Toronto FC will feel like they just can’t catch a break. So will TFC’s medical staff.

The first TFC match exclusively available on AppleTV was another frustrating game to watch for the TFC faithful, though many tweeted that they hadn’t subscribed to MLS Season Pass.

Here’s what you missed.

For the second week in a row, Toronto FC head coach Bob Bradley was forced to make a first-half substitution because of an injury to a key attacking player. The silver lining is that it wasn’t the other high-paid Italian DP, but losing new No. 9 Adama Diomande is not something Bradley had in the playbook when the Reds flew south to Atlanta.

The Norwegian walked off that NFL-acclaimed turf in the 45th minute with what looked like a potential hamstring issue and was replaced by Canadian international Ayo Akinola. Then, in the 73rd minute, it was Akinola who was taken out of the match. The move raised a few eyebrows when Akinola’s number went up on the subs board for young Hugo Mbongue. You don’t have to be a professional footballer to know that being the substituted substitute is not a good feeling. But post-match Bradley explained that it wasn’t a tactical decision.

Very little seemed to fall TFC’s way, and if not for new goalkeeper Sean Johnson, Toronto would’ve left Atlanta with nothing.

The 2021 MLS Cup champion justified his annual salary Saturday night, which was undisclosed but one can imagine is amongst the highest in the league, justifiably. Johnson showed just why he was one of the most coveted free agents this winter. The American made six saves to ensure his new club claim their first points of the season.

“Hard-fought match. I think everybody put everything into the game. Coming away with a point is a big win on the road,” said Johnson post-match. “We’re heading in the right direction.”

For the TFC faithful who did tune in, it wasn’t lost on them what a difference the USMNT keeper made between the sticks.

“Sean came up big tonight. He made a couple really big saves. Was sharp. Always communicates well behind the line, and you know, when we needed him tonight, he was always there,” head coach Bob Bradley said post-match.

But it was Federico Bernardeschi who took Man of the Match honours Saturday night, for scoring his 10th goal in a TFC shirt, giving Toronto the lead for eight minutes at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Without Lorenzo Insigne in the lineup, after picking up a lower-body injury in the first half of last week’s season-opening heartbreaker in D.C., the former Juventus man was expected to carry the load on the road. Atlanta targeted the Italian and did well to limit his impact on the match. But in the second half, with some brilliant running by Richie Laryea to serve as a key off-the-ball assist, Bernardeschi scored his second goal in as many games.

Right on the hour mark, Atlanta’s Matheus Rossetto got the luck TFC couldn’t find Saturday night when his right-footed shot from outside the box deflected off two players leaving Johnson with absolutely no chance.

While one point from their opening two matches is not what management would hope for when writing the big cheques they are, the tie snapped TFC’s six-game losing streak, going back to last season.

“Yeah, the good part is on a night where the football is not real good and where we struggled to connect passes and play in their end, that as a team, the mentality was strong to stick together, defend as a unit and take a point,” Bradley said.

Toronto FC remain winless in their seven regular season games in Atlanta. It’s just the fourth point they’ve ever taken at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

TFC return home for next Saturday’s home opener against Trillium Cup rivals Columbus Crew, who blanked D.C. United 2-0 Saturday night thanks to two goals from star DP Lucas Zelarayán and another 90-minute performance from former Cavalry FC winger, Canadian Mo Farsi.