Vrioni scores winner as Revolution rally to hand Toronto FC another road loss

Substitute Giacomo Vrioni scored the winner as the New England Revolution rallied to defeat Toronto FC 2-1 Saturday, setting a franchise record for the longest home undefeated streak to open a season.

Lorenzo Insigne scored for Toronto in the 90th minute, hammering a shot home, but the goal was negated for offside.

New England (10-3-6) improved to 7-0-3 at Gillette Stadium where it has outscored opponents 23-9 in Major League Soccer action this year. The Revs have also won three straight and are unbeaten in six games (3-0-3).

Toronto (3-7-10) fell to 0-6-4 on the road in league play this season and has won just four of 44 matches (4-29-11) away from home since the start of the 2021 campaign.

Saturday's match completed a trio of games for Toronto against the league's top teams. TFC tied visiting Nashville, which went into weekend play second overall in the league, 1-1 on June 10.

Both teams went into the game with depleted rosters, with Toronto missing 11 players through injury or international duty. TFC could only manage a seven-player bench.

Third-string Toronto goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh started for the second game in a row, with starter Sean Johnson and backup Tomas Romero away with the U.S. and El Salvador sides, respectively. His start mid-week in Cincinnati was his first in the league since September 2020 and just the sixth of his career.

Toronto went ahead in the 11th minute on Deandre Kerr's well-placed header. Insigne found Cristian Gutierrez in the Revs penalty box and the fullback, making his first start for Toronto, sent a perfect cross to Kerr to finish for his third of the season.

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Bobby Wood pulled New England even