Pablo Vitti

MLS: Toronto 3, San Jose 1

Santa Clara, Calif. July 12: Chad Barret scored twice Saturday and Toronto FC climbed into a tie with Chicago for first place in the MLS Eastern Conference with a 3-1 win over San Jose.

Pablo Vitti also scored for Toronto (8-6-4), which won on the road for just the second time this season.

Barrett opened the scoring five minutes into the game and Darren Huckerby got the equalizer for San Jose (3-9-4) 25 minutes later. Vitti came up with the decisive score in the 54th minute.

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MLS: Toronto 2, New York 0

Toronto, June 24: Pablo Vitti scored in the first half and Dwayne De Rosario added a goal in the second Wednesday, lifting Toronto to a 2-0 victory over New York.

Toronto moved into second place in the Eastern Conference with a 6-5-4 mark, one point behind front-runners D.C. United. Toronto has won three of its last five games.

New York (2-11-4) is winless in its last eight and is in the basement of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference.

Nana Attakora grabbed a poor clearance and sent a high pass into the box, from where Vitti was able to loft a header over goalkeeper Danny Cepero.

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