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D.C. United loses in Toronto, Spirit loses in New Jersey

In Toronto …

Sebastian Giovinco scorched D.C. United with a hat trick and all other forms of mayhem during a 4-1 victory at BMO Field.

[My match report, with news about Bill Hamid and Bobby Boswell]

“He’s real, right?” Ben Olsen said of the little Italian forward. “Everybody that prepares for Toronto has one big name on the board: Giovinco. If you can do a good job on him and he’s not in the mood, you have a good chance against him. But if he’s in the mood and you aren’t hyper-aware of him in dangerous spots around the field, he can do that to you.