by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Nov 6, 2017

Sunday's play in the MLS conference semifinals was overshadowed by the halftime incident that took place as Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls entered in the tunnel of BMO Field.When the teams returned to the field after the break, each took the field with only 10 players. Bothand, who had been both cautioned in an incident late in the first half, were both red carded.Their version of events differed.Kljestan spoke the to media after the game:Told of Kljestan's comments, Altidore posted and then deleted the following tweet:





Altidore later spoke with TSN at Air Canada Centre, where he was attending the Toronto Raptors' NBA game:



"He tried to come and get at me from behind, choked and pushed me. And he found out the hard way that he shouldn't do something like that. I apologize for my actions, but I had to defend myself."



There's no available video of the Altidore-Kljestan exchange, but Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney said was told his player "basically got ambushed." The ensuing commotion in the tunnel, near the Toronto FC locker room, was recorded by a fan.



TFC captain Michael Bradley can be heard yelling at Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch, "What are you doing here?"



