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An off night, the lack of a healthy striker and some weary bodies cost Toronto FC at the MLS is Back Tournament.
"We didn't have the urgency. We didn't play with the right mentality as a group," said Vanney."Tactically we didn't get to the right spots and do things the right way,With Ayo Akinola sidelined by hamstring tightness and Jozy Altidore apparently not ready to go 90 minutes, Alejandro Pozuelo played as a false No. 9. That disrupted his growing rapport with Argentine newcomer Pablo Piatti and Brazilian fullback Auro on the right side.
"I think the tournament and the games wore on us. And we weren't good enough. And so because of that we had to do more work.""We've never made excuses along the way and we're not going to start now," he said."At the end of the night, it's pretty simple. When you play a big game and not enough guys have good games on the night, then the bar's going to tilt pretty heavily in their favour.
A healthy Altidore would have been welcome for the full 90 minutes against NYCFC, rather than 33 minutes off the bench. Patrick Mullins, who scored coming off the bench thanks to a gorgeous cushioned header from Altidore and a fine cross from Jacob Shaffelburg, must be thinking once again what does he have to do to get a start when the striker cupboard is all but empty.On the plus side, Toronto collected five of the nine possible points in the regular-season standing available at the tournament.
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