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Pablo Piatti's Double Carries Toronto FC Over Vancouver in Return to MLS Play

TORONTO (AP) — Pablo Piatti scored a pair of goals and Toronto FC defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 on Tuesday night as the teams restarted the regular season.

Major League Soccer shut down on March 12 because of the coronavirus, after the league’s teams had played just two games.

After the recent MLS is Back tournament in Florida, teams returned to games in their home markets. But the three teams in Canada are hampered by travel restrictions and quarantine rules to and from the United States. So for at least the initial phase of the season, they will play each other.