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TORONTO -- Under new management, and having brought in 19 new players, Toronto FC promised to field a different team in 2013. Tougher. More resilient. Smarter. A team that opponents did not enjoy facing. BMO Field was to become a fortress. But turning around an MLS franchise synonymous with failure has proved to be like parallel parking a super-tanker. Movement is slow and painful. Thirteen games into the season, the team has eight points from a 1-7-5 record, just three points ahead of last year at the same time (1-10-2, and remember, Toronto started 2012 with a league-record nine straight losses). Toronto, which ended last season with a 14-game winless streak in league play, is currently mired in an 11-game winless stretch. The last win at BMO Field came last July, although Toronto did defeat Sporting Kansas City at the Rogers Centre in March. Its last away win was also last July. Toronto was the league doormat last year with a 5-21-8 record, resulting in the firing of first Aron Winter (after 10 games) and then Paul Mariner (in the off-season). This year, only D.C. United has a worse mark (1-9-2 heading into Sundays game with the Chicago Fire). Injuries to key players like star striker Danny Koevermans (who returned Saturday from a layoff of more than 10 months due to knee surgery) and fullback Richard Eckersley (hamstring, caused celebrating a teammates goal 10 games ago) have not helped manager Ryan Nelsens cause. Some short-term acquisitions (Julio Cesar, John Bostock, Hogan Ephraim) have not worked out. Some wonder why Toronto -- before Nelsen took over admittedly -- made a big deal out of signing veteran defender Danny Califf only to seemingly ignore him. Still, six of Torontos seven losses have come by one goal, as Nelsen often reminds reporters. The team has not been blown out. And Nelsen has proved a shrewd tactician, with some inspired substitutions, while showing himself to be a good judge of talent in identifying and promoting the likes of rookie midfielder Jonathan Osorio and newly installed holding midfielder Jeremy Hall. Lack of scoring (12 goals in 13 games) has cost Toronto and magnified defensive miscues. And Toronto has shot itself in the foot by leaking late goals, throwing away 11 points in seven games because of it. Worryingly, four of the goals came off corners and throw-ins. It should be noted that Justin Braun and Darel Russell both scored in the final six minutes to secure a 2-2 tie with visiting FC Dallas on April 6, earning Toronto a point. Entering Sunday in ninth spot in the Eastern Conference, Toronto was 11 points behind Philadelphia, which occupied the fifth and last playoff position. Had Toronto held on in those seven games, it would have been tied with the Union. Heres a look at the games in question: March 30: Jose Villarreals 92nd-minute goal gives Los Angeles a 2-2 tie at BMO Field. Two points lost. Osorios first MLS goal in the 78th minute gave Toronto a 2-1 lead as the home side rallied from an early 1-0 deficit. But a poor clearance in stoppage-time led to a wonder scissors-kick goal by Villarreal. April 13: Jack McInerney 94th-minute goal gives Philadelphia a 1-1 tie at PPL Park. Two points lost. Toronto could not clear a long throw from defender Sheanon Williams. A scuffed shot landed at the feet of an unmarked McInerney, with the Toronto defence in disarray, and the Union striker made no mistake. April 20: Warren Creavalles 94th-minute goal gives the Houston Dynamo a 1-1 tie at BMO Field. Two points lost. With Houston defender Jermaine Taylor having received a red card, Hall gave Toronto a 1-0 lead with a slick move to find room for a low shot in the 58th minute. But Creavalles stoppage-time header off a teammates flick from a corner earned the Dynamo the tie. April 27: Tim Cahills 89th-minute goal gives the New York Red Bulls a 2-1 win at BMO Field. One point lost. One again, it looked like Osorio to the rescue with a goal that made it 1-1 in the 83rd minute. But Australian international Cahill restored the Red Bulls lead, heading in his second goal of the game after a failed clearance. Ashtone Morgan was victimized on the winning goal. May 4: Edson Buddles 86th-minute goal gives Colorado Rapids a 1-0 win at Dicks Sporting Goods Park. One point lost. Toronto gifted this goal as defenders Darren ODea and Logan Emory both fell on the play, leaving an unmolested Buddle to tap in a cross from the left flank. May 8: Chris Wondolowskis 81st-minute goal gives San Jose Earthquakes a 2-1 win at Buck Shaw Stadium. One point lost. Toronto went ahead through an early Justin Braun goal only to see Adam John tie it up in the 48th minute. 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Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series.Sam Allardyce praised Sunderlands ability to cope with pressure after they avoided relegation with an assured 3-0 victory over Everton. After Saturdays stunning 3-2 win over Chelsea, the Black Cats went into Wednesdays game at the Stadium of Light knowing victory would guarantee top-flight football for another season.They rose to the occasion as goals from Patrick van Aanholt and Lamine Kone in four first-half minutes all-but secured safety, before Kone made sure of the win 10 minutes after the break. And Allardyce, who felt his side should have scored more, claimed the performance typified a miraculous run of form that had guided the Black Cats to the cusp of safety.Everyone wanted us to perform like we did against Chelsea and we did that better today because we didnt fall behind, Allardyce told Sky Sports. Watch Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce dance for the fans after the club survived relegation We scored three goals and it should have been five or six, that says everything about us today.We were defensively sound and the front lads [were good] despite us getting three goals from set pieces - we should have had more.The attitude of the players, who absorbed the pressure and delivered a performance like that, got us out of trouble. Thats what happened over the last 10 games, weve only had one defeat and weve picked points up. Watch the three goals that saved Sunderland from relegation The draws we got eventually turned into wins and thats led to us to getting safe with one game to go.dddddddddddd Thats pretty miraculous and there is no way I wanted to go to Watford needing something.Wednesdays victory was of stark contrast to the corresponding fixture between the two sides, where Allardyce - three games into his tenure at the club - slipped to a 6-2 defeat.Fast forward six months and Allardyce has become the latest Sunderland manager to avoid the drop, an achievement he feels speaks volumes of the progress that has occurred under his tutelage. Newcastle were consigned to the Championship following Sunderlands win If you go back to our 6-2 defeat at Everton in that shows how far weve come, he added. It has been a long few months, particularly until I could bring in players in January.We turned into a team from January, we were difficult to beat and a team that didnt like losing again. The performance against Chelsea and the comeback has given us the momentum to win this game.The way we beat Chelsea was something we hadnt done this season and that gave the players a lot more confidence. Patrick van Aanholt scores from a free kick at the Stadium of light For Allardyce, thoughts now turn to masterminding the next step in Sunderlands progression away from a relegation-threatened side.Weve just secured the financial side of being in the Premier League which is the most important his season, he said.What that gives us in terms of spending power is the same as everybody, so it comes down to how wise we spend it.The next set of recruitment is crucial because this football club cannot be doing a lap of honour by avoiding relegation again. Also See: Sunderland safe as Toon drop WATCH: Goals that saved Black Cats Sunderlands saviours Quinn: Top 10 for Sunderland? ' ' '