Jules-Anthony Vilsaint scores for Toronto in 1-1 tie with Crew

Columbus Crew's Diego Rossi, left, moves the ball past Toronto FC's Alonso Coello during first-half MLS soccer action in Toronto, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

TORONTO (AP) — Jules-Anthony Vilsaint scored his first goal of the season and Sean Johnson had six saves for Toronto FC on Saturday night in a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew.

Vilsaint, acquired Wednesday via trade with Montreal, redirected a perfectly-placed arcing ball-in played by Djordje Mihailovic into the net to make it 1-1 in the 77th minute.

Diego Rossi gave the Crew a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute. Steven Moreira played a cross from the right side that was deflected near the corner of the 6-yard box by defender Sigurd Rosted directly to Rossi for the finish from the center of the area.

Toronto (5-13-8) is winless in four straight.

Patrick Schulte stopped two shots for Columbus (12-5-9).

The Crew had 58% possession and outshot Toronto 11-8, 7-3 on target.

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