HARRISON, N.J.At this rate, the Maple Leafs might not be the only MLSE sports property who knows about late season collapses. <\/p>\n
Toronto FC dropped a 3-1 decision to the New York Red Bulls Saturday night at Red Bull Arena, continuing a late-season swoon in which it has lost three in a row. Coupled with Columbus 3-2 win over Philadelphia, Toronto is now six points out of the last Eastern Conference playoff spot held by the Crew. <\/p>\n
Both Toronto (11-14-7) and Columbus have two games remaining this season. Toronto hosts Montreal Saturday afternoon, before ending the regular season at the New England Revolution on Oct. 25. <\/p>\n
Columbus visits New York next Sunday, and ends the home portion of their season Oct. 26 against Philadelphia. <\/p>\n
Should Toronto FC not qualify for the MLS playoffs, one of the determining factors it can look back on will be a 19-minute stretch in the first half in which New York (12-9-11) scored three times. <\/p>\n
Bradley Wright-Phillips opened the scoring in the 26th minute by tapping Kosuke Kimuras centring feed past Joe Bendik. Wright-Phillips goal was his MLS-leading 25th of the season. <\/p>\n
Nine minutes later, Ruben Bover Izquierdo increased the lead to 2-0 with his first MLS goal after Bendik punched a Thierry Henry shot into a maze of players in front of the net which landed in front of the midfielder. <\/p>\n
The deficit grew to 3-0 when Dax McCarthy redirected Wright-Phillips diagonal feed in the 45th minute. <\/p>\n
Bendik made two saves in the losing effort. <\/p>\n
Torontos best chance in the first half was Nick Hagglunds header off a corner in the 22nd minute, but New York goalkeeper Luis Robles made a leaping grab to keep the game scoreless. Robles finished with two saves with his shutout bid spoiled by Jonathan Osorios goal in the 55th minute. <\/p>\n
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