Dallas hold Dynamo in Texas Derby
TORONTO, June 24, (Agencies): Drew Moor scored early and Sebastian Giovinco struck late as Toronto FC overcame a tight schedule turnaround to beat the New England Revolution 2-0 on Friday night.
Toronto was coming off a 1-1 draw Wednesday night in Montreal in the regular-season and playoff action.
MLS leading Toronto (10-2-5) has won seven straight at home. New England (5-7-5) is 0-6-3 on the road.
FC Dallas 1, Dynamo 1 In Houston, Maximiliano Urruti scored in the 59th minute to earn FC Dallas a draw with Houston in the Texas Derby.
Urruti scored his ninth goal of the season and 10th goal in his last 16 games. Michael Barrios got behind the defense for a through ball and passed it back to the top of the box for Urruti’s deflected shot.
FC Dallas (6-3-7) has won six of the last 10 games with three draws — including 0-0 on May 28 — against Houston (7-6-4).
Erick Torres opened the scoring in the 19th minute with his 11th goal. Adolfo Machado chipped the defense with a long ball and Torres won a oneone-one battle at the edge of the box for a sliding shot inside the far post.
Proceeds from August’s FA Community Shield match between Premier League winners Chelsea and FA Cup winners Arsenal will be donated to the victims of last week’s Grenfell Tower Fire in London, the English Football Association has said.
Seventy nine people were killed and thousands more were affected in last week’s tragic apartment fire and football’s national governing body estimates that £1.25 million could be raised towards helping the victims.
“Whilst only a football match, we hope that in some small way through the Community Shield we can help,” FA chairman Greg Clarke said on the organisation’s website (www.thefa. com).
Bairstow fell first, chipping man-of-the-match Chris Morris (two for 18) to mid-on. And then came the turning point. Roy veered dramatically off a straight course, with the result he placed himself between the incoming throw from Phehlukwayo, which hit him on the heel, and the stumps.
South Africa appealed and, after on-field umpires Rob Bailey and Michael Gough referred the decision, Roy was given out by TV umpire Tim Robinson, the former England opening batsman.
Roy was clearly aghast but Morgan insisted it had been a “50-50 call”.
“Everyone in the changing room thought it could go either way, so it’s not massively controversial,” Morgan told reporters. “You can see why the umpires gave him out.” But England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who was given out obstructing the field in a one-day international against Australia at Lord’s two years ago when he reacted to a shy at the stumps from bowler, Mitchell Starc by sticking out a glove, was unimpressed.
“Can’t believe that @JasonRoy20 was given out in that manner today,” Stokes, rested from this match, tweeted before continuing “embarrassment is the only word that can be associated with the decision.”
South Africa captain AB de Villiers, insisted, however: “We were in the right to ask the question of the umpires.
“It’s not an easy decision and it’s never nice to get out like that.” England still had batting to come after Roy’s exit. But Somerset ‘old boy’ Jos Buttler, now at Lancashire, was yorked by Phehlukwayo for 10 and Morgan (six) was well caught in the gloom by de Villiers.
England, who had been 133 for two at the start of the 16th over, lost four wickets for 34 runs before finishing on 171 for six.
Earlier, Cape Town-born Tom Curran, a Surrey team-mate of Roy, marked his England debut with an impressive three for 33 in his maximum allowed four overs.