2007 Toronto FC season

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.

Toronto FC
2007 season
ManagerMo Johnston
StadiumBMO Field
MLSConference: 7th
Overall: 13th
Carolina Challenge CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerDanny Dichio (6)

Danny Dichio scored the first goal ever for Toronto FC on May 12, 2007 in the 24th minute against Chicago Fire in the franchise's first ever win, a 3–1 victory. Despite finishing last in the Eastern Conference and not making the MLS Cup 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, and he scored 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
March 24, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 2Houston DynamoCharleston, South Carolina
(Report) Cochrane  16'
Wondolowski  73'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,183
March 28, 2007 Toronto FC2 – 1New York Red BullsCharleston, South Carolina
Eskandarian  9'
Buddle 36'		 (Report) Wolyniec 21' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 31, 2007 Charleston Battery0 – 3Toronto FCCharleston, South Carolina
(Report) Eskandarian  3'
Ibrahim 35'
Buddle 73'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

2007 Major League Soccer season
April 7, 2007 Chivas USA2 – 0Toronto FCCarson, 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
April 14, 2007 New England Revolution4 – 0Toronto FCFoxborough, 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
April 25, 2007 Kansas City Wizards3 – 0Toronto FCKansas 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
April 28, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 1Kansas City WizardsToronto
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
May 12, 2007 Toronto FC3 – 1Chicago FireToronto
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 Gutiérrez  45'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 20,041
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 16, 2007 Toronto FC1 – 0Houston DynamoToronto
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
May 19, 2007 Toronto FC1 – 2D.C. UnitedToronto
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
May 26, 2007 Columbus Crew2 – 2Toronto FCColumbus, 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
June 2, 2007 Toronto FC2 – 1Colorado RapidsToronto
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
June 6, 2007 Toronto FC1 – 2New York Red BullsToronto
Jeff Cunningham  23' (report) Markus Schopp  33'
Juan Pablo Angel  69'
Juan Pablo Angel  71'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 20,113
Referee: Tim Weyland
June 17, 2007 Toronto FC4 – 0FC DallasToronto
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
June 23, 2007 New England Revolution3 – 0Toronto FCFoxborough, 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
July 1, 2007 Kansas City Wizards1 – 1Toronto FCKansas 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
July 4, 2007 Real Salt Lake1 – 2Toronto FCSalt 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
July 7, 2007 Chicago Fire1 – 1Toronto FCBridgeview, 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
July 15, 2007 Houston Dynamo0 – 0Toronto FCHouston, Texas, USA
Eddie Robinson  66' (report) Maurice Edu  42'
Carl Robinson  53'		 Stadium: Robertson Stadium
Attendance: 11,114
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
July 22, 2007 Columbus Crew2 – 0Toronto FCColumbus, Ohio, USA
Guillermo Barros Schelotto  50'
Guillermo Barros Schelotto  56'		 (report) Tyrone Marshall  46+' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 13,479
Referee: Michael Kennedy
July 29, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 3Chicago FireToronto
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
August 5, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 0Los Angeles GalaxyToronto
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
August 12, 2007 New York Red Bulls3 – 0Toronto FCEast 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
August 18, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 2Chivas USAToronto
(report) Maykel Galindo  57'
Sacha Kljestan  89'
Jason Hernandez  81'
Brad Guzan  92+'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 20,178
Referee: Brian Hall
August 25, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 1D.C. UnitedToronto
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
September 8, 2007 FC Dallas2 – 0Toronto FCFrisco, 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
September 15, 2007 Toronto FC0 – 0Real Salt LakeToronto
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
September 22, 2007 Toronto FC1 – 2Columbus CrewToronto
Miguel Canizalez  2' (report) Jason Garey  61'
Jacob Thomas  83'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 20,127
Referee: Steven DePiero
September 29, 2007 D.C. United4 – 1Toronto FCWashington, 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: Ramón Hernández
October 4, 2007 Toronto FC2 – 1New York Red BullsToronto
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
October 7, 2007 Colorado Rapids1 – 0Toronto FCCommerce 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
October 13, 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy2 – 1Toronto FCCarson, 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
October 20, 2007 Toronto FC2 – 2New England RevolutionToronto
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
May 23, 2007 Toronto FC 0 – 0 BenficaToronto
Andrea Lombardo  36' (report) David Luiz  58' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 18,730
July 25, 2007 Toronto FC 2 – 4 Aston VillaToronto
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
October 28, 2007 Portland Timbers 4 – 1 Toronto FCPortland, 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
AppearancesGames startedGoalsShutouts
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:

# Name Nation MLS Reserve Division 2007
AppearancesGames startedGoalsShutouts
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 Milward 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
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