Boosted by arrival of Alejandro Pozuelo, Toronto FC looks for third straight win Globe_Sports
Toronto won back-to-back games in league play just once last year and that was against lowly Chicago, which finished four points below ninth-place TFC in the Eastern Conference.
Good on the ball with both feet, Pozuelo can play in a variety of positions, supporting striker Jozy Altidore or drifting in and out as play dictates. He will also be involved in dead-ball situations. NYCFC forward Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, who saw 54 minutes of action in Libya’s 2-1 loss to South Africa, is listed as questionable with an ankle injury.Both sides had players on international duty with 10 NYCFC players leaving to join Costa Rica, Libya, Luxembourg, Peru, Romania and Sweden and the U.S. Toronto had four players with Canada and the U.S.
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