The chase for the playoffs will be many things for Toronto FC. Easy won’t be one of them.

Toronto denied themselves an opportunity to take three valuable points Saturday at home, settling for a 1-1 draw with streaking FC Dallas.

The Reds opened the scoring on newly acquired Maicon Santos’ first league goal, but they coughed up the lead—and the win—when Milton Rodriguez leveled on a corner in the 77th minute.

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The Carlsberg Cup has a history of being decided on penalty kicks, and on Wednesday night Bolton Wanderers and Toronto FC stayed true to history. After a 1-1 draw in regulation time, Bolton’s Sean Davis finished the deciding penalty shot to give Bolton the win and goalkeeper Adam Bogdan clinched the win by stopping Oscar Cordan’s penalty.

The Carlsberg Cup has gone to penalties each time in its three-year history. TFC have lost all three times, falling to Argentine side Independiente in 2009 and to Mexican club Pachuca in the inaugural game in 2008.

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The World Cup may be over, but flashbacks of the memorable Uruguay-Ghana quarterfinal match appeared Saturday for Toronto against the Philadelphia Union.

This time it was Toronto FC’s Maksim Usanov called for the decisive hand ball, but Union striker Sebastien Le Toux did what Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan couldn’t. He buried the ensuing penalty kick in the last minute of stoppage time, giving Philadelphia a 2-1 win at PPL Park.

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Our third installment of What Happened To looks at French footballer Laurent Robert.

Laurent Robert played 17 matches and struck for 1 goal with Toronto FC in 2008.

He made his debut with TFC on April 5, 2008 and impressed his team and fans by delivering a number of excellent set piece opportunities.

Toronto FC waived Robert in August 2008 and Super League Greece side Larissa wasted no time in signing the forward on August 27, 2008 for two years.

Currently Laurent Robert is in talks with former club Paris Saint-Germain and has interest from Newcastle United of the English Premiere League.

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Fuad Ibrahim knocked in the winner from close range in the 61st minute as Toronto FC defeated the Colorado Rapids, 1-0, on a sunny, cloudless day at BMO Field.

The win extends Toronto's two-month-plus MLS undefeated string to eight games (11 in all competitions). It is also the first win in their current homestand, following consecutive draws against Kansas City, Los Angeles and Houston.

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Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez, aka Mista (born November 12, 1978 in Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia), is a Spanish footballer, who plays as a striker for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer.

Mista was a protégé of Rafael Benítez, who first coached him at Real Madrid Castilla, also working with the player at CD Tenerife and then Valencia CF.

At Tenerife, Mista-along with Curro Torres and Luis García-was a key member of the team that won promotion to the first division in 2000–01. He subsequently signed for Valencia, and was a prominent member[1] of the successful teams that won two league titles and the 2004 UEFA Cup, where he scored the second goal in a 2–0 triumph against Olympique de Marseille.[2] On March 21, 2004, Mista netted a hat-trick for the eventual champions, in a 5–1 home crushing of RCD Mallorca,[3] but his goal rate would decrease drastically after 2004–05.

In 2006, Mista joined Atlético Madrid,[4] playing 29 games in 2006–07, but almost absolutely no part in the following season. In July 2008 he joined Deportivo de La Coruña, on a three-year contract. On his official debut with his new club, Mista scored the first goal in a 2–1 win over Real Madrid, on August 31, 2008; constantly troubled by injuries and loss of form, his second league goal would only come more than a year after (7 November 2009), in a 2–0 success at Getafe CF.

Mista signed for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on July 6, 2010[5]. The deal runs until the end of the 2010 season.

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It was a day of significant contrasts at BMO Field.

On the bright side, home team Toronto FC earned a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo, extending their two-month long unbeaten run to seven MLS matches, 10 in all competitions if you throw in their successful defense of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship.

There were also sunny skies, and a big happy mob of 21,374 on hand to joyously celebrate Canada's 143rd birthday.

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When the Los Angeles Galaxy took the pitch at BMO Field to take on Toronto FC on Saturday, they tried to put their most-recent memory behind them.

While the club was unable to leave Canada with three points, the team added another road shutout to their already impressive tally as the Galaxy and Toronto FC tied 0-0.

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Toronto FC announced Monday they have acquired allocation money from the San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for midfielder Sam Cronin. As per league and team regulations financial terms were not released.

Cronin, 23 was signed by Toronto after being drafted in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. The product of Wake Forest was selected in the 1st Round, 2nd overall.

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