Toronto FC midfielder Liam Fraser (27) battles for the loose ball against Vancouver Whitecaps defender Ali Adnan (53) during the second half of an MLS Canadian Championship soccer game in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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TORONTO (AP) - Richie Laryea scored in the 17th minute and Toronto FC extended its regular-season unbeaten streak to 17 games with a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday night.
Toronto owns the fifth-longest unbeaten streak in Major League Soccer history and is two away from tying the 2004-05 Columbus Crew and 2010 Dallas FC for the record. Toronto ended last year's regular season on a 10-game unbeaten streak and has gone 4-0-3 this year.
Laryea got his third goal of the season when he took a pass from Alejandro Pozuelo and beat Vancouver's Thomas Hasal from just outside the box. Pozuelo picked up his league-leading seventh assist.
It is the second time in four days that Toronto has beaten the Whitecaps (2-5-0), who have dropped three of their last four.
Quentin Westberg made one save for Toronto and picked up his first shutout of the season. Hasal had sevem saves for Vancouver.
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Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley (4) battles for the ball against Vancouver Whitecaps defender Derek Cornelius (13) during the first half of an MLS Canadian Championship soccer game in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert (31) chased down the ball against Toronto FC forward Pablo Piatti (7) and defender Auro (96) during the first half of an MLS Canadian Championship soccer game in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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A person sanitizes the game soccer ball with a wipe after it went into the empty stands as Toronto FC takes on the Vancouver Whitecaps during second-half MLS Canadian Championship soccer match action in Toronto, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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