DC United
1-2
Toronto

Birnbaum (6')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Giovinco (34', 83')

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Sebastian Giovinco continues to dazzle in Toronto win

In-form striker Sebastian Giovinco scores twice as Toronto beat DC United 2-1 in the MLS.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: June 7 2015 | 01:59

Last updated: June 7 2015 | 13:41

Sebastian Giovinco continued his fine transition to life in the MLS by scoring twice to inspire Toronto to a 2-1 win at DC United this morning.

Only six minutes elapsed before United edged ahead in the contest as defender Steve Birnbaum tapped home from point-blank range after Toronto failed to clear a corner.

The visitors responded well and almost levelled through Warren Creavalle on 27 minutes, but Andrew Dykstra was on hand to beat the ball away.

Giovinco, a pre-season signing from Juventus, began to menace in United's half and it seemed only a matter of time before the Italian - who had six first-half shots - struck gold.

He did on 34 minutes when Giovinco curled beyond Dykstra into the top corner from an acute angle to restore parity and grab his sixth goal in nine MLS outings.

Creavalle and second-half substitute Jackson missed good opportunities to fire the Canadians ahead, but Dykstra produced the goods once more close to the hour mark to frustrate the visitors.

Both sides looked poised to share the spoils, but Giovinco popped up with another rasper from outside the area on 83 minutes to snatch all three points.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

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1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21