• The Canadian Press

    New York City FC coach repeats denial of allegations he punched a Toronto FC player

    New York City FC coach Nick Cushing has repeated his denial of allegations that he punched a Toronto FC player, saying he is shocked and upset at the claim. The two teams clashed on the pitch following NYCFC's 3-2 win Saturday night at BMO Field. After the game, Toronto coach John Herdman and captain Jonathan Osorio said the bad blood stemmed from New York's 2-1 win at Yankee Stadium on March 16. Herdman and Osorio both said a 19-year-old Toronto player had been punched by the New York coach in

  • Yahoo Sports

    MLS has a revolutionary rule to curb time-wasting. Lionel Messi exposed its main flaw

    “With this type of rule,” Messi said in Spanish, roughly, “we’re going in a bad direction.”

  • The Canadian Press

    Bad blood boils over between Toronto FC and NYCFC in ugly post-game melee

    TORONTO — One hears it all too often in sports. These teams really don't like each other. On Saturday night, Toronto FC and New York City FC offered definitive proof of their bad blood in an ill-tempered affair that featured seven yellow cards, one red and an ugly post-game melee likely to trigger additional discipline. First the soccer. Trailing 2-0 at the half, Toronto mounted a comeback and cut the New York lead to 3-2 with a Raoul Petretta strike in the 89th minute. TFC pressed unsuccessfull

  • The Canadian Press

    Accusations fly in wake of ugly player melee following Toronto FC's 3-2 loss to NYCFC

    Toronto FC saw its five-game winning streak end in ugly fashion Saturday in a 3-2 loss to New York City FC that saw seven yellow cards, one red and a frenzied post-game melee. There was bad blood between the two teams dating back to New York's 2-1 win on March 16 when there was an altercation in the tunnel at halftime at Yankee Stadium. New York coach Nick Cushing had played down that incident when asked about it on the lead-up to Saturday's match, saying: "There was nothing in it. It was two te