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Sebastian Giovinco stars in Toronto's victory over Philadelphia Union

Sebastian Giovinco puts on a man-of-the-match performance in his side's 2-1 victory over Philadelphia Union in their MLS clash.

By Sam McEvoy, Reporter

Published: July 18 2015 | 23:05

Last updated: July 19 2015 | 17:56

Sebastian Giovinco put on a man-of-the-match display to help his side seal a 2-1 victory over Philadelphia Union in their MLS clash this evening.

The Italian was causing the visitors problems from the outset, as his quick feet and menacing pace was proving unstoppable at times.

It took until the half-hour mark for Toronto to break the deadlock as Giovinco weaved in and out of the Union defence, before threading through Marco Delgado on goal, who finished in spectacular fashion to make it 1-0.

Three minutes later, Toronto doubled their lead, as once again Giovinco caused problems with a long-range effort, which was spilled Union goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre, who was then unable to stop the striker from following up the rebound.

The visitors claimed most of the possession in the second half but were leaving themselves open to a Toronto counter-attack.

Union did get a consolation goal in the 91st minute, as substitute Conor Casey picked up the ball on the edge of the box and then fired in a left-footed shot into the bottom corner of the Toronto net.

The win puts Toronto third in the Eastern Conference, while Union stay seventh.

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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

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
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