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Size isn’t everything, but coach Mauro Biello said it played a big role in the Impact’s loss to Toronto FC in the MLS Eastern Conference final.

The Impact allowed three regulation-time goals off set pieces Wednesday night at BMO Field before losing 5-2 in overtime in Game 2 of the aggregate-goals series. The three goals — all off corner kicks — were scored by 5-foot-11 Armando Cooper, 6-foot Jozy Altidore and 6-foot-1 Nick Hagglund. The last two were on headers, while the first was off a rebound from a header by Hagglund.

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“Yes, we gave up three corner-kick goals,” Biello said during the Impact’s post-mortem news conference Friday. “I think we gave up five all year and that’s the stat. The worst team in the league gave up nine and the best team in the league gave up three.

“We knew that it was something that we needed to improve on and we’ve worked every week on being able to match up against bigger players because we’re not a big team,” the coach added. “Being able to be physical, being able to get position, being able to not being beat to the ball. Understanding all these things … these are things we worked on. We need to continue to improve and the reality is that we’re at a disadvantage sometimes in terms of our matchups.