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Both DC and Toronto have had a week or so to absorb and grow from their consecutive drubbings by Real Madrid, and no doubt those lessons learned will be important as the MLS season hits its stretch run.

DC United has never lost to Toronto FC in RFK and another win over the Reds will keep United well out in front of the Eastern Conference, but this is not the usual bottom of the table Toronto trotting in here like a fatted calf as they sit a mere one point back.

DC United played much better, but still fell 2-1 to Toronto FC in the Carolina Challenge Cup. United plays the Charleston Battery in the final match of the tournament Saturday night, and while the Tournament is now impossible to win, the much more valuable Coffee Pot Cup is still on the line.