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SANDY, Utah — With about a half hour left in Saturday’s match against host Real Salt Lake, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney squatted on the sidelines, staring towards the field in stunned disbelief.

His side just went down by three goals and, seconds after that, his star midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo was issued his second yellow card, was banished from the game and consequently is out of next Sunday’s match at home against San Jose.

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Vanney had reason to be bewildered. His team, so dominant three days before in a 0-0 draw against D.C. United at BMO Field, were out-played by Real Salt Lake in a 3-0 loss. TFC has now only scored one goal in their past four games and hasn’t put a ball in the net since May 4 in Orlando. The Reds are also winless in those four contests.

TFC is officially in a drought, slump, funk … call it what you like.

There could be a number of excuses for Saturday’s poor play — the match was Toronto’s fifth game in the last 15 days and it’s still missing some key starters to injury. But the bottom line is it lacked finish in attack — again — and made key errors defensively, the way it did earlier in the season.