Not winning a game Major League Soccer (MLS) since mid-April, Toronto FC is determined to end their slide when they host the Chicago Fire on Saturday, the only team on the Garber Tour with fewer wins than them.
The Toronto-Chicago duel is not the same as the titans clash. TFC’s last victory in the league began on April 16 and the Fire until March 19. Queen City representatives were among the teams that scored the most goals (25 out of 13 games) and the one in Windy City was the team that with the fewest points (11).
Either way, three points will face off, and Toronto FC head coach Bob Bradley doesn’t believe Chicago will be an easy victim because the players on that team are very well organized defense and rely on Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri, the highest paid player in MLS and one of the greatest talents on the circuit.
At the start of the season, we see a lot of tight and hard fighting games. They are still trying to figure out what they are and how they can improve in some aspects. In this sense, I see a lot of similarities in our teamhe said on Friday at the TFC training center.
Toronto FC got off to a good start to the 2021-2022 MLS season despite an inexperienced squad and the arrival of a new coach, but they have been upset recently. He lost five straight games before getting a 2-2 draw against DC United on Saturday. Then, on Tuesday, he won 2-1 against the Halifax Wanderers in the quarter-finals of the Canadian championship.
It hasn’t been easy so farrecognized striker Jordan Perruzza. We had a lot to learn at work with a new coach and with a lot of new players in the dressing room, but it was one of the best groups I’ve been a part of. And I think that’s why we don’t seem to give up. We fight every game until the last minute. So there is something positive to learn from this sequence.
” We expect a battle, a difficult battle [samedi]. They have a lot of talented players like us who are trying to find ways to win on the road and at home, so we hope to have to fight. “
Injuries certainly haven’t helped TFC this season. MLS 2020 MVP Alejandro Pozuelo was dropped due to injury. For Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Noble Okello and Chris Mavinga, they have not been given the green light to return to action.
Saturday, victory will go to the team that wants to win and will find the most ways to get there.
The game will start at 7 pm BMO field.
Source: Radio-Canada
