Akindele, Gallese help Orlando City beat Toronto FC 1-0

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:36 PM CDT Saturday, May. 22, 2021

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tesho Akindele scored in the 12th minute and Orlando City beat Toronto FC 1-0 on Saturday night.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tesho Akindele scored in the 12th minute and Orlando City beat Toronto FC 1-0 on Saturday night.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tesho Akindele scored in the 12th minute and Orlando City beat Toronto FC 1-0 on Saturday night.

Orlando City (3-0-3), which extended its season-opening unbeaten streak to a franchise-best six games, has allowed just two goals and has four shutouts this season.

On the counter-attack, Kyle Smith’s long pass led Silvester van der Water down the right side. The 24-year-old, who made his first MLS start, cut back to evade a defender and played a lob into the area that Akindele put away from point-blank range.

Toronto FC defender Omar Gonzalez, left, and Orlando City forward Tesho Akindele battle for position for a head ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Toronto (1-3-2) defender Omar González left the game with an apparent leg injury in the 81st minute.

Pedro Gallese had five saves, including back-to-back stops in the closing moments, for Orlando City. Gallese made a diving parry of a shot by Nick DeLeon that bounced to Toronto’s Yeferson Soteldo just outside the area. Soteldo side-stepped and ripped a rising right-footer that Gallese punched over the crossbar in the sixth minute of stoppage time.