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.
| 2007 season | |||
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| Head coach | Mo Johnston | ||
| Stadium | BMO Field | ||
| MLS | Conference: 7th Overall: 13th | ||
| Carolina Challenge Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | Danny Dichio (6) | ||
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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.[citation needed]
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 edit
2007 Carolina Challenge Cup edit
| March 24, 2007 | Toronto FC | 0 – 2 | Houston Dynamo | Charleston, South Carolina |
| (Report) | Cochrane  16'Wondolowski 73' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,183 |
| March 28, 2007 | Toronto FC | 2 – 1 | New York Red Bulls | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Eskandarian 9' Buddle 36' |
(Report) | Wolyniec 21' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| 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 edit
| April 7, 2007 | Chivas USA | 2 – 0 | Toronto FC | Carson, California |
| 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 Revolution | 4 – 0 | Toronto FC | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 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 Wizards | 3 – 0 | Toronto FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 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 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 |
| 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 Gutiérrez 45' |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,041 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| May 26, 2007 | Columbus Crew | 2 – 2 | Toronto FC | Columbus, Ohio |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| June 23, 2007 | New England Revolution | 3 – 0 | Toronto FC | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 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 Wizards | 1 – 1 | Toronto FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 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 Lake | 1 – 2 | Toronto FC | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 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 Fire | 1 – 1 | Toronto FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 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 Dynamo | 0 – 0 | Toronto FC | Houston, Texas |
| Eddie Robinson 66' |
(report) | Maurice Edu 42' Carl Robinson 53' |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 11,114 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja |
| July 22, 2007 | Columbus Crew | 2 – 0 | Toronto FC | Columbus, Ohio |
| 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 FC | 0 – 3 | Chicago Fire | Toronto |
| Andy Welsh 10' Collin Samuel 42' |
(report) | Calen Carr 13' Iván Guerrero 37'Chad Barrett 44'Calen Carr 58'Floyd Franks 75' |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,322 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| 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 |
| August 12, 2007 | New York Red Bulls | 3 – 0 | Toronto FC | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| September 8, 2007 | FC Dallas | 2 – 0 | Toronto FC | Frisco, Texas |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| September 29, 2007 | D.C. United | 4 – 1 | Toronto FC | Washington, D.C. |
| 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 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 |
| October 7, 2007 | Colorado Rapids | 1 – 0 | Toronto FC | Commerce City, Colorado |
| 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 Galaxy | 2 – 1 | Toronto FC | Carson, California |
| 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 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 edit
| May 23, 2007 | Toronto FC  | 0 – 0 |  Benfica | Toronto |
| Andrea Lombardo 36' |
(report) | David Luiz 58' |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,730 |
| 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 |
| October 28, 2007 | Portland Timbers  | 4 – 1 | Toronto FC | Portland, Oregon |
| Jordan 19', 20' Guante 43'Olum 77' |
(report) | 25' Pozniak |
Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,614 Referee: Jorge Oconitrillo (USA) |
Appearances edit
Competitive matches only.
| Name | Nation | MLS 2007 season | |||||
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| Appearances | Games started | Goals | Shutouts | ||||
| Jim Brennan |
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27 | 27 | 1 | |||
| Carl Robinson | 
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26 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Maurice Edu |
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25 | 25 | 4 | |||
| Andrew Boyens | 
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23 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Marvell Wynne |
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22 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Chris Pozniak |
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19 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Collin Samuel | 
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18 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Todd Dunivant |
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18 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Andy Welsh | 
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18 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Danny Dichio |
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17 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Tyrone Marshall | 
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16 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Cunningham |
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16 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Andrea Lombardo |
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16 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Ronnie O'Brien | 
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13 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Adam Braz |
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13 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Stamatopoulos |
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12 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Miguel Cañizalez |
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12 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Edson Buddle |
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9 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Greg Sutton |
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8 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Srdjan Djekanovic |
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8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Marco Reda |
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8 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Goldthwaite |
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7 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Alecko Eskandarian |
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5 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Gabe Gala |
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5 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joey Melo |
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5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paulo Nagamura | 
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3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sam Reynolds |
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2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Hemming |
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4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Mulrooney |
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2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Conor Casey |
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2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Monsalve |
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1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Abbe Ibrahim | 
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1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Goals edit
| # | Name | Nation | MLS Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Dichio |
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6 |
| 2 | Maurice Edu |
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4 |
| 3 | Jeff Cunningham |
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3 |
| 3 | Collin Samuel |
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3 |
| 5 | Carl Robinson |
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2 |
| 6 | Andrew Boyens |
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1 |
| 6 | Jim Brennan |
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1 |
| 6 | Miguel Cañizalez |
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1 |
| 6 | Alecko Eskandarian |
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1 |
| 6 | Kevin Goldthwaite |
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1 |
| 6 | Andy Welsh |
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1 |
Reserve appearances edit
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 | |||||
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| Appearances | Games started | Goals | Shutouts | |||||
| 1 | David Guzman |
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11 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Cristian Nuñez |
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11 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Joey Melo |
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10 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Stephen Lumley |
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10 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Gabe Gala |
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9 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Srdjan Djekanovic |
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9 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Miguel Cañizalez |
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8 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Tyler Hemming |
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8 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Nana Attakora-Gyan |
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6 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Andrea Lombardo |
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6 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Adam Braz |
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5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Marco Reda |
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4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Evan Milward |
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4 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| David Monsalve |
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3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Desmond Humphries |
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3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Abbe Ibrahim |
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3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Kayin Jeffers |
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3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| A. J. Gray |
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3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Fante |
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3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Nikola Budalić |
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2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Richard Asante |
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2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Pozniak |
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2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Tomer Chencinski |
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2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Dethomasis |
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2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Boyens |
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1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Cameron Medwin |
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1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Edson Buddle |
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1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Conor Casey |
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1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alex Bengard |
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1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Boyce |
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1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Shane Lammie |
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1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Bruno |
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1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Adams | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Kohlschriber |
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1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Reynolds |
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1 | 0 | 0 | ||||