He just had to do it. Waking the Red stats man Martyn Bailey regularly delivers Toronto FC fans so much joy through his brilliant compilation of statistics.
Tonight, however, he might well have jinxed things. Martyn decided to tweet, mid-way through the second half, the fact that Toronto FC has never won three games in a row 1-0. They still haven’t, as a late Red Bulls goal resulted in a 1-1 draw and the first time the team has dropped points in Hartford.
He did redeem himself slightly with another stat, the fact that Toronto have lost just twice in their last 27 MLS matches.