombardo|Andrea Lombardo]]
|- 
|16||[[w:Brian Carroll|Brian Carroll]]||23||[[w:Miguel Canizalez|Miguel Canizalez]]
|- 
|21||[[w:Stephen deRoux|Stephen deRoux]]||24||[[w:Tyler Hemming|Tyler Hemming]]
|- 
|22||[[w:Jay Nolly|Jay Nolly]] (GK)||27||[[w:Gabe Gala|Gabe Gala]]
|- 
|99||[[w:Jaime Moreno|Jaime Moreno]]||93||[[w:Jeff Cunningham|Jeff Cuningham]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"|Statistics
|-
!colspan="1"|Statistic
!colspan="1"|DC United
!colspan="1"|Toronto FC
|- 
|Total Shots:||13||8
|- 
|Shots on Goal:||8||3
|-
|Fouls:||18||17
|-
|Offsides:||2||1
|-
|Corner Kicks:||3||0
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070929&content_id=120146&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp|title=Explosive United run past Toronto|author=Charles Boehm|pub=Major League Soccer|date=September 29, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2007/09/29/tfc_dcunited_092807/|title=TFC scores, but lose to DC United|author=|pub=Rogers Sportsnet|date=September 29, 2007}}

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DC United took magic number to clinch MLS Supporters' Shield was reduced to 12 after a 4-1 come-from-behind victory against Toronto FC. After the loss, Toronto FC will be eliminated from post-season contention if Chicago Fire win against Chivas USA tonight.

Toronto for the second straight week took an early lead in the first half from a Carl Robinson free kick while DC United looked "passive" in the first half.

In the second half, DC United showed why they're the top team in the league by scoring four goals. Late in the half DC United went down to ten men when Fred went down with an injury after DC United's third and final substitution. The loss for Toronto FC makes it a 11 game winless streak. Toronto have now only scored two goals in their last 1,002 minutes played.

Statistics

Statistic

DC United

Toronto FC

Total Shots:

13

8

Shots on Goal:

8

3

Fouls:

18

17

Offsides:

2

1

Corner Kicks:

3

0
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