Music: {allcanada} TFC blow it in K.C.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

{allcanada} TFC blow it in K.C.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Teal Bunbury took advantage of a defensive miscue and scored in the 61st minute to lift the Kansas City Wizards to a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night.

The win gave Kansas City (5-8-4) its first three-match unbeaten streak of the year, while Toronto (6-6-5) fell to 1-6-1 in road games.

The Wizards, who were coming off a 2-1 exhibition victory over Manchester United last Sunday, were slow to get their offence on track against Toronto with only one shot on goal in the first half.

But in the 61st minute, Bunbury -- a Hamilton native and the son of former Canadian international Alex Bunbury -- tracked down a botched back pass by Adrian Cann and struck a line-drive header from the edge of the penalty area.

Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei got a hand on the ball the ball, but the high deflection curled down and glanced off the bottom of the crossbar and in.

The Reds' offence didn't create many opportunities either, as Wizards 'keeper Jimmy Nielsen had to make just two saves for his seventh shutout. Nielsen's only serious test came in the 43rd minute, when he had to dive to his right to deflect Mista's hard shot from 15 yards.