The Reds struck in the eighth minute, when Luis Silva made a quick move to slice through the Revolution’s back line then finished with a roller that found the right corner for his second score of the season.

“It was a bit of a loose ball, and they pounced on it,” said Revolution coach Jay Heaps.

Because of the one-game suspension Kelyn Rowe had to serve after a reckless challenge against New York last week, Heaps had to tweak his lineup, calling on Fernando Cardenas to start for just the fifth time this season. But six minutes into the game, he had to make another adjustment when Stephen McCarthy crashed into Toronto forward Ryan Johnson and was forced to leave the game with concussion-like symptoms.

Heaps went with Joseph, who missed the first meeting with Toronto because of an abductor strain and came off the bench last week against New York because of a knee sprain.

Said Joseph, “It’s kind of something that you have to be ready for. McCarthy going down like that definitely hurt our team a little bit. He’s been playing unbelievable games and he’s finally starting to step into that role of center back. But being on the bench, you’ve got to be ready to play at any time.’’

A frustrated Joseph called out Dunfeld and Richard Eckersley for stalling, saying, “We were just pushing trying to get the equalizer and we noticed — I noticed personally — that they were just wasting time. Twelve minutes into the second half, we were just pushing numbers and creating chances over and over and they started talking about how they need a break and the guy [Dunfeld or Eckersley] went down on purpose. He wasn’t injured, he just went down to kill our momentum and kill time in the game. I didn’t like that. I didn’t think it was very sportsmanlike of him.”