2007 Toronto FC season

Toronto FC

2007 season
Manager	Mo Johnston
Major League Soccer	7th (East) 13th (overall)
Carolina Challenge Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Danny Dichio (6)
Home colours Away colours
2008 →

Summary

Toronto FC began play in Major League Soccer in 2007, and the club's first regular season match was on April 7, 2007 at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles away to Chivas USA. Toronto FC suffered a 2-0 loss. Toronto's first home match was on April 28, 2007 at BMO Field against Kansas City Wizards. The home side lost 1-0 on an 81st-minute goal by Eddie Johnson.

Danny Dichio scored the first goal ever for Toronto FC on May 12, 2007 against Chicago Fire in the franchise's first ever win, a 3-1 victory. Although they did not make the MLS playoffs, Toronto FC was a success in its inaugural season, selling out every home game at BMO Field and capturing significant media attention in Toronto and in other MLS markets.

Dichio was also the first ever Toronto FC player red-carded, being ejected in the 44th minute of the same game as his historic goal. That strike had ended the second longest opening scoreless streak for a new club in MLS after Real Salt Lake. Toronto won the game 3-1, with additional goals by Maurice Edu and Kevin Goldthwaite. Game play was delayed several minutes as many fans threw seat cushions onto the field in celebration. The cushions had been a free gift to ticket-holders to commemorate the club's official opening weekend. Now, Toronto FC fans sing Dichio's name in the 24th minute of every match. On May 26, 2007 Dichio scored the team's first-ever goal on the road[25] and the last goal of Toronto's first season, in the 91st minute of the final game against the New England Revolution.

At the 6th minute of Toronto FC's loss to D.C. United on August 26, Toronto FC broke the Major League Soccer record of minutes without a goal at 558 minutes. The record was previously held by Real Salt Lake. On September 22, Toronto FC ended their streak, scoring at the two-minute mark of their match against the Columbus Crew on a goal by Miguel Cañizalez, setting a league record at 824 minutes. Cañizalez's goal was also the first goal by a Canadian during MLS play at BMO Field.

In their inaugural season, Toronto FC's average attendance was 20,130, the third highest in the league behind Los Angeles Galaxy (24,252) and D.C. United (20,967).

Matches

2007 Carolina Challenge Cup

Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

March 24, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 2	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
		(Report)	Cochrane  16' Wondolowski  73'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,183

Toronto FC v New York Red Bulls

March 28, 2007	Toronto FC	2 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Charleston, South Carolina
	Eskandarian  9' Buddle 36'	(Report)	Wolyniec 21'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Charleston Battery v Toronto FC

March 31, 2007	Charleston Battery	0 – 3	Toronto FC	Charleston, South Carolina
		(Report)	Eskandarian  3' Ibrahim 35' Buddle 73'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

2007 Major League Soccer season

Chivas USA v Toronto FC

April 7, 2007	Chivas USA	2 – 0	Toronto FC	Carson, California, USA
	Ante Razov  35' Alex Zotinca  84' Sacha Kljestan  88'	(report)	Miguel Canizalez  61' Paulo Nagamura  77'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,351 Referee: Terry Vaughn

New England Revolution v Toronto FC

April 14, 2007	New England Revolution	4 – 0	Toronto FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
	Taylor Twellman  12' Taylor Twellman  18' Shalrie Joseph  60' (pen.) Andy Dorman  72' Avery John  79'	(report)	Edson Buddle  13' Andrew Boyens  45' Paulo Nagamura  60' Jim Brennan  72'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 18,184 Referee: Mark Geiger

Kansas City Wizards v Toronto FC

April 25, 2007	Kansas City Wizards	3 – 0	Toronto FC	Kansas City, Missouri, USA
	Eddie Johnson  5' Eddie Johnson  5' Jack Jewsbury  49' Kerry Zavagnin  55' Carlos Marinelli  66' Yura Movsisyan  70'	(report)	Alecko Eskandarian  28' Paulo Nagamura  34' Andy Welsh  68'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 7,438 Referee: Andrew Chapin

Toronto FC v Kansas City Wizards

April 28, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 1	Kansas City Wizards	Toronto
	Andrew Boyens  3' Danny Dichio  23'	(report)	Jose Burciaga Jr.  44' Kerry Zavagnin  70' Davy Arnaud  73' Eddie Johnson  81'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,148 Referee: Mauricio Navarro

