Sebastian Giovinco helps Toronto claim draw with NYC

ByReuters

Updated 14/03/2016 at 08:42 GMT

Sebastian Giovinco, Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player last season, helped Toronto fight back from two goals down to salvage a point against New York City on Sunday, scoring one and setting up another in a 2-2 draw.

Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco (10) celebrates a goal against the New York City FC during the second half at Yankee Stadium. Toronto tied New York City, 2-2.

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David Villa put New York up by netting a penalty in the 24th minute and doubled their advantage four minutes later.

Italian Giovinco set up Damien Perquis just before halftime to make it 2-1, then delivered a strike of his own in the 76th minute to tie the score.

"The response when we went down 2-0 was exactly what you want," Toronto midfielder Michael Bradley told reporters. "It wasn't a perfect start. We'll take our point and move on."

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Both sides are on four points after two matches.

Defending champions Portland suffered their first defeat since October after Chris Wondolowski and Quincy Amarikwa scored to give San Jose a 2-1 home victory.

Wondolowski's 30th minute goal was the 111th of his career and leaves him three shy of Ante Razov for fourth on the all-time MLS scoring list.

The Earthquakes, who have started the season with two wins for the first time, then went 2-0 up in first-half stoppage time through Amarikwa.

The Timbers got a late goal from Jack McInerney but could not get the equalizer and saw their 10-game unbeaten streak snapped.

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