Toronto FC handed the Union one of their five losses this season, a 2-1 victory at BMO Field on April 16. The last two meetings at Subaru Park, however, ended in a pair of Philadelphia wins by an aggregate score of 8-0.
Philadelphia returns home after a 4-0 loss at Charlotte, where its undefeated this season (W11 D5), outscoring opponents, 45-9, including 34-4 in the last seven games. The 34 goals and plus-30 goal difference are both the most in any span of seven home games in MLS history.
Toronto FC has lost its last four matches following a run of just one loss in eight games (W4 D3). Nearly half (15/34) of Toronto’s points this season came in that eight-match stretch from late July through the end of August.
All four goals scored against the Union on Saturday were scored by Daniel Rios, the first four-goal performance ever allowed by the Union in MLS. In fact, it was the first multi-goal game by any players against Philadelphia in MLS play since Nemanja Nikolic scored twice for the Fire in August 2019.
Toronto FC has scored 19 goals since the arrival of the Italian trio of Federico Bernardeschi, Lorenzo Insigne and Demonico Criscito in early August. Of those 19 goals, 14 have been scored by one of the three while Bernardeschi recorded an assist on one of the other five.
