Altidore, Vanney and other Toronto players painted Kljestan and the Red Bulls as the aggressors of the skirmish. The bad news Toronto FC had hoped to avoid is avoidable no longer: Jozy Altidore will miss the first leg of the Eastern Conference final. Based on all the video that we have and the accounts that we have, our version is correct, it’s not wrong and that’s what we were going on.”There was no immediate word on the Red Bulls’ appeal. Sebastian Giovinco is also unavailable after earning an automatic one-game suspension by picking up two yellow cards in the New York series. “I think he can help us win, for sure, and he’ll do a great job.”With files from the Canadian Press

Source: thestar November 15, 2017 18:22 UTC