Toronto FC v Chicago Fire

May 12, 2007	Toronto FC	3 – 1	Chicago Fire	Toronto
	Danny Dichio  24' Maurice Edu  30' Marvell Wynne  38' Danny Dichio  44' Kevin Goldthwaite  51' Maurice Edu  75'	(report)	Thiago  27' Chris Rolfe  36' Diego Gutierrez  45'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,041 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

May 16, 2007	Toronto FC	1 – 0	Houston Dynamo	Toronto
	Andy Welsh  25' Jim Brennan  43' Alecko Eskandarian  54' Chris Pozniak  86'	(report)	Eddie Robinson  76'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 19,123 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Toronto FC v D.C. United

May 19, 2007	Toronto FC	1 – 2	D.C. United	Toronto
	Alecko Eskandarian  17' Maurice Edu  30' Kevin Goldthwaite  36' Alecko Eskandarian  44' Jim Brennan  81'	(report)	Facundo Erpen  35' Bryan Namoff  40' Kevin Goldthwaite  53' (o.g.) Jaime Moreno  79' (pen.)	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,183 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Columbus Crew v Toronto FC

May 26, 2007	Columbus Crew	2 – 2	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio, USA
	Andy Herron  2' Andy Herron  3' Andy Herron  36' Guillermo Barros Schelotto  78'	(report)	Danny Dichio  27' Jim Brennan  49' Jim Brennan  89'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,755 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Toronto FC v Colorado Rapids

June 2, 2007	Toronto FC	2 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Toronto
	Danny Dichio  9' Danny Dichio  19' Andrew Boyens  28' Kevin Goldthwaite  81' Srdjan Djekanovic  93+'	(report)	Herculez Gomez  32' Herculez Gomez  75'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Steven DePiero

Toronto FC v New York Red Bulls

June 6, 2007	Toronto FC	1 – 2	New York Red Bulls	Toronto
	Jeff Cunningham  23'	(report)	Markus Schopp  33' Juan Pablo Angel  69' Juan Pablo Angel  71'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Tim Weyland

Toronto FC v FC Dallas

June 17, 2007	Toronto FC	4 – 0	FC Dallas	Toronto
	Maurice Edu  22' Maurice Edu  23' Danny Dichio  25' Jeff Cunningham  39' Carl Robinson  65' Jeff Cunningham  92+'	(report)	Marcelo Saragosa  46+' Dominic Oduro  53' Carlos Ruiz  54' Chris Gbandi  60'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,156 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

New England Revolution v Toronto FC

June 23, 2007	New England Revolution	3 – 0	Toronto FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
	Andy Dorman  13' Pat Noonan  33' Andy Dorman  81' Khano Smith  83'	(report)	Kevin Goldthwaite  21' Srdjan Djekanovic  50' Danny Dichio  70' Marvell Wynne  91+'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,114 Referee: Alex Prus

Kansas City Wizards v Toronto FC

July 1, 2007	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 1	Toronto FC	Kansas City, Missouri, USA
	Michael Harrington  18' Jose Burciaga Jr.  40' Davy Arnaud  85'	(report)	Danny Dichio  46' Andrew Boyens  48', 76'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 9,485 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Real Salt Lake v Toronto FC

July 4, 2007	Real Salt Lake	1 – 2	Toronto FC	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
	Alecko Eskandarian  45' (pen.) Ritchie Kotschau  63' Atiba Harris  75'	(report)	Jeff Cunningham  19' Chris Pozniak  44' Jeff Cunningham  46+' Colin Samuel  79' (pen.) Srdjan Djekanovic  88' Ronnie O'Brien  90'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Attendance: 20,751 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Chicago Fire v Toronto FC

July 7, 2007	Chicago Fire	1 – 1	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois, USA
	C.J. Brown  31' Chad Barrett  70' (pen.)	(report)	Maurice Edu  34' Jim Brennan  69' Chris Pozniak  76' Maurice Edu  78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,080 Referee: Mark Geiger

Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC

July 15, 2007	Houston Dynamo	0 – 0	Toronto FC	Houston, Texas, USA
	Eddie Robinson  66'	(report)	Maurice Edu  42' Carl Robinson  53'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 11,114 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Columbus Crew v Toronto FC

