Sergio Santos scores equalizer in 77th minute as Philadelphia Union tie Toronto FC 2-2
Substitute Sergio Santos took advantage of slack defending to head home a 77th-minute goal that lifted the Philadelphia Union into a 2-2 tie with Toronto FC in MLS play Wednesday.
For Altidore, it was a second timely goal in as many games. His 95th-minute free kick gave Toronto a 1-1 tie with visiting CF Montreal on Saturday. And it took Philadelphia 37 seconds to breach that defence, with Alejandro Bedoya beating Westberg with a hard, low shot for his third goal of the season. It’s debatable whether Toronto had touched the goal before picking it out of its net.
It marked the 13th goal Toronto has given up in the first 15 minutes of a game this season, worst in the league . Freese stopped Pozuelo from a tight angle at the near post in the 56th minute. Toronto attackers seemed to grow more frustrated as the game wore on.Philadelphia arrived looking to consolidate second place in the Eastern Conference, holding a 23-point edge in the standings over TFC and knowing a win would officially clinch a playoff berth.
After Toronto, Philadelphia plays its last regular-season home against 14th-place FC Cincinnati before visiting fifth-place New York City FC.
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