Toronto FC and LA Galaxy play to hard fought tie

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Toronto FC Head Coach Aron Winter

Overall Thoughts On The Game:

"Very interesting. It was a game of two halves. First, bad. But the first goal, yeah, was a little but dumb. That changed that momentum of the game because at that moment we were not playing bad, but good. The second half even more, and we only get one point, even though we were the better team. We created a lot of opportunities."

On Toronto FC’s resiliency:

"Yeah, that wasn’t always, but what we showed in the second half, the way we battle, and didn’t hurt ourselves, so that when we are working like a team, and want to help each other, maybe we can play very good football and it showed. Now, the most important thing that we have to do is that every game we bring the same focus like in the second half."

On Alan Gordon’s performance:

"Well, first goal it must have given the whole team a big compliment, because we are missing some players with injury and some players from the Gold Cup. And today, big compliments for everybody, also for Doneil Henry, because he defended very well. And, second, for Alan Gordon, because he was away for awhile, because he was injured, and today it shows that if he’s fit he’s a very good striker."

Toronto FC Forward Alan Gordon

On playing against the Galaxy:

"It was fun it was another game. It was just another game, it’s nothing special. It’s just a game in the league. I scored two goals. It was a good point."

On his goal in stoppage time:

"It was just special because I don’t score goals like that. So to get it against my former team in the 94th minute, of course it was special."

On the team fighting back:

"At halftime we got together and we needed to come out with some pride, some heart and some fight. It’s something that we haven’t been doing a lot of lately and we really did it today. In the second half we played 45 good minutes we now have to now build on that and put together 90 minutes, get some points and move up the table."

Toronto FC Forward Maicon Santos

On tonight’s game:

"It was great. It was a great result for us. I thought we deserved more. We fought hard and took our chances, so I think it was a good result for us."

On his performance:

"I think I played well. I have been progressing every game so it is important for every game you are going to play. I think I helped a lot throughout the game and helped my teammates. I think I did pretty good."

On the team’s performance:

"It was good. We fought for every ball so it was great." 

LA Galaxy Head Coach Bruce Arena

On tonight’s game:

"Disappointing result, certainly to work as hard as we had to work in this game, give Toronto a lot of credit I thought they played real hard. We have to manage the game at the end of the game it’s quite simple. Give Alan Gordon a lot of credit, great goal at the end. We had a bunch of guys standing around we got out competed at the end of the game in that play. Give him a lot of credit he did well he took that chance well."

On giving up a late goal:

"I don’t think they switched off I think certainly they didn’t switch off. I think oddly enough the call by the referee, the foul at the end on [Juan Pablo] Angel, I don’t think they switched off but I think you see a lot where they say statistically teams are often scored on after they score a goal. I don’t think we necessarily switched off but obviously it’s in the 93rd, 94th minute everyone is tired and Gordon had a special effort on that play. We didn’t do well but give Gordon credit."

On the team’s performance:

"We had our chance to get two goals. I thought Toronto in the first half did well with their pressure, turned us over a couple of times and created some chances. We had some chances in the game to get that second goal but it was a hard game. They played real hard and we worked so hard to get that second goal and to have the three points and to lose our concentration in the end is very disappointing."

LA Galaxy Midfielder David Beckham

On The Ending To The Game:

"Obviously, when you score a goal that late, we thought we won, but obviously they get a freekick and knock it up there, we don’t defend well, and Gordo (Alan Gordon) scores probably one of the best goals he’s ever scored. It happens, but we have to be a bit smarter than that. And maybe stand over the ball, maybe mark a bit better in the last minute of the game."

On The Result:

"I think there was a lot more energy between the team and within the players. We played better than we played last week, but we didn’t finish the game off. We’re disappointed, obviously, with just two points in the last two games, especially them being at home, but we have to pick it up".

Scoring Summary:

LA — Chris Birchall 1 (Miguel Lopez 3) 2
TOR — Alan Gordon 3 (Danleigh Borman 3, Mikael Yourassowsky 2) 68
LA — Juan Pablo Angel 3 (unassisted) 91+
TOR — Alan Gordon 4 (Maicon Santos 2) 94+

Misconduct Summary:
TOR — Danleigh Borman (caution; Tactical Foul) 17
LA — David Beckham (caution; Reckless Tackle) 29
TOR — Doneil Henry (caution; Handball) 57
TOR — Alan Gordon (caution; Reckless Foul) 81
LA — A.J. DeLaGarza (caution; Reckless Tackle) 83

Lineups:

Toronto FC — Stefan Frei, Richard Eckersley, Doneil Henry, Ty Harden, Danleigh Borman, Jacob Peterson (Alan Gordon 43), Nathan Sturgis, Tony Tchani (Joao Plata 34), Mikael Yourassowsky, Nick Soolsma (Javier Martina 89), Maicon Santos.

Substitutes Not Used: Oscar Cordon, Dan Gargan, Gianluca Zavarise, Milos Kocic.

LA Galaxy — Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza, Todd Dunivant, Chris Birchall, David Beckham, Miguel Lopez (Paolo Cardozo 81), Michael Stephens (Bryan Jordan 81), Juan Pablo Angel, Chad Barrett (Mike Magee 71).

Substitutes Not Used: Gregg Berhalter, Frankie Hejduk, Jovan Kirovski, Brian Perk.

Referee: Mark Kadlecik
Referee’s Assistants: -Rob Fereday; Mike Kampmeinert
4th Official: Yader Reyes
Time of Game: 1:53
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-62-degrees
Attendance: 20,675

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