TORONTO, Canada—In what ended up being a gritty matchup in front of 15,000 fans at BMO Field, neither side was able to pull out the victory Sunday night, as Toronto FC and Nashville SC settled for a 1-1 draw in Week 16 Major League Soccer action.
Toronto FC extended their unbeaten run to five games with the draw and are still undefeated in the Javier Perez era. Nashville, meanwhile, also continued their red-hot run of play, extending their unbeaten run to eight.
Prior to the start of this one, Alejandro Pozuelo was left off the team sheet, as coach Javier Perez disclosed that their superstar had been feeling tightness in his leg leading up to the start of the match, and the club elected to ere on the side of caution, calling his absence ‘precautionary.