Recently, Major League Soccer has been a standard bearer in modernizing the game, as one of the earliest leagues to implement VAR technology and concussion substitutes. (Gil is also the MLS regular season leader in key passes with 117.) Key passes, chances created, passes into the final third, and expected (primary) assists are all give arguably more valuable information than a secondary assist does. Perhaps most importantly, technology has improved to where we have better statistics to measure the quality secondary assists is trying to get at: the ability of a player to make defense-breaking passes A maximum of two assists shall be awarded on any goal." An assist shall only be awarded when it is determined that the pass in question required a reasonable amount of skill, vision and accuracy. The rule was changed to read: “Assists shall be credited to the player(s) whose pass(es) contribute significantly and directly to the scoring of a goal or the creation or development of the scoring sequence. As ’s Andrew Wiebe wrote in 2014, the guidance on crediting players with assists - primary or secondary - became more subjective in 2003: This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 1, 2023.Adding more confusion, the criteria for awarding a secondary assist has been inconsistent through the league’s 26 seasons. He scored for Poland in a 1-0 win over Albania in a Euro 2024 qualifier during the recent FIFA international window. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, 18, retained his spot in the team with fullback Raoul Petretta, who did not play the second half of last weekend’s 0-0 draw in San Jose, starting on the bench.Ĭharlotte was hurting in midfield without injured captain Ashley Westwood and the suspended Brandt Bronico.įorward Karol Swiderski, one of Charlotte’s designated players, came in off the bench at the hour-mark. In addition to Insigne, veteran striker Adama Diomande (hamstring) and fullback Cristian Gutierrez (non-COVID illness) were also missing for Toronto.īack from international duty with Canada, Laryea, midfielders Jonathan Osorio and Mark-Anthony Kaye and Ayo Akinola made the Toronto starting 11. Marks kept Charlotte in the game with excellent back-to-back stops in the 33rd minute from Bernardeschi and Ayo Akinola.
At the other end, Bradley tested Marks with a long-range shot in the 28th. Toronto lived dangerously at times, giving up a pair of early chances that Charlotte was unable to convert - or even put on target. The 29-year-old Italian scored two of Toronto’s six goals in the first five games this season, setting up two others. He had contributed to nine of the club’s last 15 goals (six goals and three assists) going back to the Aug. Going into Saturday’s contest, Bernardeschi had been involved in 15 of TFC’s 29 goals (10 goals and five assists) dating back to that July win over Charlotte. But Bernardeschi remains a force on the field.
Insigne has not playing since hobbling off the field 34 minutes into the Feb. That win marked the start of Toronto’s best spell of the 2022 season - an eight-game league run that saw the team go 4-1-3 (including a 2-0 win in Charlotte that featured goals from both Insigne and Bernardeschi). He scored one goal and set up another and fellow Italian Lorenzo Insigne collected a stylish assist in a 4-0 romp over then-expansion Charlotte in their MLS debut last July.
It’s believed to be TFC’s first-ever “Olimpico,” a name that originates from a goal scored by Argentina’s Cesareo Onzari against reigning Olympic champion Uruguay from a corner kick in 1924īernardeschi is no stranger to breaking Charlotte hearts. The Italian’s soaring delivery curled over Marks’ outstretched hand into the far corner for his third goal of the season. The wind played a role in the first goal, which came in the sixth minute from a Bernardeschi corner that went in without being touched.
It was a windy, damp three degrees Celsius at kickoff Saturday, feeling like minus-three, at BMO Field. Louis City (3-1) and Atlanta (3-0) before rebounding to win 2-1 at Orlando and tie the visiting Red Bulls 1-1. United, extending its unbeaten MLS run to five games (1-0-4).Ĭharlotte (1-3-2) opened the season with losses to New England (1-0), St. Toronto (1-1-4) has not lost since coughing up two late goals in the season-opening 3-2 defeat at D.C. At the other end, Toronto defender Matt Hedges had to make a key clearance in stoppage time. And Jozwiak tied it up in the 70th minute, beating Richie Laryea to knock home a Kerwin Vargas cross for his first MLS goal.īernardeschi had a chance to restore the TFC lead in the 83rd minute but a desperate tackle by French defender Adilson Malanda saved the day for Charlotte.
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