D.C. UNITED vs. TORONTO FC
RFK STADIUM, Washington, D.C.
APRIL 16, 2016 (WEEK 7, MLS GAME #58)
5 pm ET (TSN4, NewsChannel8, MLS LIVE)
It’s a meeting of two clubs looking to begin a charge up the Eastern Conference table when D.C. United play host to Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon at RFK Stadium. United put an end to their five-game season-opening winless run in impressive fashion, rolling to a 4-0 victory against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on East Capitol Street. Toronto FC continued their season-opening road swing with a fourth consecutive match without a victory, ending a two-game losing slide with a 1-1 draw at the New England Revolution.
- Alvaro Saborio scored a pair of goals – the 14th multiple-goal game of his MLS career, tied for 10th all-time in league history – as D.C. United exploded for a 4-0 win against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday at RFK Stadium, their first victory of the season. Fabian Espindola also scored two goals – his eighth career multi-goal game – while Luciano Acosta recorded his first two MLS assists.
- Toronto FC snapped a two-game losing skid but saw their winless run stretched to four matches as their season-opening road swing continued with a 1-1 draw at the New England Revolution on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.
- TFC have come away with points on three of their last four trips to RFK Stadium, with a 2-1 victory last June 6 at RFK Stadium in the only meeting between the teams in Washington, D.C.
- United have taken points on six of their last eight trips to BMO Field since 2010, with five victories, including a scoreless draw in their only visit there last year on June 27.
REFEREE: Mathieu Bourdeau. AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero
MLS Career: 1 game; FC/gm: 36.0; Y/gm: 7.0; R: 0; pens: 0
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DC: Marcelo Sarvas; Sean Franklin
DISABLED LIST: DC: Bill Hamid
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (23 meetings): United 12 wins, 41 goals … Toronto FC 7 wins, 29 goals … Ties 4
AT RFK STADIUM (11 meetings): United 5 wins, 28 goals … Toronto FC 3 wins, 19 goals … Ties 3
RETURN MATCHES: 7/23: Toronto FC vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. ET; 10/1: Toronto FC vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. ET
LAST YEAR (MLS):
6/6: DC 1, TOR 2 (Birnbaum 6 – Giovinco 34, 83)
6/27: TOR 0, DC 0
- TFC has come away with points on three of their last four trips to RFK Stadium, with a 2-1 victory last June 6 at RFK Stadium in the only meeting between the teams in Washington, D.C.
- United have taken points on six of their last eight trips to BMO Field since 2010, with five victories, including a scoreless draw in their only visit there last year on June 27.
- Coaches record: Ben Olsen vs. TOR: P15 W7 L5 T3 … Greg Vanney vs. DC: P2 W1 L0 T1
