Toronto FC’s home opener went south quickly Saturday with the New York Red Bulls running wild in the first half en route to a 4-1 win.
Lewis Morgan needed just 23 minutes to record a hat-trick with New York captain Aaron Long accounting for the other goal as the Red Bulls did all their scoring in the first 45 minutes. Polish forward Patryk Klimala contributed three assists.
Toronto started well, threatening on offence, but was cut open in transition and found itself trailing 2-0 after 24 minutes thanks to Morgan’s finishing and some slack defending. Jesús Jiménez pulled one back for Toronto, but the Red Bulls were ruthless in punishing the TFC defence, adding two more before the break.