TORONTO -- If the sloppy conditions and sparse crowd werent bad enough, Toronto
FC dropped a 2-1 decision to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in a game Ryan
Nelsen largely blamed on the officiating.
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ended on a worse note when the Toronto head coach and his assistant Fran OLeary
were ejected in the final minute for words said from the sideline. "The referee
(Allen Chapman) has a tough time but I think hell reflect and look back and
probably (realize) Toronto FC were on the wrong end of the equation on literally
all of the critical calls," said Nelsen, who was calm just minutes after his
ejection. C.J. Sapong scored both goals for the visitors, while Darel Russell
recorded the lone goal for Toronto in a rain-drenched affair at BMO Field, the
gloomy, grey weather matching the mood around the Major League Soccer club. The
loss stretched Torontos winless streak to eight consecutive games, while the
victory for Kansas City propelled it into a tie with New York atop the Eastern
Conference standings. Nelsen was frustrated about what he thought was a hand
ball in Kansas Citys box, and a tackle on Justin Braun in the dying minutes.
"The problems that we did cause (for Sporting KC), an oppositions hand got in
the way, or I think it was a little bit of the Ultimate Fighting that is going
on tonight (at Torontos Air Canada Centre) was done on Justin Braun at the end,"
Nelsen said. "I should be up here (talking about) two penalties, two blatant
penalties, two stonecold penalties, and weve won the game." A week after Toronto
(4-14-12) was mathematically eliminated from the playoffs for the seventh
straight year, and with four games to go on the season, a sparse crowd --
announced at a season-low 12,627, but appearing much smaller -- braved the
inclement weather. The previous season-low attendance was 15,217, two weeks
earlier versus Chicago. Toronto hasnt won since Aug. 4 at New England, and
despite which way the referees calls went, a couple of defensive miscues led to
what Nelsen called "soft goals" for the visitors. Sapong opened the scoring for
Kansas City (14-9-6) in the 18th minute when Graham Zusi found the head of
Dominic Dwyer with a long cross. Dwyer headed the ball to a wide-open Sapong who
launched a header past Toronto keeper Joe Bendik. "It wasnt going to be a
performance game, atrocious conditions, you probably cant see it from the
sideline but when youre out in the middle the water is horrible," Nelsen said.
"It was going to be a mistake game, whoever turns it over and whoever makes
mistakes is probably going to lose the game." Sapong, whod only scored twice
previously this season, doubled his season output in the 53rd minute when he
headed in a long cross from Chance Meyers. Defender Mark Bloom, in his second
appearance for Toronto, seemed to lose sight of Sapong as he was tracking him
back toward the net. "Soft goals for us to lose," said Toronto defender Steven
Caldwell. "It was a not very nice day to play in or watch it was a battle at
end, it was difficult to keep your footing, play with any kind of quality."
Russell scored in the 38th minute to make it 1-1 on a bad clearance by Kansas
City defender Aurelien Collin. Sporting KC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen passed the
ball to Collin, who misplayed it leaving Alvaro Rey to swoop in and pass to
Russell, who slotted it past Nielsen. The loss came a day after Toronto
introduced Tim Bezbatchenko as its new general manager. Despite all the
frustrations from Saturdays match, Nelsen was emphatic in his support for the
recent turn of events in the front office. "When I first took this job and I saw
what happened to where I sit now, oh my goodness, trust me on this one, I am so
much happier, its absolutely night and day," Nelsen said. "Certain contracts
with certain salary cap restrictions. . . ," he said, when asked to expand.
"Everything was handcuffed and weve taken the handcuffs off and now we can move
forward. "When I first took the job I thought it would be two or three years
before Toronto could get out of the situation they were in, it was that bad."
Saturdays game was a winnable one for Toronto, which had several near-misses on
the afternoon. Rey went down on the edge of the 18-yard box in the first half
after taking what looked like an elbow to the face. The referee awarded Toronto
a free kick outside the box, which Caldwell nearly scored on. Toronto had
another excellent scoring chance at the 45-minute mark when a header by Bright
Dike -- who was strong in his first start for the home team --was cleared off
Kansas Citys goal line. Toronto was reduced to 10 men in the 86th minute when
Caldwell was shown a red card for a studs-up tackle on Josh Gardner. "No intent
or anything malicious about it, its just the way the game was, and the type of
conditions it was, sometimes you go in for challenges that arent ideal and I
felt we both went in with our studs," said Caldwell. He chalked up the calls to
a "lack of experience from the referee, and a lack of empathy for the
conditions." Toronto was missing several key players including midfielder
Jonathan Osorio, who was serving the first of a two-game suspension for kicking
the ball at an opponents head in Torontos 2-0 loss at New York last week. Osorio
booted the ball directly to the side of the head of Red Bulls defender Kosuke
Kimura, who had fallen to the ground. Kimura was not injured on the play.
Striker Robert Earnshaw missed the game with a hamstring injury. Danny
Koevermans, whos struggling in his recovery from last seasons ACL surgery, didnt
dress, nor did Matias Laba, whos out a month after fracturing his big toe.
Toronto hosts D.C. United next Saturday.
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