So Close The 3-1, But!

By Ben Knight Onward!

Gol gol gol gol gol — against!
(I had a dream last night. Toronto FC fans entering Crew Stadium in Columbus were ordered to take their shoes and socks off, leave them in a big pile on the concourse, and watch the game barefoot. Discuss among yourselves.)

So, maybe Toronto FC got a little bit too excited about its rebuilt attack.

With big, forceful Canada target man Ali Gerba finally wearing the red number-10 shirt, and a team-wide willingness to keep the ball moving on the carpet, the Redcoats looked really dangerous at times.

Sure, they were a goal down early, but all it took was a surging run from Marvell Wynne and a cheeky little Pablo Vitti redirect to set up a charging Duane DeRosario for an emphatic tying goal.

Then, later, the ever-embattled Chad Barrett intercepted a dreadful Columbus clearance, and worked an utterly splendid double give-and-go with Gerba, which the brute finisher buried in-close to howitzer Toronto into the lead.

And then Vitti – yeah, I’ve been down on the kid, but this was gorgeous – made good, patient space for himself, and rocketed a curving outswinger straight off the far Columbus post. So close the 3-1!

But …

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