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Ben Steiner

‘Surreal’—Three Red Cards, USMNT Goalkeeping Blunder Highlight Wildest 2026 MLS Game

The 2026 MLS regular season didn’t need any time to get back to full force after the international break, with Toronto FC prevailing 3–2 over the Colorado Rapids in one of the season’s most dramatic games to kick off Matchday 6. 

Josh Sargent, recently acquired by the Canadian side for $22 million—with the deal potentially rising to $24 million and becoming an MLS transfer record, scored an 85th-minute winner for his first goal with the club. The last-second dramatics from Sargent—the U.S. men’s national team 2022 World Cup forward and borderline hopeful for the 2026 roster—wasn’t even the main story on the day, though. Instead, that came from the three red cards and a wild goalkeeping blunder from USMNT depth backstop, Colorado’s Zack Steffen. 

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