Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney to referee: ‘You are having a shocker’
TORONTO — Greg Vanney’s first MLS ejection as coach proved to be a classy exit.
Irate at referee Jorge Gonzalez after a disallowed goal and several other decisions in a 2-2 tie at New York City FC on Wednesday, the Toronto manager managed to make his point early in the second half without resorting to profanity.
“I knew I didn’t have a lot of space to say what I wanted to say, so my actual comment was ‘You are having a shocker. This is a total embarrassment,’” he recalled Thursday after arriving home.
“I didn’t curse, I didn’t use any other language … I said it rather forcefully but that was what I said.”