Crowd turns on SDFC in 1-0 loss ahead of conference showdown
In its first battle after losing two veteran players one of whom had played a key role for the crew this season San Diego FC struggled versus Toronto FC Wednesday before losing - atSnapdragon Stadium Toronto played strong defense all match the one goal came in first half on a penalty kick by Toronto striker Theo Corbeanu during the th minute The free kick came after being fouled by SDFC left back Franco Negri and he made the majority of it by connecting with a right-footed shot to the middle-right zone of the net With the loss San Diego s record falls to - - with points which still leads the Western Conference SDFC forward Hirving Chucky Lozano attempts to even the count in the final minutes on July Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego Toronto now has a - - record still one of the worst in the Eastern Conference and all of Major League Soccer San Diego has performed well against the best teams in the league this season including Seattle Minnesota and Vancouver but has struggled against the bad ones In addition to losing to Toronto SDFC has suffered losses against Real Salt Lake and the Houston Dynamo as well as a scoreless draw against St Louis City SC Each of those sides has had sub- records much of the season The publicized attendance was and boos rained down from in the crowd onto the pitch after the final whistle a rarity for a club that has enjoyed solid fan sponsorship so far thisseason win or lose We gotta be better on the ball We gotta do better San Diego defender Chris McVey reported after the match Nowadays we were a little too sloppy on the ball we gave away the ball too easily Head coach Mikey Varas explained the club demands to move on from the loss promptly because SDFC next plays the Vancouver Whitecaps a club that ruled the Western Conference standings until in the past few days Emotions heat up as Hirving Chucky Lozano and a Toronto participant nearly exchange blows Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego I could sit here and talk about officiating and all the things that I feel went against us tonight but all of us know that we can do better than that We have a nother match in three days andneed to bounce back he stated There s no point in dwelling on this loss for too long he added The match came the day after SDFC broadcasted that forward Milan Iloski and the club mutually have agreed to a loan termination effective directly The -year-old will now rejoin Danish Superliga band FC Nordsj lland which in April loaned Iloski to SDFC through July Iloski an Escondido native was the club s second leading scorer with goals and one assist in matches played Also the expansion side revealed earlier Wednesday that it has terminated the contract of -year-old German defender Jasper L ffelsend The organization selected L ffelsend last December in the MLS expansion draft and during his time with San Diego he played in of matches starting seven He scored no goals with the club but did have three assists SDFC has five consecutive matches at home including Saturday s rematch against Vancouver and a July contest against Nashville SC The side then plays three Leagues Cup matches against Liga MX teams at Snapdragon Stadium CF Pachuca on July Tigres UANL on Aug and Mazatl n FC on Aug Notes San Diego informed that it has signed U S youth international defender Aiden Harangi on loan from German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt for the remainder of the season Harangi and a Virginia native spent the past six years in Eintracht Frankfurt s youth system
