FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Wednesday night’s 1-0 loss to Toronto FC – which snapped the New England Revolution’s unbeaten run at four games – boiled down to two flashpoints.
The first arrived in the 29th minute when Ayo Akinola scored the game’s only goal, capitalizing on a TFC counterattack as the Revs’ defense was pierced for just the second time in the past five games. Akinola latched onto a pass from Alejandro Pozuelo, shrugged off the challenge of Revolution center back Andrew Farrell, and calmly finished inside the far post.
But there was some question as to whether Akinola had fouled Farrell in the process, using a shoulder barge to take down the Revs’ defender and win possession of the ball.