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1. Twos in Toronto
Sporting Kansas City (3-5-7, 16 points) continued their strong form against Toronto FC (5-6-4, 19 points) on Friday with a 2-2 draw at BMO Field. Felipe Gutierrez twice converted penalties, once in the 25th minute and again in the 73rd minute, as Sporting stretched the team's unbeaten run to 10 games (6-0-4) versus the Reds and secured an eighth straight road result (4-0-4) at BMO Field.