Canada's Tyler Pasher scores to lead Houston past Toronto FC in MLS pre-season play

AUSTIN, Texas - A goal by Canadian Tyler Pasher, a formerlost 2-1 to the Houston Dynamo in MLS pre-season play.

The game was played in windy conditions at St. David's Performance Center, Austin FC's training facility.coach Bob Bradley fielded a strong squad to start the game with captain Michael Bradley, Alejandro Pozuelo, Jonathan Osorio, Chris Mavinga and newcomers Jesus Jimenez and Carlos Salcedo in the starting 11.

TFC had more of the ball in the first half but went into the break trailing 1-0 after an early headed goal by Paraguayan forward Sebastian Ferreira.'s Ifunanyachi Achara cut the lead in the 74th minute, with a well-timed volley from just inside the Houston penalty box. Pasher, a 27-year-old from Elmira, Ont., who has won two caps for Canada, is on his third MLS team following stints withand Sporting Kansas City. But his soccer journey started as a boy with Newcastle United in England with regular training stints there before he returned home to join the TFC academy.'s friendly against England's Liverpool at Rogers Centre, and wore the captain's armband in the second half.

split its first two pre-season games in California, losing 5-4 to the Los Angeles Galaxy and beating Los Angeles FC 2-1., which wraps up pre-season play Saturday against Sporting Kansas City, is finishing up camp in Austin ahead of its Feb. 26 season opener at FC Dallas.

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