Toronto FC hold http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Los-Angeles-Galaxy-c39818 to a stalemate - Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer franchise, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toronto-FC-c40744, took on the reigning Western Conference champions, Los Angeles Galaxy, at BMO Stadium on April 13th. However, spectators at the site could not see any team add numbers to the score line as the match ended in the scoreless stalemate.
In spite of both the teams trying their best to get past the opposing goalkeepers in the 90-minute stretch, the score board was left untroubled. This was David Beckham’s first game in Toronto and the player created some chances both on the set-pieces and in the run of play, but Galaxy lacked the finishing touch.
Lanadon Donovan’s absence was yet again the talking point prior to the match. The player, despite being fit to start, has missed three games in the season so far. The media speculated another absence in the build-up to this game and the doubts were confirmed when Donovan failed to appear even on the substitutes bench. Instead, Beckham took to the field donning the captain’s band.
Former TFC forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stefan-Frei-c33991 in front of the net. Angel came latching onto the ball in the opening minute of the game but Frei was good enough to fend the visitors from taking an early lead. Barrett, on the other hand, made a charging run from the midfield in the 13th minute, eluded the Reds defence but his finish went wide of the near post.
TFC’s only chance came in 26th minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Donovan-Ricketts-c11558 fisted the point blank shot away to keep his clean sheet at the half time.
Second half was no different, however, this time it was the LA defence that was being tested. AJ DeLaGraza fed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Todd-Dunivant-c35186 with a through pass in 60th minute. The left-back’s cross got deflected at an odd angle and hit the right side of the post.
Ten minutes later, Beckham traded in his signature move; the English superstar fired in a trademark free-kick, but Frei was at hand to keep the shot away from the goal.
With the game fast approaching a close, TFC were still looking for a winner. In the dying minutes of the game, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danleigh-Borman-c10189 stepped up to take a free-kick that found Joao Plata. Ricketts came to the rescue by saving the header and the score line stayed 0-0 until the final whistle.
The result marks the third head-to-head draw between these two teams while it was also TFC’s third consecutive stalemate since the start of 2011 season.
Despite the game failing to produce a winner, the result moves TFC to second position in the Eastern Conference while the Galaxy’s status remains unchanged on the Western side.
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