Amid a week of exciting announcements at the club, Toronto FC rolled into Harrison, New Jersey looking to rebound from their disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, midweek exit from the CONCACAF Champions league.
Heading into the match, there were some line-up surprises from Chris Armas ahead of his return to Red Bull Arena. Despite the manager previously stating that both players would be available, Jonathan Osorio was left out of the match-day 18 with muscle tightness and Jozy Altidore still reportedly struggling with the after effects of having a bad reaction to his second COVID-19 vaccine shot.