RBNY 1-1 draw Toronto FC
Toronto FC’s winning streak and the New York Red Bulls’ losing streak were both halted on Friday night, as the teams played to an entertaining 1-1 draw at Red Bull Arena.
The Red Bulls took the lead shortly before halftime, as Bradley Wright-Phillips scored off a set piece with an acrobatic overhead kick. But Toronto battled back, as substitute Benoit Cheyrou came up with a goal with 20 minutes to go. Jozy Altidorethen had the chance to put TFC ahead in the 82nd minute, but his penalty was saved by Luis Robles. Tosaint Rickettsthought he had the winning goal for Toronto in the 87th minute, but an offside call on Raheem.Toronto FC’s winning streak and the New York Red Bulls’ losing streak were both halted on Friday night, as the teams played to an entertaining 1-1 draw at Red Bull Arena.
The Red Bulls took the lead shortly before halftime, as Bradley Wright-Phillips scored off a set piece with an acrobatic overhead kick. But Toronto battled back, as substitute Benoit Cheyrou came up with a goal with 20 minutes to go. Jozy Altidorethen had the chance to put TFC ahead in the 82nd minute, but his penalty was saved by Luis Robles. Tosaint Rickettsthought he had the winning goal for Toronto in the 87th minute, but an offside call on Raheem Edwards on the play chalked off the tally.
GREG VANNEY – HEAD COACH, TORONTO FC… On the result:
“Probably given some of the circumstances, I would say two points dropped. I thought in the second half we really pushed the tempo. We had a couple great chances, PK, one brought back. That’s unfortunate. I’m proud of the effort. I thought we really bounced back and sort of brought the intensity and the pace back in the second half. I thought the first half everything was way too slow. Because of it, we couldn’t break them down the way I was suspecting we could. The game, like I said, the speed, intensity, tempo, everything picked up in the second half. More opportunities presented themselves for us.”
Did you get a good look at the goal that was called back?
“I had a very good angle on the initial shot. I don’t remember who hit it off the top of my head. Ben. Hit it, Raheem was in the path of the ball to the goal. Depending on how they ruled Raheem, the determination of it was off-sides or not. I thought Raheem was trying to get out of the way. On the deflection, I didn’t see the linesman lift the flag. I’m not really sure who made the call. After discussing with them after, they must have called Raheem off on his positioning after the initial shot. Yeah, I’m not really sure. I don’t understand the off-sides rule anymore. I don’t know if I have a strong opinion. It’s up-tempo because we were scrapping at that point. I thought we were going to get it.”
Picking up a point…
“The win streak was going to come to an end at some point. We knew this was a tough place to play. We got down a goal, but continued to battle, got the equalizer. Continued to battle for the goal that would have won it. Again, I’m proud of the effort. I think I was happy with our second half performance. Still some things that can tighten up. I will probably always say that. But we came into a difficult place to play. We very much could have taken three points out of this.”
You have been leaving it till late in the last couple games. Were you convinced you were going to pull off the second goal?
“I was because I thought we were getting into some good spots. I thought at times with them pushing so many numbers high, the speed, the combination of players we had on the other side of things, plus the delivery of Victor and Benoit, Michael, meant that we were going to get some things forward with the introduction of Raheem, who is a guy that can quickly get into attacks, get things into the box. I thought we would create chances and problems for them. We did. I was optimistic that we would get the goal. I thought we would get some chances. We were able to, but couldn’t put them away.”
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