July 22, 2007	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio, USA
	Guillermo Barros Schelotto  50' Guillermo Barros Schelotto  56'	(report)	Tyrone Marshall  46+'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,479 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Toronto FC v Chicago Fire

July 29, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 3	Chicago Fire	Toronto
	Andy Welsh  10' Collin Samuel  42'	(report)	Calen Carr  13' Ivan Guerrero  37' Chad Barrett  44' Calen Carr  58' Floyd Franks  75'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,322 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Toronto FC v Los Angeles Galaxy

August 5, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Toronto
	Carl Robinson  32' Maurice Edu  82'	(report)	Kelly Gray  24' Kevin Harmse  50' Ante Jazic  72'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,522 Referee: Mauricio Navarro

New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC

August 12, 2007	New York Red Bulls	3 – 0	Toronto FC	East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
	Juan Pablo Angel  24' Jozy Altidore  50' Jozy Altidore  63'	(report)	Collin Samuel  11' Chris Pozniak  65'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 12,103 Referee: Alex Prus

Toronto FC v Chivas USA

August 18, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 2	Chivas USA	Toronto
		(report)	Maykel Galindo  57' Sacha Kljestan  89' Jason Hernandez  81' Brad Guzan  92+'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,178 Referee: Brian Hall

Toronto FC v D.C. United

August 25, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 1	D.C. United	Toronto
	Todd Dunivant  55' Adam Braz  64' Carl Robinson  89'	(report)	Fred  8' Rod Dyachenko  39' Brian Carroll  56' Jaime Moreno  63' Christian Gomez  84'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,093 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

FC Dallas v Toronto FC

September 8, 2007	FC Dallas	2 – 0	Toronto FC	Frisco, Texas, USA
	Aaron Pitchkolan  11' Denilson  36' (pen.) Denilson  70' Abe Thompson  87' (pen.)	(report)	Tyrone Marshall  33' Andrea Lombardo  34' Joey Melo  86'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 16,790 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Toronto FC v Real Salt Lake

September 15, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 0	Real Salt Lake	Toronto
	Tyrone Marshall  22' Andrew Boyens  31' Adam Braz  67'	(report)	Javier Morales  17' Fabian Espindola  35' Alecko Eskandarian  48' Matias Mantilla  93+'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,098 Referee: Tim Weyland

Toronto FC v Columbus Crew

September 22, 2007	Toronto FC	1 – 2	Columbus Crew	Toronto
	Miguel Canizalez  2'	(report)	Jason Garey  61' Jacob Thomas  83'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,127 Referee: Steven DePiero

D.C. United v Toronto FC

September 29, 2007	D.C. United	4 – 1	Toronto FC	Washington, D.C., USA
	Bobby Boswell  25' Devon McTavish  40' Marc Burch  52' Fred  57' Jaime Moreno  66' Luciano Emilio  70' Ben Olsen  84'	(report)	Tyrone Marshall  11' Carl Robinson  14' Adam Braz  45'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 25,174 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

Toronto FC v New York Red Bulls

October 4, 2007	Toronto FC	2 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Toronto
	Maurice Edu  18' Jim Brennan  20' Maurice Edu  40' Carl Robinson  46' Chris Leitch  66' (o.g.) Andrew Boyens  67'	(report)	Dema Kovalenko  17' Joe Vide  23', 64' Jozy Altidore  57' Dane Richards  75'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Mauricio Navarro

Colorado Rapids v Toronto FC

October 7, 2007	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	Toronto FC	Commerce City, Colorado, USA
	Pablo Mastroeni  17', 88' Mehdi Ballouchy  36' Jovan Kirovski  44' (pen.)	(report)	Adam Braz  27' Carl Robinson  85'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,832 Referee: Kevin Stott

Los Angeles Galaxy v Toronto FC

October 13, 2007	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 1	Toronto FC	Carson, California, USA
	Landon Donovan  56' (pen.) Edson Buddle  78'	(report)	Adam Braz  35' Marco Reda  54' Colin Samuel  68'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Toronto FC v New England Revolution

October 20, 2007	Toronto FC	2 – 2	New England Revolution	Toronto
	Andrea Lombardo  7' Carl Robinson  43' Colin Samuel  59' Danny Dichio  92+'	(report)	Michael Parkhurst  47+' Wells Thompson  42' Taylor Twellman  47'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,374 Referee: Steven DePiero

