On Sat May 21st, DC United will host Toronto in a meeting of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. DC United is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Inter Miami. Leonardo Campana struck first for Inter Miami in the 31st minute, then Damion Lowe added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Jean Mota. DC United is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Toronto is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Orlando City. Smith struck first for Orlando City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Alexandre Pato, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Toronto couldn’t manage to score, and Orlando City took the shutout win. Toronto looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Toronto won by a score of 2 to 1. Canouse struck first for DC United in the 10th minute, then Alejandro Pozuelo Melero tied it up for Toronto in the 24th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 53rd minute on a goal by Osorio.
Jesús Jiménez has been the most prolific scorer on Toronto in his last five matches with 3 goals. DC United is fortunate enough to have Taxiarchis Fountas in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals.