Alejandro Pozuelo’s red card this past Saturday seemed inevitable. Frustrated with his team’s performance in Sandy, Utah, the Spanish midfielder showed it as he flew into several reckless challenges. Eventually, a second yellow saw him off the field. He will also miss Sunday’s game against San Jose.
A week off might be good, because it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for Pozuelo since he burst into the league with 4 goals and 5 assists during his first four games. He has followed that up with only one goal and an assist in the next six.
Without Jozy Altidore, teams have quickly figured out that Pozuelo is Toronto FC’s only significant threat at the moment, and have been quick to mark him out of games.