Mid-season friendlies

Toronto FC v Benfica

May 23, 2007	Toronto FC	0 – 0	Benfica	Toronto
	Andrea Lombardo  36'	(report)	David Luiz  58'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,730

Toronto FC v Aston Villa

July 25, 2007	Toronto FC	2 – 4	Aston Villa	Toronto
	Todd Dunivant  50' Andrea Lombardo  62'	(report)	Luke Moore  11' Luke Moore  18' John Carew  82' Luke Moore  92+'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,147

Portland Timbers v Toronto FC

October 28, 2007	Portland Timbers	4 – 1	Toronto FC	Portland, Oregon USA
	Jordan  19', 20' Guante  43' Olum  77'	(report)	25' Pozniak	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,614 Referee: Jorge Oconitrillo (USA)

Appearances

Competitive matches only.

Name	Nation	MLS 2007 season
		Appearances	Games started	Goals	Shutouts
Jim Brennan		27	27	1
Carl Robinson		26	26	2
Maurice Edu		25	25	4
Andrew Boyens		23	21	1
Marvell Wynne		22	21	0
Chris Pozniak		19	13	0
Collin Samuel		18	18	3
Todd Dunivant		18	18	0
Andy Welsh		18	15	1
Danny Dichio		17	14	6
Tyrone Marshall		16	16	0
Jeff Cunningham		16	13	3
Andrea Lombardo		16	6	0
Ronnie O'Brien		13	13	0
Adam Braz		13	9	0
Kenny Stamatopoulos		12	12		2
Miguel Cañizalez		12	5	1
Edson Buddle		9	5	0
Greg Sutton		8	8		1
Srdjan Djekanovic		8	7		1
Marco Reda		8	7	0
Kevin Goldthwaite		7	7	1
Alecko Eskandarian		5	5	1
Gabe Gala		5	3	0
Joey Melo		5	0	0
Paulo Nagamura		3	3	0
Sam Reynolds		2	2		0
Tyler Hemming		4	2	0
Richard Mulrooney		2	2	0
Conor Casey		2	0	0
David Monsalve		1	1		0
Abbe Ibrahim		1	0	0

Goals

#	Name	Nation	MLS Goals
1	Danny Dichio		6
2	Maurice Edu		4
3	Jeff Cunningham		3
3	Collin Samuel		3
5	Carl Robinson		2
6	Andrew Boyens		1
6	Jim Brennan		1
6	Miguel Cañizalez		1
6	Alecko Eskandarian		1
6	Kevin Goldthwaite		1
6	Andy Welsh		1

Reserve appearances

MLS reserve matches only.

Note: missing statistics from the following reserve matches:

• Colorado Rapids Reserves 3-0 Toronto FC Reserves, October 7, 2007

#	Name	Nation	MLS Reserve Division 2007
			Appearances	Games started	Goals	Shutouts
1	David Guzman		11	11	2
2	Cristian Nuñez		11	11	0
3	Joey Melo		10	10	0
4	Stephen Lumley		10	8	0
5	Gabe Gala		9	9	1
6	Srdjan Djekanovic		9	6		4
7	Miguel Cañizalez		8	8	3
8	Tyler Hemming		8	8	1
9	Nana Attakora-Gyan		6	6	0
10	Andrea Lombardo		6	5	3
	Adam Braz		5	5	1
	Marco Reda		4	3	1
	Evan Millward		4	3	0
	David Monsalve		3	3		0
	Desmond Humphries		3	2	0
	Abbe Ibrahim		3	2	0
	Kayin Jeffers		3	2	0
	A.J. Gray		3	1	0
	Ryan Fante		3	1	0
	Nikola Budalić		2	2	1
	Richard Asante		2	2	0
	Chris Pozniak		2	2	0
	Tomer Chencinski		2	2		0
	Jason Dethomasis		2	0	1
	Andrew Boyens		1	1	0
	Cameron Medwin		1	1	0
	Edson Buddle		1	1	0
	Conor Casey		1	1	0
	Alex Bengard		1	1	0
	Jason Boyce		1	1	0
	Shane Lammie		1	0	0
	Frank Bruno		1	0	0
	David Adams	?	1	0	0
	Nick Kohlschriber		1	0	0
	Sam Reynolds		1	0	0