Jermain Defoe made his debut with Toronto FC in an exceptional way as he scored twice against Seattle Sounders when playing at the Centurylink Field on Saturday. This victory gives his new club, a great start of the season as another triumph would put Toronto FC at the top of the league.
Michael Bradley was also making his debut with Toronto FC as he was transferred from As.Roma and most of the focus was being drawn to him but Defoe’s performance earned him the man of the match award as he twice in the 1st half which was just enough for the MLS club to get a positive start of the new season.
The former Tottenham player opened up the scoreboard after 17 minutes had passed when he managed to find space in the defence of the Seattle Sounders and when a deep pass from Jonathan Osorio managed to find the legs of Defoe, he only had the goalkeeper left to beat which he did by shooting a right-footed effort that went into the back of the net.
Only 7 minutes later and Defoe scored his 2nd MLS goal which arrived after a disastrous mistake from Marco Pappa. The Guatemalan player Marco Pappa tried to slip the ball back to a teammate but the pass instead fell 2nd directly to Defoe and he made no mistake in capitalizing on the mistake of his opponent as he scored the 2nd goal of the match.
Seattle Sounders tried to get back in the game and a 68th minute goal from Clint Dempsey gave them hopes of at least equalizing the match but that just never happened as Toronto FC did not concede any further goals and they came out of the match as the victorious side and Defoe kick-started his MLS career with what he later called to be a dream debut.