Mar 15, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Chicago Hearth defender Jack Elliott (3) kicks the ball away from Toronto FC midfielder Kosi Thompson (6) throughout the first half at BMO Area. Necessary Credit score: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Photographs Hugo Cuypers scored his fourth objective of the season and the Chicago Hearth reversed an early deficit to finish a 2-1 victory at Toronto FC on Saturday.
Andrew Gutman additionally scored in Chicago’s second consecutive victory of their first season below former U.S. males’s nationwide crew supervisor Gregg Berhalter.
The Hearth (2-1-1, 7 factors) have already scored 9 objectives throughout that four-game begin, after having scored 40 or fewer in every of their 4 34-game MLS seasons.
Deandre Kerr scored within the eleventh minute for Toronto (0-3-1, 1 level), which opened its dwelling schedule with a 3rd consecutive loss following a season-opening draw at D.C. United.
First-year supervisor Robin Fraser’s group has now conceded 10 objectives of their first 4 matches — and a minimum of two in every.
Kerr put Toronto in entrance early on one of many Reds’ few constructive attacking sequences. Jonathan Osorio performed an early give-and-go into Kerr on the fringe of the penalty space earlier than spraying the ball broad proper. Kerr outmuscled his defender to go in a Federico Bernardeschi cross from about six yards.
Gutman pulled Chicago degree within the twenty ninth minute after accumulating a unfastened ball and dribbling towards the sting of the penalty space. Gutman then unfurled a well-struck shot that sailed past goalkeeper Sean Johnson’s dive and simply contained in the far proper put up.
Cuypers then put the guests in entrance simply earlier than halftime. After receiving a go from midfield, Cuypers turned and performed Leonardo Barroso into area down the precise.
Barroso returned a cross, and though Cuypers’ first contact was a bit lengthy, he recovered in time to bundle the ball throughout the road previous the charging Johnson.
Cuypers missed a superb opportunity to increase Chicago’s lead about quarter-hour into the second half, with Johnson sprinting from his line to supply simply sufficient stress to power Cuypers’ end on the run broad of the precise put up.
Then within the seventieth minute, Cuypers had what gave the impression to be his second objective disallowed for a maintain by Maren Haile-Selassie on Johnson, following a video assessment.
–Area Stage Media
