FC Cincinnati can clinch MLS 支持者s' 保護物，者 vs. lowly Toronto FC
FC Cincinnati can clinch the MLS 支持者s' 保護物，者 with a road victory on Saturday against Toronto FC.
With four matches remaining on the schedule, it may just be a 事柄 of time before Cincinnati (18-4-8, 62 points) 安全な・保証するs its first 正規の／正選手-season 肩書を与える. Depending on other results Saturday, a victory technically isn't even necessary for Cincinnati to 逮捕（する） the 保護物，者.
However, FC Cincinnati would prefer to 掴む the moment against the Eastern 会議／協議会's last-place team. Forty points separates Cincinnati and Toronto (4-16-10, 22 points) in the standings, and FC Cincinnati already 記録，記録的な／記録するd a 3-0 勝利，勝つ over Toronto FC on June 21.
Coach Pat Noonan said FC Cincinnati aren't taking any 対抗者 lightly, as "every game feels like (a must-勝利，勝つ) just because of the 状況／情勢 we're in. You're trying to 持続する your distance and not open the door for something to happen. Every time the guys step on the field, I think they 認める ... our end goal and what's in sight."
Cincinnati snapped a three-match winless 干ばつ (0-1-2) with a 支配的な 3-0 victory over Charlotte FC on Saturday. Cincinnati led 20-9 in total 発射s and 9-0 in 発射s on 的.
Luciano Acosta is 推定する／予想するd to 直面する Toronto にもかかわらず a nagging heel 傷害 that has bothered the 星／主役にする midfielder in 最近の weeks. Acosta still looked in 最高の，を越す form against Charlotte, collecting his 15th goal of the season.
Toronto FC are 1-11-0 in their last 12 matches, though that 孤独な 勝利，勝つ （機の）カム against another Eastern 会議／協議会 力／強力にする in a home match -- a 3-1 upset over the Philadelphia Union on Aug. 30.
Toronto followed that 勝利，勝つ with three 連続した 敗北・負かすs, 含むing a 3-0 loss at New York City FC last Sunday. The struggles started 早期に, as NYCFC's Andres Perea 得点する／非難する／２０d just two minutes into the match.
"We really put ourselves in a 堅い 状況／情勢, but I really feel that ... we don't see the good things that we do because of the poor things we do more often," said Toronto goalkeeper Luka Gavran, who made his MLS debut.
Lorenzo Insigne and Brandon Servania didn't play 予定 to lower-団体／死体 傷害s, and they are 疑わしい for Saturday.
--Field Level マスコミ
