especially on the road -- it's going to turn into a dogfight and give our guys credit because we've dealt with it pretty well," Soehn said. "They kept throwing in service and free kicks and we were able to dodge a lot, but it was a roll up your sleeve day and work, and that's what we did."
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• Spurred on by the home crowd, and trying not to set the ignominious record, United knew they would have to weather an early storm from Toronto FC.
• "It was a great result, any time you can battle for 90 minutes and pull away a road game victory like this is great credit to us, and to the defensive shape of our entire team," said Bryan Namoff. "It's just a great victory all around, we said we wanted to come out strong in the first 15 minutes, we knew they were going to come and press the beginning of the first half, they're at home they have nothing to lose -- they defended like crazy and we were lucky enough to put a ball behind them and get a goal early."
• But the Black-and-Red got the goal they needed and they stood tall in the back for a fourth shutout in their last five games, allowing just a single goal over that time.
• "It's a deep team, there's a lot of guys who are playing well right now and a lot of guys that are confident, and we're defending very well as a team, not just the back four ... and any time you can get zero, then you have a chance to win, and you know we got that one chance early on and Fred took it well," said Greg Vanney.
• The United attack, with Emilio and Moreno given the day off after playing just three nights earlier, struggled after creating the one goal it ended up needing. Moreno did come on at halftime, while Emilio was not available after suffering a hamstring injury against New York.
• "You saw as soon as Jaime came in and Guy [Roland-Kpene] came in, we started dictating a little more of the play," Soehn said. "It still wasn't a great day for us in that respect, but on the days where it's not good, you have to roll up your sleeves and do the other part, and I thought they did a good job of that."
• Troy Perkins made a key save early to ensure TFC would set the record, then in the second half made sure his team would take all three points when he stopped Todd Dunivant as he broke in alone along with striker Danny Dichio.
• "Troy did well; he managed the box very well. You know, they (Toronto) survive on free kicks, they've got a few guys that can hurt you on set pieces, they're a handful, we gave them too many but, Troy managed the box very well and we were able to keep them out," said Soehn.
