Toronto extends Red Bulls’ road winless streak to 21 games

Toronto beats New York 2-0

TORONTO — Dwayne De Rosario and Pablo Vitti scored to give Toronto FC a 2-0 victory over the Red Bulls on Wednesday night, extending New York’s road winless streak to 21 regular-season games.

New York (2-11-4) dropped to 0-7-2 in its last nine games overall with its second defeat to Toronto (6-5-4) in 11 days. The Red Bulls haven’t won away from home since a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on May 10, 2008.

Toronto, which also beat last-place New York 2-1 on June 13, moved into sole possession of second place in the Eastern Conference.

The home side opened the scoring in the 28th minute after a moment of indecision by Danny Cepero allowed forward Vitti to outjump the Red Bulls goalkeeper and head home his first MLS goal.

Toronto doubled its lead in the 59th minute when Chad Barrett’s cross found De Rosario behind the Red Bulls’ defenders. De Rosario easily beat Cepero for his team-leading fifth goal.

The Red Bulls showed their frustration in the 77th minute when Adrian Serioux and Richards clashed at midfield. Both players were issued yellow cards for unsportsmanlike behavior.

New York played without defender Mike Petke, who served the first of a two-game suspension for comments made toward an official. Defender Kevin Goldthwaite was also suspended for New York due to yellow-card accumulation.

Red Bulls captain Juan Pablo Angel was replaced by Dane Richards to start the second half.

Toronto wore pink jerseys in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Prior to the match, Toronto traded midfielder Kevin Harmse to Chivas USA for allocation money.

Story from: STATS LLC, www.stats.com.