Toronto FC extends unbeaten streak to eight with win over Columbus Crew SC
TORONTO — After seeing its franchise-record win streak stopped at six with a 1-1 tie at the New York Red Bulls last week, normal service resumed for Toronto FC on Friday.
Led by Victor Vazquez’s dead-ball mastery, league-leading Toronto thumped Columbus Crew SC 5-0 to match the club-record unbeaten run of eight MLS games.
Perhaps most impressively, Toronto ran up the score without the services of star strikers Sebastian Giovinco (injured) and Jozy Altidore (suspended), whose combined salaries total US$12 million this season.
Vazquez scored twice — first from the penalty spot in the sixth minute and then from a free kick on the edge of the box in the 59th minute. Striker Ben Spencer, in his first MLS start, set up a 39th-minute Justin Morrow goal.