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Toronto saw its five-game unbeaten run under Perez snapped at Subaru Park. Philadelphia took advantage of TFC's flat start to score three goals in the first 36 minutes while restricting Toronto to just one shot on target in 90 minutes.Both teams are playing their third game in a week. It's been a challenging run for 13th-placed TFC which tied fourth-place Nashville 1-1 last Sunday before losing to third-place Philadelphia. NYCFC stands fifth in the East, 13 points ahead of Toronto.
TFC needs to shore up a league-worst defence that has conceded 36 goals -- and given up three goals five times this season, tied with FC Cincinnati for most in MLS this year. Toronto is conceding 2.12 goals a game on average, compared to just 1.00 for NYCFC. The goals tend to come at home, however. NYCFC has 22 goals in nine home fixtures and just eight in seven away games.
The two teams tied 1-1 May 15 at Yankee Stadium with substitute Jacob Shaffelburg scoring his first MLS goal to secure Toronto a controversial point. Controversial because NYCFC believed the 74th-minute tying goal should have been called back for a Dom Dwyer foul on defender James Sands. "At the same time if we do that well, we know that we will have opportunities to break on them and cause them problems. And on the ball we need to move it quick. We need to switch play and break lines when we have the opportunity to do that."
Deila sees TFC under Perez as being closer to the 2020 team under Greg Vanney rather than the high-pressing outfit that Armas looked to build.
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