TFC hopes to take advantage of homestand in a league where teams don’t travel well
TORONTO — Teams generally don’t travel well in Major League Soccer, a trend Toronto FC hopes to capitalize on during its current three-game homestand.
The Houston Dynamo, Friday’s visitors to BMO Field, have outscored their opposition 13-5 at home where they are 4-0-1 but have been outscored 6-2 on the road where they are 0-2-0.
The Chicago Fire, beaten 3-1 last week in Toronto, have collected 10 points at home but only one on the road. East-leading Orlando, which comes here next week, is 4-0-0 at home and 1-1-0 elsewhere.
Going into Week 9 play, Eastern Conference teams were a combined 22-5-12 at home and 7-22-11 on the road. It was the same story in the West where teams were 22-9-9 at home and 7-22-10 away.