The same match strategy that got St. Louis CITY SC its previous shutout worked the same way in a 1-0 shutout of Toronto FC on the road. This is only the second time this season CITY head coach Bradley Carnell repeated a starting lineup.
The home team has fallen as low as it can in MLS Eastern Conference, save for last-place Inter Miami CF. Given that conference record, Toronto has enjoyed no chance against any competent game plan that a team of committed athletes executes.
The win keeps a three-point edge between first-place St.